The Poets

Find Stephen on: Bandcamp Instagram  @crowned_lyric_poet Stephen Baird is a Colorado Native whose lyric poetry sprouted over break-beats on the Chicago lakefront during his undergraduate pursuit for the meaning of life. By the end of his decade in Chicago he had refined his metaphysical style, completed his first EP ( Bandcamp ), and achieved a degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Another e...

My name is Dominick I go by Dom. I been in Colorado for three years and looking forward to the next 10-15 years here. I'm madly in love with the city of Denver. I'm a poet that stumbled into literary art. The goal is to a raise a daughter and retire my mom. I'm here for the city and like everybody else serving a purpose I want to be used not misused. Write on!

Bailey O'Sullivan is a Denver based poet originally from Chicago. She describes her entry into writing poetry as having "tripped and fallen" into it. Now, if life is an ever-changing ocean, writing is her life raft. Bailey hopes through her poetry to inspire solidarity in the face of the chaos we face and the shared experiences that we all have. Her goals include writing a book of poet...

Follow Emma on Instagram @wordswith.emocean Emma Johnson aka Em was born and raised in New York. From the minute she was born she had a story to tell. Writing was and always has been her greatest outlet. She has written blogs, poems, and short stories. Emma’s poetry is about the black experience, relationships, being a single mother, love, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and how she transmuted it...

Local mail-order cartoonist Nic Sequeira is also a painter, author, filmmaker, musician, and poet. His poems are generally either abstract manifestations of his mental state or sardonic throwbacks with an extremely blunt delivery. As with all his work, they ooze Denver. You can get a copy of Nic's sci-fi anthology by sending $30 ($26 for Denver residents) to Nicolas Sequeira 1424 Columbine St...

Mike Chappelle is a Denver based musician and poet. Mike has been a part of multiple music groups including The Gluons, and currently writes the lyrics and performs vocals for Roller Coaster. Roller Coaster's Album "Now is Different" is available on Bandcamp . Mike's other works include multiple stage productions such as Dr. Antonioni's Imaginary Disease, which ran for over a y...

Maggie Daniels is a poet, writer, and director passionate about storytelling through her raw perspective. She was born and raised in the bible belt. The notorious culture of southern grit and charm shines through her words giving readers a sense of home and familiar comforts. Maggie’s work reflects the mountains of emotion one can experience with life, love, & loss in a way that is deeply hone...

Jase is a poet and visual artist who currently resides in Denver, Colorado. Guided by heightened sensitivity with a burning desire for higher consciousness and transformation, Jase’s poetry brings a multidimensional and rhythmic approach to various topics such as generational trauma, police brutality, romance, heartbreak and collective healing. His first collection of work titled ‘Eternal Sol’ is...

Emily's Bio: I am a Denver poet, mother, teacher and lover of words. I am privileged to have a longstanding relationship with the Mercury Cafe as a host of the Friday Night Open Mic and member of the poetry community. The Mercury Cafe is a magical and wonderful place to be. I have also poet-ed elsewhere, with students and with a Boulder group called Word By Word Journeys. Through that work I h...

Philip Tran is a queer native Denver Poet, collage artist, florist, handyman, roller derby initiate, and emcee who regularly hosts open mics and variety shows. Find his podcast “From My Open Mic” on Spotify for live recordings.  In May he launched Bound By The Beat, an event combining area rope bondage and jazz communities,  and is currently curating another show for December.  When asked what sup...

Born and raised in Fushe-Arrez, Albania, Alisa is a 23 year old poet local to Denver. Alisa immigrated to the United States at the age of 16 and has lived between Seattle, Spokane and Denver the past 7 years. They have spent these years building community, pursuing their education and navigating the life of immigration in the search to discover themselves and who they are. This search led to many...

Poet, photographer, filmmaker, Simon Shah has been a performer on the Denver scene for over two decades.  A former language arts teacher, he currently works as a photojournalist for a national weather station. Simon has two collections of poetry, "Miasmic as Me" and "The Last Love Letters," both of which can be found on Amazon.  He is currently working on several exciting sci-fi pr...

From Henrico, Virginia (near Richmond), BG brings a hip-hop flow to spoken word conveying messages of peace, resistance, justice, and eroticism. BG also lived for a time near D.C. (Silver Spring, MD) and in Chicago for 6 years. BG has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Masters degree in Public Administration. BG currently runs a small business and also works at a nonprofit home energy eff...

Manon is 24 years old and has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in Western Massachusetts, she first found her love for spoken word in high school thanks to an amazing educator and mentor. She then entered a small open mic scene in New Hampshire during her college years. Manon moved to Denver in 2021 and has been honing her craft since then, entering the local sla...

Follow Q: Instagram – @qtherevolutionary https://stillblacksee.bandcamp.com/ Quincy Hull (aka “Q”) has been writing poetry for over 30 years, and has been a member of the Still Black See Writers’ and Artists’ Guild for over 20 years. He has traveled extensively, reading and speaking at venues across the nation, including colleges from UWF and FSU to the University of Illinois, Loras College (Dubuq...

The inaugural episode of The Poets features Julian Thomas. Hailing from Tulsa Oklahoma and Spanish Harlem, Julian brings a Neoclassical style to poetry with nods to the mystical and the esoteric. Julian is an actor known for his work on the series Hunters and the series For Life, and has also appeared on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Julian has done extensive voice-over work including th...