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The first weekend of Beyond Academia Free Skool Summer Poetry Camp has passed and it was a mixed bag of emotions... June 30th A riotous inspiring good time reading Richard Brautigan’s June 30th, June 30th on Pearl Street with Rob Geisen. July 1st Outside at Boulder Writers Warehouse along the North Boulder Farmers Ditch, the …
Continue reading “BAFS Summer Poetry Camp Intro Weekend Recap and What’s Next!” by Cicada Musselman
The Madwoman I remember a Bohemian Concern I had back in September 2011. I was doing my first feature at the brand new Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Café and needed to blow the audience away. So I turned to my trusty poetry allies for help, like Marcus If. “I need you to be The Beast …
Since its establishment in 1946 (the fulcrum of 20th Century poetry), the Academy of American Poets’ Chancellor’s Board (the Academy started in 1934) has brought together the mainstream of university poetics under a ‘court of the land’ banner to promulgate the art of verse. The continuous influence of the New Critics is evident in the tenure …
Continue reading Academy of American Poets: A Can of Beans? – A Loudmouth Editorial by Marcus If
Welcome to The Boulder Poetry Tribe's 2016 Electionstravaganza! During this presidential campaign you have seen commercials, polls, opinion articles, cable news panels, yard signs, debates, endorsements, tweets, madmen screaming incoherently on the street and more on who's the best candidate to govern our nation. But how much have you heard from the important perspective of all - your …
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By UrWill Rocks! Rising high up above, the waxing Moon… The North American black bear visited summer poetry camp a few times this year; always by itself, generally around midnight, and never afraid. Large-lunged snorts, breaking branches through the leafy raspberry patch, a shadow as soft as a 70 ton steam-powered excavation loader – with …
Continue reading Submissions for LoveShovelReview camp edition due TOMORROW!!
What exactly is BAFS Summer Camp? What might one experience while at Love Shovel Ranch? How are the classes organized? What kind of people can attend a BAFS class? Will I fit in? How free is it? These are some …
Continue reading The Beyond Academia Free Skool Summer Poetry Camp Preview by Scarlett Levi
A wild and mysterious spell is cast upon any venturing soul who steps upon the dusty Rocky Mountain peaks, who breathes in the cool pine-scent air of the continental glaciers, who shields their eyes from the bright elevated sun of a world this much closer to god and to nature.
The last time I walked into Jack’s house it was the 20th century, we read bound books, phones rang from the wall, still the clatter of his typewriter keys. As I remembered there was a sign on the door to please remove shoes, so I was glad for the fresh socks after work. I noted …
Continue reading “Jack Collom: The Kids are Tomorrow” by Marcus If
Sunday, January 31st, 2016 was a big day for Beyond Academia Free School folks and for the Nederland Poetry scene. After the biggest monthly class ever held at Love Shovel Ranch (led by Forrest Lotterhos and Ellie Swenson on Confessional Poetry), six of the BAFS poets headed over in the softly falling snow to …
The large, round mahogany table, surrounded by tall maroon leathered upholstery, sat in a dimly lit corner of License No. 1, the former Catacombs bar, just off the Pearl Street walking mall. Circling the mahogany perimeter: A double Jameson with just a couple of rocks in a whiskey glass; a ruby-red Negroni aperitif with an orange …
