Can it be more than a month now since the good news arrived that Jim Ciletti was named Pikes Peak Poet Laureate? Of course it can, Time being the slippery eel that it is. Luckily news that stays news stays on the Web awhile. See here, for example, and here. I’ve written about Jim’s work before, of course, and I’m hoping his new-found celebrity will result in more of it surfacing in print. It would be just one welcome side-effect of the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project, whose first laureate was the inimitable Aaron Anstett, and which is helping to keep the art alive and well in the Pikes Peak region.
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
