"Daddy's Rope"
40th Gathering
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2m 58s
Kye spins a tale from the perspective of a rope. Kye Rieff recites "Daddy's Rope" during the "Thrown But Not Broken" show at the 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kye Rieff
Sarcoxie, MO
Kye Rieff’s poetry provides an authentic look into the joy, humor, heartbreak, and hardship of cowboy life. He has ridden saddle broncs, been a professional bullfighter, trained racehorses, started colts, and dayworked for ranches. Anything to keep from having a real job. Kye lives in Sarcoxie, Missouri, with his wife Kasey and their two children. Together, they founded Top Hand Clinics, a ministry that uses horsemanship and ranch work to share the gospel. Kye has published three books—Real Ones, A Few More Real Ones, and Authentic, or Something Like It, the latter of which was released in 2025.
"Daddy's Rope"
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Filmed in front of a live audience with help from the E. L. Wiegand Foundation at the Western Folklife Center’s G Three Bar Theater in Elko, NV, on Jan. 30, 2025.
Made possible by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org
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