As a very young child Stan became fascinated with the rhythmic storytelling of song lyrics and the diamond shape of haikus. Stan writes to a melody he hears in his head and originally wrote song lyrics. Having never learned to play an instrument or read music Stan transitioned to poetry. Stan started attending Friday night open mic poetry at the Mercury Cafe in the 90's, became one of the hosts in the early 2000's. Stan was one of the editors/publishers of a poetry zine based on the Merc poetry scene, The Mercury Reader, for which he received The James Ryan Morris Memorial Tombstone Award. Stan also has a self published poetry book, "Moon Of Mercury". Stan was also a public radio DJ from 2002 to 2015. Stan started a monthly poetry salon at RPO gallery in 2022, and hopes to have a new poetry collection out soon, "The Denver Sad".

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