"Deep in the heart of Los Angeles's Koreatown, just a few doors down from H Mart and a K-pop music superstore, an American flag hangs over the entrance of a saloon called Eastwood. The western-themed bar would normally be cranking Luke Bryan while customers play skee-ball, line dance and get bucked off their mechanical bull named Gucci. But tonight, the music is low and the loudest sounds come from the clacking of vintage mechanical typewriters."
"For city slickers unfamiliar with cowboy poetry, it's a folk art that emerged from oral traditions. Around the 1870s, during long cattle drives west from Texas, men would trade stories and sing songs about their adventures on the frontier. There's a misconception that cowboy poetry is a dying art form, but some 150 years later, the movement is experiencing a revival."
A western-themed bar in Los Angeles hosts Cowboy Poetry Los Angeles, where about 30 people draft poems about horses, sunsets and Stetson hats while vintage typewriters click. Cowboy poetry emerged from oral traditions during 1870s cattle drives west from Texas, when men traded stories and songs about frontier adventures. The movement, often seen as endangered, is experiencing a revival roughly 150 years later with new gatherings nationwide. Examples include the Juab Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nephi, Utah, and the Rodear in Bridgeport, California, which highlights young women’s talent. Urban workshops attract a younger, more diverse crowd.
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