Verl Lee Holmes is a local businessman/writer/photographer with a degree in creative writing and a book that needs a publisher. Here he reads his poem “Schoolyard”:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

Tony Friedhof teaches writing at UCCS. Here he reads his poem “Branches of Song”:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

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Soham Patel lives in Manitou Springs and writes poetry. Here she reads four haiku:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

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Joseph Uphoff’s business card reads, in part, “Theoretical Surrealism / Visual Poetics.” Here he reads his poem “Mountains Eclipsed by Evidence”:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

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Audrey Wall, a senior at Lewis-Palmer High, has won awards for her poetry. Here she reads her poem “You Must”:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

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Sandra McNew has lived, loved, written and taught in Colorado for years. Here she reads her poem “Catch the Wind”:

To read the text version of this poem and find out more about the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project and related National Poetry Month events, visit PikesPeakPoetLaureate.org.

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David Mason won the Colorado Book Award for his verse novel, Ludlow, and he lives near the Garden of the Gods. This poem, “Hangman,” was first published in the Times Literary Supplement:

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Annie Robbins is a Spanish and ESL teacher at Pikes Peak Community College and is also an aspiring professional mediator. Here she reads her poem “Entre Blanco y Negro”/”In Between Black and White”: