The Poets

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...