Red Steagall brings the cowboy way of life to the public through 
many different media, including poetry. His poetry speaks in its 
own right, possessing a musical, songlike quality. His lilting 
rhythms carry the reader through the journey that each poem 
represents. Steagall's poems chart the changing of the land and 
the passing of generations, but they rest on the solid ground of a 
steady faith.

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RED STEAGALL spent eight years as a music industry executive 
in California before deciding to dedicate himself to a career in 
recording, songwriting, television, and film that has spanned 
thirty-six years and has taken him around the globe. He was 
named the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas in 1991 and was inducted 
in the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2004. A five-time winner of the 
Wrangler Award for original music from the National Cowboy and 
Western Heritage Museum, he was inducted into the Museum's 
Hall of Great Westerners in 2003. Steagall conducts business from 
Fort Worth.


TCU Texas Poets Laureate Series