Colorado’s new poet laureate offers up fall arts preview, in verse

Colorado's new poet laureate, Joseph Hutchison, wrote a pithy and eloquent preview of upcoming events in the Colorado arts world. And, of course, he did it using his medium of choice: poetry.

Hover your cursor over the underlined text to see more information about each event referenced in the poem. Or, if you are on a phone or tablet, scroll to the bottom to the footnotes for links.

By Joseph Hutchison

Promo in the Form of an Homage

with apologies to e. e. cummings

in Just-
fall when walls at MCA¹
and DAM² are color-
luscious the little
inkstained poetman

murmurs wild and low

and jazz-meisters dazzle at Dazzle³
while boy seeks mom at Su Teatro⁴
and Sin is in the Starz⁵ and it’s
fall

when Telluride is bluesy-wonderful⁶
and Step Afrika claps and stomps⁷

the weird
old poetman murmurs
wild and low
and Lynn Harrell’s cello goes rococo⁸

where the Gunnison rolls into the Colorado
and belters get their kicks⁹ along the Poudre and

it's
fall
and

the

art-sozzled

poetMan murmurs
wild
and
low

1. Mark Mothersbaugh exhibition at MCA
2. Cartier exhibition at DAM
3. Songs from Eastern Europe at Dazzle Jazz
4. Su Teatro presents "Enrique’s Journey"
5. Starz Denver Film Festival
6. Blues and Brews in Telluride
7. Step Afrika! at Macky Auditorium CU Boulder
8. Lynn Harrell performs with the Grand Junction Symphony
9. Fort Collins Opera presents "Follies"