Editor’s note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is supporting Beth Paulson’s goal of making poetry more accessible to all during her tenure as poet laureate. Therefore, you’ll see poems regularly featured here within our pages. We’re featuring local poets and their work – so please let them know how you liked their poems, curated by Paulson.

As the first Poet Laureate of Ouray County, it is my great pleasure to introduce readers to a new column in the Ouray County Plaindealer, which w...