GuloGulo Poetry Collective

Manuscript Book Club
2026-05-26 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Manuscript Bookclub is our once-a-month chance to read a comrade’s body of work! Each month a new manuscript is available to be read and critiqued. Join us on 4th Tuesdays at 5pm, at Wolverine Farm Publick House. This month, we’ll be reading a new manuscript from Becki Short entitled The Feeling is the Point. To read along with the Manuscript Bookclub, or to have your manuscript reviewed, please email us at gulogulopoetry@gmail.com.

4th Tuesday: Community Meeting
2026-05-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Join GuloGulo for our monthly community meeting. This is is the stage of the journey where poetry moves beyond the individual and into the hands of the collective to be sustained and championed. We invite board members, dedicated volunteers, and any interested Collective or community members to pull up a chair and help us navigate the business of poetry.

This is a working session designed to be transparent and collaborative. We will be discussing upcoming opportunities, coordinating our upcoming calendar and programs, and making key decisions that shape the future of the organization. We may event set aside a little time for a brief writing exercise to keep our creative gears turning while we handle the logistics. Come lend your voice and your vision to the GuloGulo mission.

1st Tuesday: Prompt Writing
2026-06-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Our monthly prompt writing session is dedicated to the first step in the Journey of the Poem. This is a generative space designed to move writers past the blank page and into the raw act of creation. Through a series of curated prompts and communal writing exercises, we focus on capturing the fleeting images and unexpected thoughts that eventually grow into finished pieces. Whether you are a seasoned poet or picking up a pen for the first time, this is where we gather to plant the seeds for the future voices of our collective.

Wolverine’s current Writer-In-Resident, Willow Engle, will lead this month’s workshop!

Forms Writing Workshop
2026-06-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
The GuloGulo Forms Writing Series is a free monthly meetup where our collective indulges in the deep study and collaborative practice of intentional poetic forms, devices, and constructs. From Blank Verse to Sonnets and Tankas, this inclusive gathering welcomes poets of all levels to explore new traditions and expand their craft together. The work results in an annual Forms Anthology.

2nd Tuesday: Writing Critique
2026-06-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-08-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
This second step in the Journey of the Poem, 2nd Tuesday critiques focus on helping raw drafts become intentional works of art. In a supportive, peer-led environment, we gather to provide constructive feedback on language, rhythm, and imagery.

To participate in the critique:

Bring one poem (or maximum one page).

Provide 20–30 paper copies so others can mark up edits during the session.

Pro Tip: You can get free printed copies at any Poudre Libraries location!

Whether your work is a rough fragment or nearly finished, join us to sharpen your tools and elevate your voice through the shared labor of the poet.

Jacob Sadler Featuring at Fringe Fest
2026-06-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
GuloGulo editor Jacob Sadler will perform Neolithic Poetry as part of the FoCo Fringe Festival at the Wolverine Farm Publick House. Learn more and buy tickets!

Booger's Poetry Slam
2026-06-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-08-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The Neighbor, 144 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Competitor sign-up begins at 5:30 p.m.

This spoken-word performance competition is a high-energy opportunity for presenters to share what’s on their hearts and minds in a live, competitive format. The evening is fueled by a “rowdy but generous” audience that donates to the winner’s prize pool jar, which can grow quite large in both money eclectic, funky prizes.

3rd Tuesday: Open Mic & June Feature: Anna Bonjour!
2026-06-16 16:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Join us for the monthly culmination of the “Journey of the Poem.” The evening begins with an immersive workshop at 4 pm, hosted this month by featured poet Anna Bonjour. Later, the energy shifts to our community open mic at 6 pm, a supportive space to share your own work. From first-time readers to seasoned performers, all are welcome to take the stage and celebrate the diverse voices of our collective.

About AnnaAnna Bonjour is a Fort Collins poet, classically-trained singer, and copywriter whose work finds wonder in the texture of everyday life and explores echoes of hope and faith in the world. In 2025, her poem Weaving Peace took first place in the Colorado State Fair Poetry Competition. This spring, Anna served as co-editor of GuloGulo’s most recent annual anthology, bringing her ear for language and her generous spirit to shaping GuloGulo’s collective voice.

