Ron Wilson

Ron Wilson is a cowboy poet from the Lazy T Ranch near Manhattan, Kansas, where his family resides today. Proclaimed a “Poet Lariat” (not laureate) by Governor of Kansas Bill Graves, Ron chairs the annual Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest, hosts the monthly online video show called “Cattle Trails Showcase,” and produces a biweekly newspaper column called “Cowboy Up.” He is the only cowboy poet in history to present a cowboy poem at a Kansas Governor’s inauguration. He is a spokesman for the National Day of the Cowboy organization, an Ambassador for the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, a 2022 inductee into the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame, and national president of Western Wordsmiths.