He is a native Texan, born in Nacogdoches,Texas in 1942. Don't miss his site , full of his poems, all illustrated and accompanied by music. His Lariat Laureate award winning poem, Rooster , is displayed with full illustration here on his site . We're proud to have three pages of Rod Nichols' poetry. This is page three .
Page one is here .
Page two is here . Bucky His day was almost over when Bucky got the news an old cowpard named Smiley had passed away at two. It caught him without warning Old Smile' had been a friend he knowed all things must pass away but that don't ease the end. So as the dawn that Sunday came he brushed and washed and combed put on the only coat he had and rode toward town alone. I Stand and ever'one seemed truly moved when the eulogy began.