The Milwaukie Poetry Series of the Ledding Library o f Milwaukie and St. John the Evangelist are delighted to continue this sea son of First Friday poetry readings for 2018 on F riday\, October 5. It’s going to be another great summer of readi ng and sharing poetry!
\nThe reading will be part of the Oc tober 5 First Friday festivities\, and will take place from 6:00 t o 7:30 p.m.in the meeting room at St. John the E vangelist church\, located at 2036 SE Jefferson St.
\nThe re ading will be a tribute to the Seventh Oregon Poet Laureate\, Pete r Sears. (1937-2017). “I write poems because I need art in order to seek full expression\,” he said in a 2010 interview with
\nthe Oregonian. Featured Readers will be
Peter Sears was a graduate of Yale and the Iowa Writers Workshop and came to Oregon in 1974 to teach at Reed College and served in teaching and administrative roles at Bard College an d Pacific University. His work has appeared in various national and litera ry magazines and newspapers. He is the author of four full-length poetry c ollections:Tour (1987)\, The Brink (1999)\, Green Diver (2009) and Small Talk: New and Selected Poems ( 2014)\, a number of poetry chapbooks\, and books on teach ing writing\, including Secret Writing\, and I‘m Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem.
\n He was a founding director of the Oregon Literary Coalition and
cofounder of Cloudbank Books. He served as Oregon Poet Laureate from
An Open Mic session will follow for all who wish to read from Peter’s work or share a mem ory or story in his honor. To get on the list to read ahead of time\, plea se contact Tom Hogan at 503-819-8367 or tomhogan2@comcast.net. For inform ation about the Milwaukie Poetry Series readings or other events\, also co ntact Tom at (503) 819-8367 or email him at tomhogan2@comcast.net. There will be a sign-up sheet at the event for those wishing to share . Peter’s books will be available and light refreshments will be served. P lease join us for a wonderful evening.
\nR. S. Stewart is a long-time Writing Consultant volunteer at Chemeketa Community College. His commentaries on poets\, playwrights\, po etry\, and language as well as his flash fiction pieces occur frequently i n Salem Weekly. Three of his plays have received staged readings\; his poe ms have been published in many journals\, both in Europe and the U S.\, am ong them Canary\; 2 Bridges Review\; Poetry Salzburg Review\; The Journal\ ; PIF Magazine\; Serving House Journal\; Ink\, Sweat\, & Tears\; Brittle S tar\; BlazeVOX\; Willawaw Journal\; indicia\;\; and The Sow’s Ear Poetry R eview.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will direct ly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages a nd snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in S
alem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebo
x.com/
Broadway Books celebrates the fall 2018 issue of Windfal l magazine with a reading by four northwest poets represented in the issue. Reading at the store on Tuesday\, October 16th\, at 7 pm will be Emily Antonia Fox Garcia\, Andrea Hollander\, Tim Raphael \, and Lex Runciman\, as well as the journal’s c o-editors Michael McDowell and Bill Siverly.
\nThis event i s free and open to the public www.broa dwaybooks.net
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181016T200000 GEO:+45.534906;-122.64802 LOCATION:Broadway Books @ 1714 NE Broadway St\, Portland\, OR 97232\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:WINDFALL AUTHORS TO READ AT BROADWAY BOOKS URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/windfall-authors-to-read-at-broadway-book s/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47172@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 17th\, at 7 pm we welcome two local poets to the Broadway Books stage: Carlos Reyes and Matthew Mini cucci.
\nIn Along the Flaggy Shore: Poems from West Clare\, the tenth volume of poetry from Carlos Reyes\, the reader is returned aga in to Ireland\, to the townlands of Letterkelly and Cloonanaha in County C lare. The poems in this collection capture the stark rural life that has n ow mostly passed\, as Reyes attempts to gather the remnants of a way of li fe that was pushed aside and forgotten\, painting a lyrical picture of a w orld gone by. In addition to his collections of poetry\, Reyes has publish ed many volumes of translations and a memoir\, Keys to the Cottage\, S tories from the West of Ireland. Reyes most recently read at Broadway Books from his previous collection\, Guilt in Our Pockets\, Poems fro m South India.
