NORWOOD ... Colorado poet Trish Hopkinson will be the featured guest at Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Stories & Poems series at the Lone Cone Library in April.
The free performance starts at 6 p.m. on the third Wednesday of this month, April 17th. It’s followed by a passing of the gourd, where community members are encouraged to share stories and poems – their own, or others’ that they know and like.
"Trish has held several readings in Western Colorado, including one in Norwood several years ago" said Talking Gourds director Art Goodtimes. “We’re delighted to have her back for National Poetry Month.”
Hopkinson is not only a widely-published poet but also a dedicated advocate for the literary arts. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com and in western Colorado where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets and is a board member of the International Women's Writing Guild.
Her poetry has been published in several lit mags and journals, including Sugar House Review, TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Cultural Daily, and The Penn Review. Hopkinson’s full length book A Godless Ascends was published by Lithic Press in March 2024. Her fourth e-chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019 and her third chapbook Footnote was published by Lithic Press in 2017.
Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.
Stories & Poems follows a simple format. There will be a performance of a featured storyteller or poet, followed by a question-and-answer session and then a Gourd Circle. At that point, everyone present will be invited to tell a story, perform a poem (an original or a favorite written by someone else), read a short section of prose or simply pass the gourd on to the next person.
A collaboration of the Lone Cone Library and the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program, Stories & Poems is free and open to all ages, thanks to the generosity of the library, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer & Cantor poetry contests. For more information, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at <art@tellurideinstitute.org>. To visit the website: <www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds
