Home Grown with RP Smith

This week on Homegrown; Caleb Smith shares a new song "Queen of the Plains", you can watch the video at Caleb Smith Music.

A Mothers Day double play with " Bottle of Memories" and "The Graduate".

A last waking thought muse inspires a new day poem that R.P. has titled "Mind Game".

Not being able to leave well enough alone, R.P. takes another run at the "Nebraska Statehood" poem.

Old West Days and Cowboy Poetry Gathering - April 23-26, 2026     A calving season update and an Invitation to the Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering, with R.P.'s poems "The Heifer  Poem" and "The Gathering"  

This week we revisit a calving season classic "Showdown at Snowdrift Corral".

"Spring Blessing", a poem for Easter and everyday.

Some thoughts on "Late March 2026" and a revisit to "Tribulation Grazin"

A little reflection on the early start to this years calving season and a poem from R.P. titled "Book Learning"

  A blast from the past, or a foreboding of the future?   This week R.P. shares his poem "A.I.er's Anonymous"        

A successful trip home for the Pine Crest cows and a revisit to R.P.'s poem "Lazarus".

Nebraska Statehood, a new poem including the names of Nebraska's ninety-three counties, it's more fun than you might think!

This week R.P. contemplates a couple of his favorite subjects, repurposing and regeneration, and shares a poem that ties the two together, "Final Instructions".

Join R.P. for "Song Of The Solomon's", an updated version of R.P.'s poem "Windmills Serenade".  

An update on the trip to Elko and reflective poem "Bareback".

A double shot from  R.P. today... "Upside Down in Cow Town", an addition to "The Other Day at the FSA"

Tearing off the last of the lath in the late stages of a forty year remodeling project stirred up a lot of dust and a few memories, R.P. Shares a multi-generational poem "He Laughed".

This morning R.P. revisits an early poem that he titled "Obscurity"

A ranch update and a poetic double play, "The Grudge" and "Sore Spot in My Saddle Seat".

A little rambling and reflection and a poem from R.P. to start the new year "Rhythm Of The Range"    

R.P. gives an update on some upcoming events and shares a poem to kick off the new year, "Lets Start One"

Merry Christmas from the Pine Crest Ranch, this week R.P. Shares a pair of poems, "The Moment" and "Gift of the Shepherd"

R.P. shares a tail from the trail and poem for the season, "Trail To Bethlehem"

A little commentary on connections and one of R.P.'s favorites "Song That Has No Tune".

A few thoughts on "Making Beef Cheap Again" and a classic from R.P. "Dinosaur Egg".

R.P. shares some thoughts about this weeks sheep shearing on the Pine Crest Ranch along with Psalms 95:6-7, and his poem "Coyotes Praise".

"The Innovators", a poem inspired by a story from Butchers History of Custer County.

R.P. Shares his appreciation for those who have served our country with a poem he titled "Veterans Day"

Not just another spooky Halloween poem, R.P share the updated millennial version of "Tribulation Gazin"

R.P. Shares some thoughts on the War of Words in the Cattle World, and a poem co written with his pal Don Schauda "Son Of The West".

Just another miracle before revisiting a favorite "Song Of The Cistern".

A few thoughts during a busy week and a new poem, "Thoughts From Both Ends OF The Ladder".

This week R.P.'s traveling pal Jake Riley helped out with a recent piece "Aging Ranch Truck Blues", I think you will enjoy it.

R.P. Shares a little about gigs past and future, and the fact that even of grasslands, it can be a jungle out there, with his poem "Compounding Cascading Effects".

A look at the past or a glimpse into the future, I guess it is in the eye of the beholder as R.P. shares "The Wedding Poem" and "Bugs".

R.P. shares Philippians 4;4-9 and his poem "One Nation" written twenty four years ago.

A happy Birthday Double Play for my better half, two of the many poems she has inspired in her unplanned carrier as a cowboy poets spouse, A happy Birthday Double Play for my better half, two of the many poems she has inspired in her unplanned carrier as a cowboy poets spouse, Morning Person and Bottle of Memories..

R.P. Shares about an upcoming presentation he is excited about, and limps through his poem "Crimson Contemplation"

An unexpected way to celebrate an anniversary and an out of season poem that R.P. calls "Spring Blessing".

R.P. Shares some reflections on a recent event and a poem for the upcoming season "Lightning".

A farewell note to a couple of wonderful Ladies and a favorite poem "It's Almost Fall".

Without the use of Chat-box R.P. gets a few thoughts corralled for a new poem that he has titled "Ode to AI".

R.P. passes along some newly shared history on part of the ranch, and shares his poem "The Trail Before Me".

R.P. shares some thought's about stitches in time, and a classic that he call's "It's Only Fair".

A rhyming  in the rain ranch update, this week R.P. rinses the dust off of one that he calls "Parade".

A little reflection along with hope for a bright future, as we celebrate our nations birthday, R.P. shares a poem that he calls "Coyote's Praise"

This week the world of Cowboy Poetry lost one of It's best, Here is the Late Wallace McRae with his poem "Things of Intrinsic Worth"

R.P. deals with the stress of the upcoming branding day by looking back at his travels this past week and sharing his Nebraska Tourism tribute, "Onward and Upward".

This week R.P. shares a ranch update and a new poem that he has titled "One More Tomorrow"

This week R.P. Shares a Badger Clark Poem, A Cowboys Prayer.