Bruce Parker in Common Ground Review
Bruce Parker’s poem “Survival” will appear in the Summer/Fall issue of Common Ground Review from Western New England University.
January 2018
Diane Corson and Dale Champlin in Squid
Diane Corson and Dale Champlin both have poems coming out in Squid, published by the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita.
Free Range Poetry
OPA Membership Co-chair Diane Corson and OPA member John Miller host Free Range Poetry February 5, 5:45 PM – 7:30 PM. Free Range Poetry is a monthly, first-Monday event held at the NW Multnomah County Library, 2300 NW Thurman St. in Portland. Free Range Poetry is committed to provide poetry readings that inspire and yet …
An Interview with Carl Adamshick, Publisher of Tavern Books
“A man said no person is educated who knows/only one language, for he cannot distinguish/between his thought and the English version,” Jack Gilbert wrote in “Foraging for Wood on the Mountain.” But it is nearly inescapable for Americans to be monolingual, as our country is isolated by two oceans from most other languages. If we …
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OPA 2018 Conference: Save the Date!
OPA’s 2018 conference returns to the Valley River Inn at Eugene, September 29th and 30th. Watch for a Call for Proposals, and for early bird registration deadlines, as summer unfolds.
Submitting Your Work, by Bruce Parker
If you write poetry to put in a drawer and never show it to anyone, this article is not for you. But if you craft words, sound, rhythm, image, symbol, metaphor, into works of art you want to send into the world, to contribute a grain to the great, ever-growing heap of poetry in English, …
NFSPS Spoken/Written Word Contest– And So Many Others
Check out the new contest from NFSPS! [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-bbp-poster.pdf”] Also check out the rest of their contest lineup.
Broadfork Farm by Tricia Knoll, reviewed by Wallace Kaufman
ISBN-13 978-0-9980999-4-1 The Poetry Box 2017, 73 pp, $12.00 On her web site, www.triciaknoll.com, Tricia Knoll speaks of herself in the third person. She is a tree hugging . . . Master Gardener who routinely talks to crows who ignore her. She also calls herself an eco-poet. In the opening line of “The Klickitats,” the first …
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OPA Spring 2018 Contest Opens Today
Deadline March 1 2018 Categories (Limit: one entry per category.) 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Armin Tolentino. 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge: Tim Whitsel. 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new …