Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson was an American poet and activist whose work took up gender norms, politics, social justice, LGBTQ life, and mortality. Their poetry collections include Lord of the Butterflies, Pansy, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns, The Madness Vase, and You Better Be Lightning, written in a spoken, performed voice. Gibson was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 2023 and died in July 2025. Their poems often turned toward grief and hope in the same breath.