The Four Corners Poetry Festival, hosted by Durango Poet Laureate Esther Belin, is rooted in the celebration of this region as home—for all people who live here, new, longstanding, or otherwise. Hosted in Durango, this festival will celebrate the many different ways people relate to this place as home. What stories connect us to this region? To the land? To its history? To each other?

The festival will include workshops and readings from poets laureate from the Four Corners including Tommy Archuleta (Poet Laureate from Santa Fe), Jake Skeets (Poet Laureate from the Navajo Nation), Laura Tohe (Poet Laureate from Arizona), and Cristoso Apache (our newest appointed Poet Laureate from Colorado). During the festival, we will also have a panel, community reading, book signings, and other poetry-generating activities. Past Western Slope Poet Laureate Art Goodtimes will also lead his widely celebrated "Talking Gourds Sharing Circle" during the festival

. Spenser Snarr, Librarian at the Durango Public Library, reminds us that “Durango's poetry scene is absolutely packed with talented writers who are eager for opportunities to share their work. This festival offers a prominent stage and unique opportunity for poets of all ages to share and be inspired.”

Join us for this free, one-day festival honoring the voices and stories of the Southwest, and celebrating this place we call home through poetry!