Exterior of the Center for Colorado Women's History surrounded by its lush, green lawn and several trees.

Event Series

Poetry on the Porch

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Poetry on the Porch is a summer series every Saturday in July from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the Center for Colorado Women’s History. Join us in our garden to experience the work of women and gender diverse featured poets and share your own. Hosted by author, educator and poet, Marissa Forbes, this series includes an open mic for all poets, complimentary hand fans and water. Come for the poetry and stay for the community.

The event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to let us know you are planning to come.

Please note our July 4th programming includes music and poetry and is from 11 am to 4 pm.

 

 

Marissa Forbes

Marissa Forbes

Host | Marissa Forbes

Marissa Forbes (she/her) is an artist, creative writer, and fund-finder. Her poetry books, Surviving Peter Pan and Brief & Bleeding Margins were published in 2023. Other published poems and short stories can be read on  marissaforbes.com and @word_nerd_ris. She is the Managing Editor for Twenty Bellows Lit and the current Poet Laureate for 40 West Arts District. She has resided all over the country, living multiple lives, but now hones her personal mission of amplifying art and community in Colorado while being as colorful and authentic as possible with her two children, father, dog, and cat.

 

We stand for diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of all genders and seek to uplift the experiences of those who identify as women, femme folx, transwomen/transfeminine, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and genderqueer.