Anna has also started a Substack, and she invites you to follow along! substack.com/@annabonjourcadenzapoetry

Manuscript Book Club
2026-06-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Manuscript Book Club is our once-a-month chance to read a comrade’s body of work! Each month a new manuscript is available to be read and critiqued. Join us on 4th Tuesdays at 5pm, at Wolverine Farm Publick House. This month we’ll be reviewing Mikey Barrientos’ The Romance of Despair.

To read along with the Manuscript Bookclub, or to have your manuscript reviewed, please contact us via our Contact Page.

5th Tuesday Performance Workshop - featuring Booger!
2026-06-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Any month with a 5th Tuesday is special, and this month is no different. Booger will facilitate a workshop focusing on performance and stage presence!

'Burn Yer Poem' Summer Poetry Camp Opening Ceremony
2026-07-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative, 39828 Weld County Road 19, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
During camp, we write to get “the feeling” of the poem down on the page, not to fixate on the details. Edit later. Generating content now. At the opening ceremony, write the thing you haven’t allowed yourself to write and burn it in the campfire. Then during camp, give yourself that same permission, but burn it in your notebook and release it later in print!

About Summer Poetry CampDuring July 4th weekend the annual summary poetry retreat will occur at Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative (39820 CR 19, Fort Collins, CO), with some associated events at Wolverine Farm Publick House (316 Willow St., Fort Collins, CO). Hosted by Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) and as part of the 250th birthday of the country, the theme of the event is “connecting communities.”Note that the following week, Poetry Camp moves to Boulder (Beyond Academia Free Skool, @beyondacademiafreeskool).If you are interested in opportunities for focused writing, collaboration, and fun, email GuloGuloPoetry@gmail.org (or use our Contact Page) to express interest and to learn more.

Plant-Walk Writing Workshop (Summer Poetry Camp)
2026-07-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative, 39828 Weld County Road 19, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
About Summer Poetry CampDuring July 4th weekend the annual summary poetry retreat will occur at Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative (39820 CR 19, Fort Collins, CO), with some associated events at Wolverine Farm Publick House (316 Willow St., Fort Collins, CO). Hosted by Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) and as part of the 250th birthday of the country, the theme of the event is “connecting communities.”

Note that the following week, Poetry Camp moves to Boulder (Beyond Academia Free Skool, @beyondacademiafreeskool).

If you are interested in opportunities for focused writing, collaboration, and fun, email GuloGuloPoetry@gmail.org (or use our Contact Page) to express interest and to learn more.

Drunken Haiku Competition (Summer Poetry Camp)
2026-07-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative, 39828 Weld County Road 19, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
A BAFS Poetry Camp tradition since the very first year (2014), the ‘Drunken Haiku Competition’ is an exercise in contemplative intoxication and how that relates to creative output in artists. While this concept can be used as a fun party game, this workshop instead focuses on developing a personal understanding of how altered states of consciousness affect your writing. We will each use a preferred form of ‘intoxication’ – be that alcohol or other psychotropic substances, induced trance, pranayama, ecstatic dance/prayer, kundalini shock treatment, or perhaps even tantric masturbation. Whatever techniques you use to ‘get in the mood’ to write we will ask you to practice in this workshop.

The point (think alcohol) is to recognize when you hit peak creativity, and when you’ve ‘had too much’ and quality declines. Each round of the competition – Take a ‘Shot’, Write a Haiku, Read yr Example, Vote on Favorite – can include brief process notes. The round ‘winner’ will choose a theme for the following round. In the end you will have an observable record of where you peaked and where you went too far. Again, this is a contemplative/meditation workshop, not a ‘party’. Side conversations or other distractions detract from everyone’s ability to concentrate, and the zen tyrant will “Shush” you as necessary. Discussion will be encouraged at the end, firmly discouraged during.”

