Hear Here Poetry

We are a 501(c)3 community nonprofit in Colorado Springs. We exist to activate and amplify youth voices through high quality poetry events and education.

We dig deep and plant seeds encouraging everyone to listen, write, and share together. Hear Here Poetry encourages young and diverse audiences to actively listen, write, and share, by providing high-quality access points to writing and performance poetry education. Through online workshops, school projects, community events, and friendly competitions, we engage poetry as a life-long skill to enjoy

. Founded in 2011 in response to a city-wide need for a dedicated poetry venue, Hear Here has operated ongoing public events serving all audiences by providing opportunities to hear and share written and spoken word poetry. In 2013 Hear Here Poetry sent its first competing team to the 24th annual National Poetry Slam in Boston, joining 600 of the country's best performance poets, and returned having placed on the final stage of collaboratively written pieces. In 2014 the team garnered a first place title at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland of Group Piece Champions, highlighting Hear Here's focus on community building through skilled writing. 2014 also saw Hear Here become a 501(c)3 non-profit, and send its first high school youth team to a national poetry tournament and festival in Washington, D.C.. The Brave New Voices festival is a week of service projects, writing workshops, and friendly slam competitions bringing hundreds of young people together annually. Hear Here continues event programming, poetry education, building relationships with academic institutions, coaching performance poetry, and competing locally, regionally, and nationally in slam forums. We aim to celebrate poetry in a variety of dynamic ways. In more recent years, the organizations focus has centered more on youth and being present in the academic school systems. Through online, classroom, and community workshops, assemblies and events, Hear Here is dedicated to activating and amplifying young voices from the Pikes Peak region. Poets, not merely poetry, belong in schools. When people bravely tell their own stories, in their own vernacular, and on their own terms, it changes and improves the quality of their lives and relationships; listening to and encouraging them often changes ours. More than time spent with microphone or pen, we exist to foster brave, inclusive, and life-sharing networks, knowing the effects resonate personally, through our community, and into our sustaining culture.

05/27/2022

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As Colorado's largest statewide, member-supported, multi-media network, Rocky Mountain PBS wants to make sure everyone is seen and heard.

04/28/2022

Saturday!!! 1-3 at KCH. All ages, uncensored open mic! 👂🏼✍🏾🎤🎉

04/26/2022

👂🏼✍🏾🎤 Hear Here! Come join our all-ages, uncensored open mic celebration!! Saturday, 1-3 pm, KCH behind Penrose Library 🎉🎈☀️

04/22/2022

4/30, 1-3 pm, Youth Poets, DJ, Hear Hear favorite poet featured, Guest readings from Finding Our Voices, ALL-AGES, UNCENSORED OPEN MIC!!! 👂🏼 ✍🏾 🎤

04/21/2022

Youth Poets!!! Join us tomorrow at City Hall!

Join us tomorrow for the Day of Silence! We're excited to host a poetry showcase and rally at City Hall, and here are some other Day of Silence resources and event ideas for you!

04/19/2022

04/16/2022

📣NEXT FRIDAY! Join us April 22, 4-5 p.m. at Colorado Springs City Hall for a showcase of LGBTQIA2+ poets, testimonials from youth, poster-making, sidewalk chalk, and more. Free posters provided by Ladyfingers Letterpress !

The Day of Silence is a student-led, nationwide movement to draw attention to the systemic silencing of the LGBTQIA2+ community, and take charge of our own voices.

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Colorado Springs, CO

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http://hearherepoetry.org/

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