Grahame Beer releases second ranch poetry collection

Cowboy and rancher Grahame Beer has published This Cowboyin’ Thing: Ranch and Farm Tales from the North West, a new poetry collection drawn from more than 40 years on the Canadian prairies. The book is now available in print and digital formats for readers interested in ranching, farming and rural life.

Why it matters: - The collection turns decades of ranch and farm work into poetry that reflects day-to-day life on the Canadian prairies. - The book is aimed at readers who know rural life firsthand and those who want an inside view of it. - Beer’s work adds another voice from within the ranching world, rather than an outside observer.

What happened: - Grahame Beer released his second poetry collection, This Cowboyin’ Thing: Ranch and Farm Tales from the North West. - The book is now available in print and digital formats. - Beer built the collection from more than forty years of work in the saddle across the Canadian prairies. - Beer said the book grew out of stories he once shared with coworkers on the job. - Beer said friends, work colleagues and family encouraged him to turn those stories into a book.

The details: - Most of the poems are true or based on true events from Beer’s life and the lives of people around him. - The collection covers horses, dogs, humor, hard days, family, mentorship and the people who shaped Beer’s career. - The book follows the spirit of Beer’s debut, Cabin Whispers. - Beer said the western cowboy way of life is hard work but rewarding. - Beer said he was fortunate to work with very good people. - Beer said most of the stories come from his own experience and from colleagues he worked with over more than forty years. - Beer said he moved from a quiet, religious upbringing to becoming a cowboy and horse trainer. - The book is intended for readers age 12 and up who are interested in ranching, farming and rural life. - Beer said the writing is different because it comes from direct experience rather than research.

Between the lines: - The collection is being positioned as authentic ranch writing, built on lived experience instead of literary distance. - That framing may help the book stand out with readers looking for realism, local detail and working-life perspective. - Beer’s path from England to the Canadian prairies also gives the collection a migration and transformation theme beneath the ranch stories.

What’s next: - Beer said he hopes more readers interested in ranch and rural life will discover the book. - Beer continues to live and work on the Canadian prairies, where many of the poems were set. - Beer said he remains open to hearing from readers and industry contacts. - This Cowboyin’ Thing: Ranch and Farm Tales from the North West is available wherever books are sold.