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Cowboy poets

to ward off

‘Dog Days’

Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry Association will present “Forget the Dog Days of Summer” at the Dahmen Barn Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.

In 1991 Baxter Black, probably today’s best known cowboy poet, told a group of Palouse country enthusiasts gathered in Asotin that cowboy poetry was the fastest growing western cultural activity and that they should get involved.

In 1995, following a cowboy poetry workshop led by local poet Gene Semingson, the group decided to develop a more formal organization, and the Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry Association was formed. The Associati...