Susan M. Peiffer is a widely recognized and published poet, educator, and spoken word artist. Self-described as an irredeemable sesquipedalian demimondaine, she is referenced variously as "ever funky," "vivacious and free," and mysteriously, “Gibby." Susan's confessional and observational poetry covers a variety of subjects, often carries a unique cadence, and ranges in style from modern haiku to competitive slam. Susan is the program director, curator, co-host and slam master of the Hear, Here! Poetry community in Colorado Springs where she invests in the spoken word movement with youth and facilitates workshops in both page and performance poetry for people of all audiences. The 2012 RAW Colorado Springs Performing Artist of the year and recipient of the Pikes Peak Arts Council award for excellence in Performance Poetry, Susan has led the Hear, Here! Slam Team to the National Poetry Slam two years in a row. Her most recently published chapbook My Starfish Fingers Fumble: Poems that Thestrals Sing (available on Amazon) comes on the heels of a three track EP “Getting Gruntled.” Susan tries to keep her East Coast wit in check, her awe of the mountains fresh, and her belief that most things come to life at night a secret.
