Come for the poetry and stay for the community. To support our local artists, this is a paid event. There is a discounted option, please select whichever is best for you.

Pre-registration for this event is encouraged. Your ticket will be scanned inside our carriage house upon arrival. Proceeds from this event support future educational programs and make it possible for us to provide opportunities for local artists like those featured. To support each individual poet, each Saturday has its own paid ticket. Please see the next posting on the website to purchase tickets for more than one weekend. We appreciate your participation! 

Hosted by Marissa Forbes, this series will feature four incredible poets: Olivia Pearman-Editor in Chief of Screaming at America: An Anthology of Disobedience  on July 5th. Maru-an art teacher and aspiring novelist on July 12th. Lauren "Robbie" Velasquez Robinson, whose debut poetry collection: Listening Party: House Music and Other Conversations, comes out summer 2025 on July 19th and Lyric Haworth is a queer teen poet, filmmaker, and storyteller on July 26th. 

About the Poets

July 5th | Olivia Pearman

Olivia (she/her) is a Boulder-based poet who is passionate about the power of art and creativity for making good trouble and good change. She is also the Editor in Chief of Screaming at America: An Anthology of Disobedience and an instructor for the Summer 2025 Beyond Academia Free Skool. And she'd rather be in the mountains than writing this bio, but here we are.

 July 12th | Maru

Maru (he/they) is an art teacher and poet/aspiring novelist who leans into writing on the catharsis of trauma healing, addiction recovery and decolonization during late stage capitalism. Maru is working on a novel fueled with feminine rage that sheds light on superheroes we’ve known and loved.

 July 19th | Lauren "Robbie" Velasquez Robinson

Lauren "Robbie" Velasquez Robinson is a non-binary lesbian mixed Chicano poet. They are Denver poet and educator for the past 5 years. Their debut poetry collection: Listening Party: House Music and Other Conversations, comes out summer 2025, and their work has appeared in Twenty Bellows, Beyond the Veil Press and Lighthouse Writers. They run writing workshops around Denver or find them at open mics. 

 July 26th | Lyric Haworth

Lyric Haworth is a queer teen poet, filmmaker, and storyteller with a passion for raw emotion and vivid imagery. Featuring themes of love, transformation, trauma, and living in a world on fire, Lyric has been featured at the CCIFFY film festival, published in "Screaming at America: an Anthology of Disobedience," and performed in "Slay the Runway," and so much more.

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.