MOST RECENT OPA NEWS
Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2019 Contest Winners
Poet’s
Choice — Carl Adamshick, Judge1st Place: “Tiny Blue Flowers” by
Danielle Stricklin, Eugene, OR2nd Place: “Original Face” by
Michael Selker, Portland, OR3rdPlace: “My Selfie Poem”
by Cynthia Jacobi, Newport, OR1st Honorable Mention: “Barbizon
Nightgowns” by Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, McMinnville, OR2nd Honorable Mention: “Do Not Be
Afraid” by Michael Hanner, Eugene, OR3rd Honorable Mention: “Death’s
Usher” by Jessica Mehta, Hillsboro, ORMembers
Only — Leah Stenson, Judge1st Place: “You Never Can Replace a Dog
You Love” by David Hedges,
West Linn, OR2nd Place: “To the Moon after the Blood
Red Moon” by Amy Baskin, Portland, OR3rd Place: “Here a Small Rain” by
Nancy Christopherson, Baker City, OR
EPSON MFP image Uttered Chaos, Laura LeHew
ISBN# 978-0-9889366-6-9
2016, 35 pp., $10.00
www.utteredchaos.org
In And if the Dead Do
Dream, Anita Sullivan draws the reader into her personal realm: her house,
her walks in the woods, her family. She answers “Where Did You Grow Up?” and
signs her “Dear Baobab” letter “Love, Anita.” Fully two-thirds of the poems in
this collection are in first person. Even the handful of poems told in second
person are an interior dialogue, as in “Critical Mass” where Sullivan writes,Upon an early January
afternoon/resolve to leave this house/ / you’ve stayed in far too long.And as much as she is trying to communicate with herself and
her environment, Sullivan ... Read all of this item.
MOST RECENT POET’S SPOTLIGHT
2019 Spring Contest Winner: 1st Place, Theme–Climate
June 9, 2019Judge’s comments
I ultimately awarded first place to “Loaded trunk falling down a flight of stairs like choir birds” for its unrelenting imagery and the author’s broad perspective on the theme.
—Nancy Carol Moody
Poet bio
Shari Crane Fox comes from Cherokee, Lakota, Blackfoot and Irish roots. She holds advanced degrees from the University of Arizona, UCSD, and Stanford. She has received finalist and honorable mentions, most recently in the Oregon Poetry Association and Patricia Dobler contests. She believes raising three children solo to be her most significant achievement. She recently moved to Portland with a Pomeranian-Chihuahua rescue named Bernie, and to prove fairytales come true, married her high school ... Read all of this item.
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