Poets & Poetry

April is National Poetry Month – and to celebrate, we're talking with the owner of Wolverine Farm in Fort Collins, who left his 'day job' more than 20 years ago to devote his life to bringing a love of literature and poetry to Northern Colorado.

KUNC and In The NoCo are celebrating National Poetry Month by asking our listeners to contribute 8-word poems, or “octaves,” inspired by life in Northern Colorado. All you’ll need is your voice, your phone, and your poetry muse!

On this episode of Colorado Edition, we’re looking at a midterm election debrief and the property dispute over one of Fort Collins’ oldest restaurants — Pobre Pancho’s.

This year's One Book One Boulder selection, All We Can Save, illuminates the voices of women who are passionate about climate action and solutions. Contributor Camille Dungy shares her insight into climate literature as well as her contributions to the book.

Today on Colorado Edition, we talk to three guests about the results from Colorado’s recent election and why the three statewide ballot measures ultimately failed. And, we speak to an environmental poet about the intersection of literature and climate action.

Cowboys are synonymous with the West and Colorado's agricultural heritage. And this weekend, an event in our area celebrates that lifestyle through…

Katy Williams is used to having to explain her work.“I’ll tell people I’m a puppeteer and they’re like, ‘Oh, so like The Muppets?’” Williams said. “And…

The Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers on the strength of their defense. It was the biggest football game of the year — so we covered it with the littlest poems we can think of: haiku.

Being a teenager is hard enough - but when you’ve dropped out of high school and are dealing with depression, self expression can be hard. For 17-year-old…

Writer Cynthia Ozick attended readings at the Y in the 1950s. "You saw these icons standing in a blaze of brilliant spotlight," she says, "and you felt that you were at the crux of all civilization."