Joe Kreger

Joe Russel Kreger (born 1939) was the thirteenth poet laureate of the American state of Oklahoma, appointed in 1998 after the death of Betty Shipley. Kreger was the first poet laureate of the state to be considered primarily a "cowboy poet," and the only besides Eddie Wilcoxen, who was laureate 2011-2012. Born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, Kreger has spent most of his life as a rancher.

His poems have been published as Lookin' at Life (1997, Innovative Broadcast Corp) and Still Lookin' (2000, Doane Agricultural Service).

Early life

Kreger earned a bachelor's degree in animal science and a master's in agricultural education from Oklahoma State University.