Rod's poetry is infused with a genuineness that elevates his work above the medium's predictable yarns and gives the reader a front-row seat at a captivating reality-based dramedy. You observe from a respectful distance the poignant moment shared by a young girl and her horse. You take a seat at the kitchen table in a ranch house in which the "romance of cowboy life" is balanced against the realities of mortgages, droughts and volatile markets. And you're let in on the West's unique brand of humor, shaped by hard luck, eccentricity, and the unpredictability of lives shaped by the land, weather and livestock. Rod is a truthteller.
      And truth can, on occasion, be dangerous.

Praise for Rod Miller

Rod Miller writes with no quit. He invests his all into each carefully crafted poem, and they shine for it, like those stars that "punch holes in the dark" in his poem, "Morning Glory." Readers will be richly rewarded.
      ~ from review on Cowboy Poetry.

This time for sure. According to his notes Rod Miller is expecting to be ambushed by Cowboy Poetry purists. Sometimes he has written with no rhyme, broken meter, and dang well done what he pleased. But this award winning poet knows what he's doin,' so don't tell him what he did. He's way ahead of you.
      More so than with some in the genre, you know that when you're starting on a Miller ride you will arrive somewhere. There is a payoff, be it a truth, view, impression or realization. There is a justification for your having invested the eye energy. How he's chosen to reach each this time is just so-much cowboy stretching room.
      Picks include "Preliminary Aftermath," "Goodnight Goes Riding," "The Colorful Pageantry of Rodeo," "Lamentation For A Living Legend" and just about all the rest of 'em! Enjoy!
      ~ Rick Huff, from review on Rope Burns.