Welcome to the“I LOVE YOUR POEM!”project, in which people submit on behalf of local poets whose work they admire and write about why they do. The idea is not only to highlight great work, especially from those who might not submit the work themselves, but also to create a big gushy lovefest in the community. If you’re interested in submitting on behalf of a local poet you love you can check out the submission guidelines here.
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Ira Liss on Hektor Munoz’s “El Ultimo Beso”
Héktor Munoz shares an intimate moment of nightlife in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen, thriving and connecting within sparkling, hidden, smoke-filled spaces. Read more
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Thomas Peters on Shana Lara’s “31 March 2023”
I love Shana Lara’s “Bus Poems.” Like Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems they raise the level of the everyday to the glorious and effervescent, the best thing a poem can do. What else could I say? When she speaks of biting her lip you can taste the blood. This poem speaks for itself. Read more
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Andrea Becker on Gia Loren’s “Collages”
Collage is a medium that can do a lot of work—the surreal, visual work of bringing individual elements and perspectives together in ways that transcend their original intention, and the internal work of alchemizing an experience, impression, or established belief. So many late nights Gia and I have sat together, elegizing the past and pondering… Read more
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Joshua C. Robinson on Martin Dadisman’s “Madison Time”
The first time I met Martin Dadisman, he told me, “I’m not much of a poet.” He showed me what he had been working on in his sketchbook, absolutely incredible ink pen drawings, and some of the sharpest wordsmithy that I had ever read. He created worlds of emotion and depth from characters that he… Read more
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Martin Dadisman on Joshua Robinson’s “Working Title” and “Don’t Look”
I first heard Joshua read at an open mic that no longer is, back in the day. Pre-pandemic. I think we’re all calling it ‘the before times’ now. Joshua read a piece titled “Millennial-ism,” and I was blown away. The line “we eat forbidden fruit for breakfast” got me, and I sat up and paid… Read more
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I LOVE YOUR POEM!: Maggie Saunders on George Pappas’s “Freedom Rap”
I first met George during a Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) workshop. The theme was “Change, Closure, & Grief.” The world was still social distancing and the monthly second Sunday BAFS workshop was happening outdoors, under a tree in front of the Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery. It was October 2021, and decomposing crab apples… Read more
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