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Anstett/Woods @ BookBar—Don’t Miss It!
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Poetry Month 2016: Aaron Anstett
Ipse Dixit May as well wager which word prettiest— reciprocal? meadow? discrepancy? surgery? accelerant? imbroglio? plumage? hush?—or dispute fabric pattern best paired with mood— houndstooth sorrow, paisley whimsy—as argue up there, where prayers contend and birds skirt the many invisibilities, open source in uncopyrightable sky, through scrambled chatter of unfathomable disaster and celebrity scandal the unknowns that worry over and love us and which the greater pity: that we want or what we want. Call at your convenience to say again how wet earth smells where you live. Describe its fumes and spices.Read More
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Poetry 2014 at BookBar
I started organizing First Saturday Poetry Readings at BookBar, a thriving indie bookstore in Northwest Denver, back in April 2014, and as the year nears its end I thought it would be useful to list everyone who has participated so far. Saturday, April 5: Andrea Hollander, reading from Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982–2012; Robert Cooperman, reading from Just Drive; and me myself, reading from the paperback reissue of Bed of Coals. Saturday, May 2: David Mason, then Poet Laureate of Colorado, and Chris Ransick, erstwhile Poet Laureate of Denver, in a Laureate Smackdown.Read More
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Join Us in Louisville on August 16th for “Image and Word”
Click Here for Tickets All proceeds benefit the Louisville Cultural Council All proceeds benefit the Louisville Cultural Council Click Here for TicketsRead More
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Mark Your Calendar…
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New Poet Laureate Aaron Anstett
Springs area gets its first poet laureate, Aaron AnstettApril 2, 2008 – 6:20PMBy BILL REED | THE GAZETTE For an area that inspired one of the country’s most beloved poems, “America the Beautiful,” the Pikes Peak region hasn’t paid much tribute to poets — until now. On Wednesday, with Pikes Peak framed behind him, Aaron Anstett was named the region’s first-ever poet laureate in a ceremony at the East Library. [More] Samplings of Aaron Anstett’s poetry can be found here and here.Read More
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The Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project (PPPLP)
Here’s an article regarding the move to choose “the Pikes Peak region’s first-ever poet laureate,” an intriguing notion that originated with the wonderful folks at Poetry West. The article is solid, but note the silly cartoons apparently intended to represent poets.Read More
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. 
