Tag: Poetry
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Colorado history told through poetry, spoken word by poets laureate
Young poet and social justice activist Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, was just 22 when her “The Hill We Climb” launched the literary art back into a major worldwide spotlight with her 2021 Joe Biden inaugural poem. Her now famous words: “If only we’re brave enough to be it. For there is…
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Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s 11th Poet Laureate
Indigenous poet will succeed Andrea Gibson, who died of cancer last summer, and serve two-year term Gov. Jared Polis continued to make history Wednesday with the appointment of his third Colorado Poet Laureate: Crisosto Apache, an associate professor at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Apache will serve an uncommonly short two-year term with…
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Colorado Poets Laureate release anthology to support future poets
A collection of poetry, including unpublished work from late Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson, will be released in a Friday evening celebration with Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado writers. The anthology, called “Begin Where You Are,” commemorates the state’s poets laureate, with all of the proceeds from book sales going toward the first endowment for the…
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Late Poet Laureate’s life-and-death story finally sees the ‘Light’
Celebrated documentary about Andrea Gibson now can be seen on AppleTV or at the Sie FilmCenter STERLING – For the past 20 years, the ferociously followed poet Andrea Gibson’s words have overcome any and all obstacles to get to wherever in the world they are needed most. But for them to make their unlikely way here,…
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Former poet laureate Ada Limón says artists must band together during ‘dangerous times’
The 24th U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón says she encountered a surprising number of people who are writing and sharing poetry during her travels around the country
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Live Well: Love letters never fail on Valentine’s Day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dear future Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Pablo Neruda, I beseech you, on this Valentine’s Day, to please, if you do nothing else, write a simple ode to your beloved, your soul mate, your twin flame, your partner in crime, the Bonnie to your Clyde. I…