Please join me Friday, September 25 at the Broomfield Main Library for a reading of concrete poetry–which is also painted on the concrete in local parks and playgrounds!
The city of Bromfield commissioned “this unique public arts initiative [to} blend literary talent with visual design, embedding poetry directly into our community.” I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate. And I am happy to announce that my hopscotch poem, “The Serious Work of Play,” is ready to encourage all the hops, skips, and PLAY you might miss every day.
Details of the event are here: Concrete Poetry Reading and Reception
Other Upcoming Events
- This Saturday, Sept 12 at Desiderata Ranch in Berthoud — Columbine Poets presents its annual Poets Fest, with a workshop and reading by New Mexico poet Scott Wiggerman. Registration is still open (and if you live far away, you can always attend by Zoom, like me). For more information go to: 2026 Columbine Poets Fest
- Monday, Sept 21 at Hooked on Colfax in Denver –TwentyBellows Lit is hosting a farewell open mic before it ends all active programming. Come celebrate and say goodbye to this wonderful Colorado literary community. Thank you TwentyBellows Lit for publishing my work and the work of so many others.
My Recent Publications - My poem “Assignment; Moon” is included in the 2027 We’Moon Daily Calendar, now available for order on the We’Moon Website
- I also have three poems published in Filth, an anthology by Colorado’s own Stain’d Arts: Stain’d Magazine Volume IV
- Two of my poems, “Cracking Open” and “Ungrounded,” were on display at the Ekphrantastic Art & Poetry Exhibit at the Longmont Firehouse. These poems were created in collaboration with painter Sarah Broers Brown. See her fantastic work at: Home | Sara L Broers Brown.
- My poem “Swimming Beneath the Surface” was exhibited in Synergy, the Loveland Library’s Art and Poetry Exhibit. This piece was written in response to the painting “Sunkissed” by Linda Johnson.
And last but not least, a correction: if you received a newsletter from me yesterday, it was a (very, very) rough draft and not ready to be sent out. So sorry about that!
Amy Wray Irish 