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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
