Waddie Mitchell

Bruce Douglas "Waddie" Mitchell (born 1950 in Elko County, Nevada) is an American cowboy poet.[1] He often performs his poems with a guitar playing in the background. Mitchell has made seven CDs and three books. He was chosen to write a poem describing the West for the 2002 Winter Olympics' Olympic Arts Festival.[2] He is a co-founder of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.[3]

Poems

See also

References

  1. ^ "Waddie Mitchell". Online Nevada Encyclopedia. http://www.onlinenevada.org/waddie_mitchell. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "That No Quit Attitude". Essays & Poems. Olympic Arts Festival. http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/para_info/cultural_olympiad/essay_poem/waddie_poem.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Waddie Mitchell". Weber: The Contemporary West 21 (3). Spring/Summer 2004. http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20D%20Vol.%2021.2-25.2/Vol.%2021.3/Mitchell%20Poe.htm.