\nMatthew Minicucci is the author of two collect ions of poetry: Small Gods\, a finalist for the 2016 Green Rose P rize from New Issues Press\, and Translation (Kent State Universi ty Press\, 2015)\, chosen by Jane Hirshfield for the 2014 Wick Poetry Priz e. One reviewer wrote of Small Gods “The poems stick to memory li ke burrs to a pant leg\,” while another wrote “Small Gods enriche s us with its moral courage and its compassionate faith in the ultimate va lue of our fraught humanity.” Currently a lecturer in creative writing\, M inicucci received his BA in Classical Languages and Literature from U-Mass Amherst and his MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of I llinois at Urbana-Champaign.
\nThis event is free and open to the pu blic. www.broadwaybooks.net.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181017T200000 GEO:+45.534906;-122.64802 LOCATION:Broadway Books @ 1714 NE Broadway St\, Portland\, OR 97232\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CARLOS REYES AND MICHAEL MINICUCCITO READ AT BROADWAY BOOKS URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/carlos-reyes-and-michael-minicuccito-read -at-broadway-books/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47154@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Carol Hottle and Arturo Sarmiento present “Leyendo Between L ines” (Reading entre líneas) a bilingual literary collaboration. Carol Hot tle is a writer\, editor\, educator\, and dancer and has lived in the Nort hwest for over 20 years. She teaches writing (including poetry) in college s and universities and community settings. Arturo Sarmiento has published in magazines and newspapers\; and the anthology Antologia de Poesía Oregon iana. In 2017\, Sarmiento won the second prize of the contest “Primer Conc urso de Poesía Oregoniana.”
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide v ariety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 2
29 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
CELEBRATE AUTUMN WITH POETRY AND MUSIC
\nEnjoy a presen
tation of A. Moloktov’s latest publication\, along with guitarist Peter Zi
sa’s performance of classical and original compositions in a family-friend
ly pub setting on the lake. Cash or canned goods collected for local Food
Bank.
\nAccessible venue\, Free\, abundant parking nearby.
Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA’s lates t anthology “Suitcase of Chrysanthemums” and meet an indie press looking f or new voices.
\nFeaturing contributors and special guests Sossity C hiricuzio\, Brad Garber\, Laura LeHew\, Richard Loranger\, Christopher Lun a\, Pattie Palmer-Baker\, Dan Raphael\, Kelly Terwilliger\, and John Sible y Williams\, plus editor Jane Ormerod.
\nWe will start promptly with a limited open mic so please arrive early.
\n“Suitcase of Chrysanth emums” is an exhilarating collection of contemporary poetry and fiction fr om established and emerging writers across the United States and beyond.\nSubmissions for our next anthology are open October 15 2018 to Janua ry 15 2019.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181026T200000 GEO:+45.545764;-122.66648 LOCATION:The Waypost @ 3120 N Williams Ave\, Portland\, OR 97227\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:great weather for MEDIA URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/great-weather-for-media/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47185@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:River Road Reading Series \; 541-653-8133\; dobbiejoan@gmail.com\; http://www.riverroadreadings.blogspot.com DESCRIPTION:Poets Frank Rossini and Scot Siegel and animal behaviorist/c ognitive psychologist/writer Rosary Lombard will share their work at this October 28\, 2018 River Road Reading Series (RRRS) reading. Delectable ref reshments will be served. Authors’ books will be available for purchase an d donations will be cheerfully accepted.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181028T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181028T180000 GEO:+44.079852;-123.121021 LOCATION:River Road Park Annex @ 1055 River Rd\, Eugene\, OR 97404\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Free Authors’ Presentation URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/free-authors-presentation/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47142@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education\; 503-226-3 600\; bbiggs@ojmche.org\; http://www.ojmche.org/events/special-events-2018 -10-30-oregon-jewish-voices DESCRIPTION:Started in 1999\, this annual event features readings by pro minent Oregon Jewish writers. The five writers in the 2018 program\, who s pan a range of genres including fiction\, poetry\, non-fiction\, and essay s\, will share selections from their work in OJMCHE’s auditorium. This yea r’s writers are Ken Gordon\, Tracy Prince\, Donna Prinzmetal\, Joshua Safr an\, and Hillary Tiefer. The curator and founder of this annual event\, Wi lla Schneberg\, is the emcee for the evening.
