Crisosto Apache named as next Colorado poet laureate

By: Sara Wilson

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 431

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Indigenous writer Crisosto Apache will serve as Colorado’s poet laureate. They succeed the late Andrea Gibson, Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday.

Apache said they are especially interested in sharing poetry with young people around the state to help “cultivate the voices for generations.”

“In order to keep this flame going and with the torch being passed to me, I want to think of those wandering the wilderness, allowing myself to lead in this position and …

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