Here’s a fact that will ruffle some hollers: poetry is not only for silent classrooms or forgotten bookshelves. For Andrea Gibson, it was a lifeline a method to rage, love, and live out loud. The 2025 ...

Colorado Poet Laureate, noted spoken word performer, and activist Andrea Gibson died Monday at age 49 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. Gibson – who wrote and performed luminous poems on ...

Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.

Andrea Gibson, a poet known for their ability to drill into the details of a moment and to draw those experiences out in captivating spoken word performances, died July 14.

In the months leading up to their death, Gibson, who was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in 2021, had been writing ...