Thank You For Your Generous Donations
Thank you to the many CPC poets and the King and Franklin family members who responded so generously to our fall letter campaign and the Colorado Gives Campaign. We raised $3500.
Special thanks to Lawrence King for his donation of $750 and to Lynn King McGarry who pledged $650.
Boulder Bookstore Readings
Radha Marcum read from pine soot tendon bone on January 21.
2025 Scheduled Poetry Readings
CPC Poets Reading at the Boulder Bookstore June-October 2025
- Emily Pérez (June 17)
- Aimee Herman (June 17)
- Alysse McCanna (July 15)
- Jackie White (July 15)
- Peter Anderson (August 19)
- Mark Irwin (August 19)
- Sheryl Luna (September 16)
- Stan Deetz (September 16)
- Michele Battiste (October 21)
- Juan Morales (October 21)
Celebrating Our Events
The Fundraiser for the ACLU was very well-attended on October 17, 2024.
Alex Landau and the Romero Troupe performed a skit about police brutality.
Jovan Mays, Crisosto Apache, Sheryl Luna and Jim Walsh read and performed poetry to a large crowd at Petals and Pages Bookstore on Santa Fe in Denver.
New CPC Poets
- Bunn, Ashley Howell
- Smith, Suzi Q.
- Rottschafer, Shelli
- Tierney, April
- Joseph, Alexander Shalom
- Maiurro, Brice
- Mays, Jovan
- Robertson, Erin
- Rexilius, Andrea
- Fossenbell, Jennifer
Upcoming Events
Denver Poetry Reading organized by Suzi Q. Smith in April (TBA).
National Poetry Month Celebration
at Greeley's LINC Library. Jackie White
(April 12) and Brenda Wildrick (TBA) will be giving readings and leading poetry workshops.
Lithic Press/CPC Collaboration
in Fruita on Friday, June 20, led by Wendy Videlock and Danny Rosen.
Board Members
- Beth Franklin, President/Secretary
- Lawrence King, Treasurer
- Uche Ogbuji
- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
- Nancy Viera
Newsletter Poet Interviews: Kathryn Winograd
Webmaster: Jesse Clark
