Born and raised in the cow town of Abilene, Kansas, Geff grew up living the life of a rodeo cowboy. After studying Animal Science at Kansas State University, Geff worked for area ranchers over the last 20 years as day help in Wabaunsee County Kansas. Inspiration for his poetry and western music stems from true-life experiences of working a 1,000 head cow/calf operation, his rodeo career, shoeing and training horses and management of his own ranch with his wife Dawn. The NRHA recently commissioned Geff to write a cowboy poem honoring the NRHA Million Dollar Riders entitled Million Dollar Horsemen which he performed horseback in Oklahoma City.
Geff tells his stories through cowboy poetry and western music. He tells humorous and serious cowboy poetry stories and he adds a special flare with his crowdengaging western music. You are sure to be hooked throughout his performance whether laughing or crying. It’s hard to imagine so much of his cowboy poetry as being true. The fact is, a cowboy’s way of life can be quite entertaining and Geff will give you some great examples that show you just that. Geff Dawson…who's poetry, like the cowboy himself, is unassuming…and honest….a brilliant, yet subtle humor that reflects all that is cowboy. I have no doubt the years to come will find him among the finest poets of our Western culture.
“2006 Best of the Best Award”
Geff recently competed at the 2006 Western Legends Roundup in Kanab, Utah. After two go rounds of competition among 70+ entries, Geff was award the Silver Buckle in the Writers Humorous Division and then was honored with the “Best of the Best” award of the worlds largest Cowboy Poetry Rodeo. He followed that with a trip to the Colorado State Fair Poetry Competition and was award the People’s Choice Award in the Cowboy Poetry Showdown.
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