The Poets

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Local mail-order cartoonist Nic Sequeira is also a painter, author, filmmaker, musician, and poet. His poems are generally either abstract manifestations of his mental state or sardonic throwbacks with an extremely blunt delivery. As with all his work, they ooze Denver.

You can get a copy of Nic's sci-fi anthology by sending $30 ($26 for Denver residents) to

Nicolas Sequeira

1424 Columbine St #1

Denver, CO 80206

Mike Chappelle is a Denver based musician and poet. Mike has been a part of multiple music groups including The Gluons, and currently writes the lyrics and performs vocals for Roller Coaster. Roller Coaster's Album "Now is Different" is available on Bandcamp. Mike's other works include multiple stage productions such as Dr. Antonioni's Imaginary Disease, which ran for over a year with performances in Colorado, Maine, Iowa, and Michigan, as well as "The Incredible Comeback of Frankie Pera." Mike can often be heard at open mics across the city of Denver including the Mercury Cafe on Fridays, The Corner Beet on Mondays, and Words with 'Em.Ocean at Green Spaces on Tuesdays.

Maggie Daniels is a poet, writer, and director passionate about storytelling through her raw perspective. She was born and raised in the bible belt. The notorious culture of southern grit and charm shines through her words giving readers a sense of home and familiar comforts. Maggie’s work reflects the mountains of emotion one can experience with life, love, & loss in a way that is deeply honest and healing for those reading. Her mother used to tell her she was a magenta girl living in a khaki world—that analogy shows through in her work as a unique take on the human experience.

Find more of Maggie's work and where to follow her at maggielogic.com

Jase is a poet and visual artist who currently resides in Denver, Colorado. Guided by heightened sensitivity with a burning desire for higher consciousness and transformation, Jase’s poetry brings a multidimensional and rhythmic approach to various topics such as generational trauma, police brutality, romance, heartbreak and collective healing. His first collection of work titled ‘Eternal Sol’ is pending completion.

Jase shares the following poems in this feature:

1. Poverty Into Poetry

2. Ponderosa Party

3. Voices from the Past

4. God is a Woman

Follow Jase on Instagram @abstractxsol

Emily's Bio:

Philip Tran is a queer native Denver Poet, collage artist, florist, handyman, roller derby initiate, and emcee who regularly hosts open mics and variety shows. Find his podcast “From My Open Mic” on Spotify for live recordings.  In May he launched Bound By The Beat, an event combining area rope bondage and jazz communities,  and is currently curating another show for December.  When asked what super power he would like he said “to give superpowers to those ignorant of their own powers.”

Follow Philip on Instagram @invader_4 (SFW) and @invader__4 (NSFW = 2 underscores)

Born and raised in Fushe-Arrez, Albania, Alisa is a 23 year old poet local to Denver. Alisa immigrated to the United States at the age of 16 and has lived between Seattle, Spokane and Denver the past 7 years. They have spent these years building community, pursuing their education and navigating the life of immigration in the search to discover themselves and who they are.

This search led to many passions such as upcycling of clothes, jewelry making, painting, dancing and finally poetry. Alisa re-found passion for poetry at the doors of Mercury Cafe and uses poetry as a means to speak to her immigration experience. Her poems embody the duality of her existence—a bridge between two worlds, navigating the fragility of belonging while blossoming in the boundless realm of creativity. Their verses weave tales of fractured identities seeking reunion, systemic injustices, longing for home encapsulating both the pain and triumphs of her journey. Through her passion and words, she reminds us that the human spirit knows no boundaries and that poetry, like life itself, transcends borders.

Poet, photographer, filmmaker, Simon Shah has been a performer on the Denver scene for over two decades.  A former language arts teacher, he currently works as a photojournalist for a national weather station.

Simon has two collections of poetry, "Miasmic as Me" and "The Last Love Letters," both of which can be found on Amazon.  He is currently working on several exciting sci-fi projects.

You can also follow his visual work and blog at shahsomeproductions.wordpress.com

From Henrico, Virginia (near Richmond), BG brings a hip-hop flow to spoken word conveying messages of peace, resistance, justice, and eroticism. BG also lived for a time near D.C. (Silver Spring, MD) and in Chicago for 6 years. BG has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Masters degree in Public Administration. BG currently runs a small business and also works at a nonprofit home energy efficiency organization. BG has been married for 12 years.

You can find more of BG's work on Soundcloud under the name iLLbg

BG also features regularly at the Mercury Cafe on Fridays in downtown Denver.

BG shares the following poems in this feature: