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Columbus, Cabrini, Indigenous Peoples, and Me
I meant to post this link to my book Marked Men on Indigenous Peoples Day since my book aims to honor Silas Soule, a soldier who defied orders and refused to let his men participate in the Sand Creek Massacre. I got distracted from posting when I discovered that here in Colorado, Columbus Day, which Indigenous Peoples Day was meant to replace, had been co-opted by yet another replacement holiday: Mother Cabrini Day.Read More
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A Columbus Day Poem
Colón In Extremis I The artist sits back, brush in hand, to take his progress in. Yes, yes . . . the Great Discoverer arches in his twisted bedclothes as he must have; sweat jewels the fleshy, whiskered jaw, slicks the tangled hair made thin by grim ambition. Do the eyes, rolled back in anguish, catch more than the lamplight’s soiled yellow glow? The artist dips up a bit of pigment, daubs at the inward corner of each eye—two ticks of white.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. 
