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From the Denver Area Poetry Scene a Quarter Century Back
Thanks to Carson Reed for posting images of this event on his Facebook page.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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Krysl’s “Sutra”
Marilyn Krysl A beautiful poem by poet, fiction writer, and journalist Marilyn Krysl just went up on the Academy of American Poets Web site. It’s called “Sutra,” and it opens with these lines: Looking back now, I see I was dispassionate too often, dismissing the robin as common, and now can’t remember what robin song sounds like. Oh yes. I know that particular sense of regret.Read More
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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. 
