Dale E. Page was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. While attending Oklahoma State University, he worked as a horseshoer, bull rider, stable manager, dude wrangler, and on the movie set of “The Cheyenne Social Club.” Page majored in English, but after graduation in 1970, worked as the farm and ranch reporter for the Amarillo Globe News.   Combining his learned appreciation of poetry with his horseback experiences, he began writing cowboy poetry in the mid 1970’s. His performances include trail rides, charity events, private parties, church classes, cowboy church services, Friends of the Library, and the Indiana State Museum. In 2008, he was named Best Performer at the Oklahoma State University library's Cowboy Poetry and Songs event. That same year, he was a runner-up in the Lariat Laureate contest at the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry. Dale won First Place in the Rising Star Division, serious poet, at the 2010 Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Montrose, CO.