\nThis year’s featured
writers:
\nKen Gordon is the owner of Kenny & Zuke’s Delicatessen\,
a pioneering artisan Jewish delicatessen with two locations in Portland\,
Oregon\, and one at Portland International Airport. Ken opened the first l
ocation in 2007 in response to the Pacific Northwest’s lack of the food he
grew up with in his native New York City. He is partly responsible for a
resurgence in the U.S. of the Jewish deli. Though self-acknowledged as a n
on-religious Jew\, he feels that opening a Jewish delicatessen in Portland
more than makes up for it. He wrote a health and fitness column for The O
regonian.
Tracy J. Prince\, PhD\, is an Affiliated Research Profes sor at PSU’s American Indian Teacher Program. She is the author of Portlan d’s Goose Hollow and Culture Wars in British Literature (with a chapter on British Jewish writers) and co-author of Portland’s Slabtown and Notable Women of Portland. She has spent over two decades teaching and writing abo ut race\, gender\, and social equity issues in humanities\, urban studies\ , and English departments in Turkey\, Canada\, and the U.S. and has spent research time in England\, Australia\, South Africa\, and France. She is c urrently working on Might Oughta Keep Singin’\, a book about the music of the South.
\nDonna Prinzmetal is a poet\, psychotherapist\, and teac her. She often uses writing to facilitate restoration and healing in her p sychotherapy practice. Her poems have appeared in many magazines\, includi ng Prairie Schooner\, The Comstock Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, and Th e Journal. Her first book\, Snow White\, When No One Was Looking\, was pub lished with CW Books in May of 2014.
\nJoshua Safran is an Orthodox Jew\, author\, attorney\, and nationally recognized advocate for survivors of domestic violence. His memoir\, Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road an d Off the Grid (Hachette)\, about his childhood on the dark side of the Ag e of Aquarius\, was called a “beautiful\, powerful memoir . . . reminiscen t of David Sedaris’s and Augusten Burroughs’s best work: introspective\, h ilarious\, and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly starred review). His lega l odyssey to free an incarcerated survivor of domestic abuse from prison w as featured in the award-winning documentary Crime After Crime. Safran’s e ssays have been published in Salon\, The Daily Beast\, Utne Reader\, and H uffington Post\, and his story has been heard on the BBC\, NPR\, PBS\, PRX \, CBS\, and Authors at Google.
\nAlthough originally from the East Coast\, Hillary Tiefer considers herself an Oregonian. She has a PhD in En glish and is a former college professor. Her short stories have been publi shed in several journals\, among them: Descant\, Blue Moon Literary and Ar t Review\, Grey Sparrow Journal\, Mission at Tenth\, Poetica Magazine\, Re d Rock Review\, and Juxtaprose Literary Magazine. Lily’s Home Front is her debut novel.
\nWilla Schneberg is a poet\, visual artist\, curator\ , and psychotherapist in private practice. She has authored five poetry co llections\, including In The Margins of The World\, recipient of the Orego n Book Award\, and her latest volume\, Rending the Garment. In February of 2018\, she served as a poet-in-residence in Kathmandu. She founded and cu rates Oregon Jewish Voices with Judy Margles. This is the 19th season\, an d Willa will emcee this year’s event.
