The Poetry at the Rainbow Café welcomes Lynn Kopelke – western artist and cowboy poet – on Monday, Nov. 4.

The program is from 7 to 9 p.m. in the banquet room at the café, 112 E. Main St., Auburn.

Coffee and conversation follow readings. It is an open mic opportunity. The public is invited.

The Rainbow Cafe, Striped Water Poets, the NorthWest Renaissance, Auburn Arts Commission, City of Auburn, and King County 4Culture make the program possible.

About the poet

Kopelke, the Cowboy of Cumberland, started out singing around campfires on both sides of the Cascade Mountains. He moved on to guest ranches and county fairs. Senior centers and biker bars have enjoyed his cowboy music, original poetry, goofy humor and really big hats.

Lynn’s thriving ragwort farm and cat ranch lies two miles south of Cumberland, Wash. Stop on by.

Check out his artwork at opencrownproductions.com.