On the West Coast and in Dallas he's been photographed and rumored to be in relationships with various artists and celebrities ranging from Carrie Underwood to Scarlett Johansson and Eliza Dushku, but in East Texas he's always been just another guy at the bar. This is the personal dichotomy that is the performance poet, Colin Gilbert.
Holding nothing back in his poetry, Colin attempts to offer a voice to those perspectives without and give credence to narratives too often overlooked while also offering a devastatingly real and often surprisingly joyous and subtly painful depiction of what it means to be. One thing is certain, you can never tell what he is about to say next.
Over the past couple of years Colin has become the most celebrated poet in the DFW area while claiming the following awards:
2006 Dallas Poetry Slam Champion
2006 Dallas Pugsley's Poetry Grind Grand Slam Champion
2006 Unity Grand Slam Champ
2006 Reigning, Undefeated Three-time Dallas Head-to-Head Haiku Death Match Champion
2006 Dallas All-City Slam Champion
2006 Chicago State University Hughes, Diop, Knight Literary Award
2007 Dallas Pugsley's Poetry Grind Grand Slam Championship
*2007 Fort Worth Grand Slam qualifier (participation in the Fort Worth Championship was limited to non-members of other teams)
July 8, 2007 featured in the Dallas Morning News' "Your own words; A look at what Dallas is Reading"
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Words With Wings (2006) CD - $10
I Want to Taste Purple (2006) Book - $10
This Blink of the Sun (2006) Book - $10
Reinventing the Heart (2007) Book - $10
...New CD coming soon!!!!
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"What I Want" recorded at the 2007 APCA National Conference
"Diamonds are Forever" recorded at the 2007 APCA National Conference
"Rainbow Painter" (aka Love Poem for APCA freestyle) recorded at the 2007 APCA National Conference
"My Pops Rocks" recorded at the 2007 APCA National Conference. (The emotional response after the showcase was incredible.)
