December 2019
OPA Spring 2020 Poetry Contest Deadline: March 1, 2020
Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Lynn Otto 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge: Andrea Hollander 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new poet is someone with …
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Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting December 9, 2019
Meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. via Skype Present: Bruce Parker (President), Diane Corson (Membership Outreach), Jennifer Rood (Vice-President), Carolyn Adams (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Submittable and Membership List), Dale Champlin (Newsletter), Stella Guillory (Adult Contest), Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary) Not Present: Dan Liberthson, Secretary Call to Order President Bruce Parker called meeting to …
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Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting October 12, 2019
Meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. via Skype Present: Bruce Parker (President), Diane Corson (Membership Outreach), Jennifer Rood (Vice-President), Carolyn Adams (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Submittable and Membership List), Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary). Not Present: Several members experienced technical difficulties. Susan Morse finally able to join approximately 7:10; board members Stella Guillory and Dan …
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2019 Fall Contest Winner: 1st Place, Poet’s Choice
Poet bio Danielle Stricklin has been writing poetry since the fifth grade, when her teacher praised her use of metaphor in a creative writing assignment describing the word “greed.” She studied poetry, literature, and gender politics at the University of Montana and currently lives in Eugene, Oregon, writing, running, and caring for her family and …
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2019 Fall Contest Winner: 2nd Place, Poet’s Choice
Original Face by Michael Selker When our friend turned sixty she wanted a new life, wanted to tuck up and tighten, wanted to get rid of those lines When people and things fell apart in her life and her car made a funny noise in neutral, she took control and hired a plastic surgeon. Now …
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2019 Fall Contest Winner: 3rd Place, Poet’s Choice
My Selfie Poem by Cynthia Jacobi I have middle aged children I wonder at their infant survival under my care and wish I could do it over My thoughts skip and pause as might a yellow pencil put to lined paper I remember a collage of shoes lost front teeth …
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2019 Fall Contest, Poet’s Choice: Honorable Mentions and Judge’s Comments
1st Honorable Mention: “Barbizon Nightgowns” by Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, McMinnville, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “Do Not Be Afraid” by Michael Hanner, Eugene, OR 3rd Honorable Mention: “Death’s Usher” by Jessica Mehta, Hillsboro, OR Judge’s comments There were so many great poems in the selection for Poet’s Choice that it made deciding difficult. When reading I was …
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2019 Fall Contest Winner: 1st Place, Members Only
You Never Can Replace a Dog You Love —for Dougal by David Hedges You never can replace a dog you love, It doesn’t matter, purebred, mongrel, stray, Who fits your disposition hand-in-glove. You find your mind is part and parcel of The one who teaches you to skip and play. You never can replace a …
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2019 Fall Contest Winner: 2nd Place, Members Only
To the Moon after the Blood Red Moon by Amy Baskin “You are a body of blood made beautiful.” —Anne Sexton Still, I see you, cold and barren, tucked behind a cloud that even now is leaving you alone. The fickle skies move quickly. We jerk our heads, crane our necks at the next …
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