About Summer Poetry CampDuring July 4th weekend the annual summary poetry retreat will occur at Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative (39820 CR 19, Fort Collins, CO), with some associated events at Wolverine Farm Publick House (316 Willow St., Fort Collins, CO). Hosted by Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) and as part of the 250th birthday of the country, the theme of the event is “connecting communities.”

Note that the following week, Poetry Camp moves to Boulder (Beyond Academia Free Skool, @beyondacademiafreeskool).

If you are interested in opportunities for focused writing, collaboration, and fun, email GuloGuloPoetry@gmail.org (or use our Contact Page) to express interest and to learn more.

Death Before Breakfast: A Generative Workshop, with Erica Reid (Summer Poetry Camp)
2026-07-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative, 39828 Weld County Road 19, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Forget gentle mornings and quiet sunrises! Fort Collins Co-Poet Laureate Erica Reid will lead writers through three poetic exercises to start the day with a jolt: one with a corpse, one with a tomb, and one with a dawn arcana. The spirit of the workshop is uplifting and creative rather than focused on loss and grief, though all writers, experiences, and styles are welcome.

About Summer Poetry CampDuring July 4th weekend the annual summary poetry retreat will occur at Quonset Hut Hemp Cooperative (39820 CR 19, Fort Collins, CO), with some associated events at Wolverine Farm Publick House (316 Willow St., Fort Collins, CO). Hosted by Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) and as part of the 250th birthday of the country, the theme of the event is “connecting communities.”

Note that the following week, Poetry Camp moves to Boulder (Beyond Academia Free Skool, @beyondacademiafreeskool).

If you are interested in opportunities for focused writing, collaboration, and fun, email GuloGuloPoetry@gmail.org (or use our Contact Page) to express interest and to learn more.

Short Forms Writing (Summer Poetry Camp)
2026-07-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States

Punketry! (Summer Poetry Camp)
2026-07-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Join the band Black Market Translation for a live poetry event with a punk rock musical background.

1st Tuesday: Prompt Writing
2026-07-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Our monthly prompt writing session is dedicated to the first step in the Journey of the Poem. This is a generative space designed to move writers past the blank page and into the raw act of creation. Through a series of curated prompts and communal writing exercises, we focus on capturing the fleeting images and unexpected thoughts that eventually grow into finished pieces. Whether you are a seasoned poet or picking up a pen for the first time, this is where we gather to plant the seeds for the future voices of our collective.

Forms Writing Workshop
2026-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
The GuloGulo Forms Writing Series is a free monthly meetup where our collective indulges in the deep study and collaborative practice of intentional poetic forms, devices, and constructs. From Blank Verse to Sonnets and Tankas, this inclusive gathering welcomes poets of all levels to explore new traditions and expand their craft together. The work results in an annual Forms Anthology.

This month, we will be returning to Japan and learning about the Imayo. Learn more about this form.

3rd Tuesday: Open Mic & July Feature: Jake Friedman!
2026-07-21 16:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Join us for the monthly culmination of the “Journey of the Poem.” The evening begins with an immersive workshop at 4 pm, hosted this month by featured poet Jake Friedman. Later, the energy shifts to our community open mic at 6 pm, a supportive space to share your own work. From first-time readers to seasoned performers, all are welcome to take the stage and celebrate the diverse voices of our collective. Jake will perform a featured set halfway through!

Photo by Kelsey Pinckney (2023)

About Jake Friedman

Jake Friedman is a poet, editor, and culture worker. He has an MFA in Poetry from Colorado State University and is currently serving as Poet Co-Laureate of Fort Collins, CO, among other things. He has a very cute two year old who you may have seen walking around town sometimes. He lives with his partner down the street from Wolverine.

About Jake’s 4 pm Workshop

Hammers, Mirrors, Restive Hands: Documentary PoeticsSaussure says that language is at every moment a product of the past. Ergo, perhaps the poet is a kind of a historian. Our task, then, is to seize a memory at the moment of danger, to resist becoming a tool of the ruling class. Documentary poetics (the practice of composing from other texts) is an underworld practice—a channeling or summoning, necromancy or possession—a critical tool we can leverage against power and institutions, an examination of our own position or complicity.

