Readers and fans of Andrea Gibson’s work offered an outpouring of love, grief and touching tributes Monday about how the poet’s words found them at just the right time.

Colorado’s poet laureate, Andrea Gibson of Boulder, died at their home early Sunday, July 14, from ovarian cancer. They were 49 years old.

Andrea Gibson, a spoken-word poet and queer activist, has died. She was 49 years old. Gibson died Monday morning in their Boulder, Colorado home from ovarian cancer. Gibson was diagnosed with in 2021.