The title of Allan Peterson’s seventh full-length book, Amid This, vividly describes the astonishment of being alive and surrounded by a world in which there is no ordinary. Nature intersects thought and language in surprising and revealing observations. The fact that life has term limits invests everything with poignancy. Using illuminating language, poems often arise
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Pepper Trail’s new collection of poems, “Wild/Flower: Poems of the Oregon Flora,” has just been released by Painted Thrush Press. From spring wildflowers to autumn foliage, from delicate columbines to carnivorous cobra lilies, these poems illuminate the varied and beautiful flora of Oregon. In the words of Charles Goodrich, “Trail’s spacious poems invite us to
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To celebrate National Poetry Month, work by poets Claudia Luna Castro, Kara Briggs, Kelly Lenox, and artist Speakthunder Berry will be displayed in the pop-up Celebration of Words and Vision along the Columbia River Gorge. Poetry and art will be placed along two car-free trails of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The work will be
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A new poetry contest opens on March 10 through April 14th for OPA members only in celebration of National Poetry Month. The contest has been sponsored by an anonymous donor. Enter one poem, any style, any subject, any form, two page maximum. No submission fee. https://opa.submittable.com/ Winners will be announced by mid-May 2026, and be
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