And so, what we’re going to do in this workshop is:

Introduce the movement or process known as documentary poetics

Read and discuss one or two of the following authors—Layli Long Soldier, Muriel Rukeyser, Anne Carson, M Nourbese Philip, Solmaz Sharif, Nicole Sealey

Glance briefly at theory

Think about how documentary might fit into your own work

Give you a little space to get started

Share and receive on-the-spot feedback

Provide references and resources for future reading

Please note: writers of all backgrounds and experiences are welcome. You don’t also need to have ‘a project’ or ‘work’ to participate.

Manuscript Book Club
2026-07-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Manuscript Book Club is our once-a-month chance to read a comrade’s body of work! Each month a new manuscript is available to be read and critiqued. Join us on 4th Tuesdays at 5pm, at Wolverine Farm Publick House. This month we’ll be reviewing Dan Van Horn’s Transpositions.

To read along with the Manuscript Bookclub, or to have your manuscript reviewed, please contact us via our Contact Page.

1st Tuesday: Prompt Writing
2026-08-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Our monthly prompt writing session is dedicated to the first step in the Journey of the Poem. This is a generative space designed to move writers past the blank page and into the raw act of creation. Through a series of curated prompts and communal writing exercises, we focus on capturing the fleeting images and unexpected thoughts that eventually grow into finished pieces. Whether you are a seasoned poet or picking up a pen for the first time, this is where we gather to plant the seeds for the future voices of our collective.

This month’s workshop will be facilitated by Wolverine Writer in Residence Devin Walsh!

Forms Writing Workshop
2026-08-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
The GuloGulo Forms Writing Series is a free monthly meetup where our collective indulges in the deep study and collaborative practice of intentional poetic forms, devices, and constructs. From Blank Verse to Sonnets and Tankas, this inclusive gathering welcomes poets of all levels to explore new traditions and expand their craft together. The work results in an annual Forms Anthology.

In an exciting twist, this month’s discussion will be the creation of a new form, the Seed Poem, in which a writer incorporates into their own work a significant word from each line of another Gulogan’s poem.

Book Release Party: Bone Stacked Oak w/ Ally Eden
2026-08-16 18:00 - 20:00
Former Fort Collins Poet Laureate and GuloGulo Co-founder Ally Eden has published a book of poetry, Bone Stacked Oak, with artwork by Jessica MacMasters. You can learn more about this event at the Wolverine Farm calendar of events. To pre-order your copy visit https://www.saltminebooks.com

3rd Tuesday: Open Mic & July Feature
2026-08-18 16:00 - 20:00 | Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States
Join us for the monthly culmination of the “Journey of the Poem.” The evening begins with an immersive workshop at 4 pm, hosted this month by featured poet venus indigo. Later, the energy shifts to our community open mic at 6 pm, a supportive space to share your own work. From first-time readers to seasoned performers, all are welcome to take the stage and celebrate the diverse voices of our collective. venus will perform a set halfway through!

About venus

venus indigo is a poet, dancer, and seeker whose chosen name carries its own cosmology. The lowercase v is intentional: the planet deserves the capital. Named for the astrological attributes of love, beauty, justice, and creativity, and for indigo, the color of the third eye chakra and one ring of every temporary rainbow, venus moves through the world in deliberate relationship with forces beyond the human family. Queer and gender dysphoric, venus has lived across cornfield towns, skyscraper cities, and high desert, finding community circles in each place that have seeded the garden of their consciousness. They write because they love it, and because they want their work to, in their own words, “f*ck with the Mind, and dance with the Heart.” Their motto for this revolution around the Sun: fierce and fabulous.

About venus’ 4 pm Workshop

From venus: “With my workshop, i want to inspire People who like to write; to empower People to create language for experience that we can relate to; to challenge the way People engage creative choices.”
