Dakota Robinson

Photo: Sarah Maxfeldt

Working on ranches from Texas to Kansas, Wyoming, New Mexico, and back again, Dakota Robinson has experienced firsthand the many challenges and rewards the lifestyle of a cowboy can bring.

Inspired by the likes of Red Steagall, Ian Tyson, Baxter Black, and Waddie Mitchell, he soon started filling his solitary hours in the saddle with an internal narrative of prose and rhyme. The cattle, horses, and his wife were among the first victims of his early experimentation. Now a full-time farrier back in Texas, Dakota spends his days shoeing horses to support his poetry habit.

The recipient of the 2026 Buck Ramsey scholarship at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, he is performing there in January.

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