talking gourds

​Welcome to Talking Gourds, a poetry project of the Telluride Institute, created and run by Art Goodtimes of Norwood and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer of Placerville and funded by memberships and generous grants from County Commissioner Elaine Fischer, TI board member Audrey Marnoy of the Mountain Village and San Miguel County Poet Laureate Peter Waldor of Telluride. Talking Gourds, in collaboration with various partners -- including the Telluride Wilkinson Library, the Montrose Regional Library, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Between the Covers Bookstore, Arroyo’s Wine Bar & Gallery, Telluride Literary Arts, and the Telluride Arts District -- sponsors three programs:  the monthly Poetry Club on First Tuesdays at Arroyo’s, the Talking Gourds segment of the Telluride Literary Arts Festival,  and the annual Mark Fischer Poetry Prize.

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Julie Shavin of Colorado Springs wins $1000 Fischer Prize

Talking Gourds at Telluride LitFest

$1300 of prize money for 2016 Mark Fischer Poetry contest
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Talking Gourds featured in Telluride WATCH article

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer named Poet Laureate

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A program of the Telluride Institute