\nAbout Oregon Jewish Museum a
nd Center for Holocaust Education:
\nThe Oregon Jewish Museum and Cen
ter for Holocaust Education explores the legacy of the Jewish experience i
n Oregon and teaches the universal lessons of the Holocaust. Through exhib
itions\, programs\, educational resources\, and opportunities for intercul
tural conversation\, OJMCHE challenges our visitors to resist indifference
and discrimination and to envision a just and inclusive world. The Oregon
Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education features\, along with co
re exhibitions\, national and international changing exhibitions that show
case Jewish contributions to world culture and ideas\, issues of Jewish id
entity\, and the forces of prejudice. OJMCHE also offers programs\, films\
, lectures\, and concerts cover a wide range of topics relating to Jewish
art\, culture\, and heritage\, which stimulate dialogue about identity\, c
ulture\, and assimilation. Education programs embrace the Jewish experienc
e and explore the lessons of the Holocaust. The organization is the stewar
d of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial\, located in Washington Park\, and of t
he Archives and Artifact Collection documenting the Oregon Jewish experien
ce. Tours of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial are free and available by appoi
ntment. For more information\, visit www.ojmche.org
Media contact: Rebecca Biggs\, Communications Manager 503-226-3600\, bbiggs@ojmche.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181030T193000 GEO:+45.524344;-122.67812 LOCATION:Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education @ 724 NW Davis St\, Portland\, OR 97209\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Oregon Jewish Voices Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/oregon-jewish-voices-reading/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-COST:$8.00 member/$10.00 general public X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47169@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Willa Schneberg DESCRIPTION:
Oregon Jewish Voices\, Readings by Oregon Jewish Wri
ters and Poets
\nTuesday\, October 30\, 2018 at 7:30 PM
\nOregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
\n724 NW
Davis Street\,
\nPortland\, Oregon 97209
$8 members and $10 g
eneral public
\nhttp://www.ojmche.org/events/
Started in 1999\, this annual event features readings by prominent Oregon Jewish writers. The five writers in the 2018 program\, who span a range of genres including fiction\, poetry\, non-fict ion\, and essays\, will share selections from their work in OJMCHE’s audit orium. This year’s writers are Ken Gordon\, Tracy Prince\, Donna P rinzmetal\, Joshua Safran\, and Hillary Tiefer.T he curator and founder of this annual event\, Willa Schneberg\, is the emc ee for the evening.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181030T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181030T203000 GEO:+45.524344;-122.67812 LOCATION:Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education @ 724 NW Davis St\, Portland\, OR 97209\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Oregon Jewish Voices\, Readings by Oregon Jewish Writers and Poets URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/oregon-jewish-voices-readings-by-oregon-j ewish-writers-and-poets/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-COST:$8 members and $10 general public X-TICKETS-URL:http://mail01.tinyletterapp.com/soapstone/community-announcem ents-from-soapstone-103/12646709-www.ojmche.org/events/special-events-2018 -10-30-oregon-jewish-voices?c=afda26d9-c0ec-4e28-9256-65461fb3ca63 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47215@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:PSU Center for Japanese Studies\; 5037258577\; cjs@pdx.edu\; www.pd x.edu/cjs DESCRIPTION:This event includes examples of the speaker’s work\, a poetr y reading with musical accompaniment\, and a discussion of how he “pours h is poems into different vessels” (types of media). Bin Sugawara is Japan’s most recognized poet as the result of the intersection of his poetry with various forms of media. His first volume of poetry Naked on a Veranda\, t he Rabbit and Women\, was published in 2011 in America by PRE/POST\, and w as later published in Japanese in Japan. He has written lyrics for the ban d Superfly\, produces the original media project Poets’ Weather Report\, a nd creates installations for museums. He frequently reads his poems on rad io and television\, and has presented readings throughout Europe and Russi a. He has contributed to many magazines\, including Brutus\, Ginza\, and H arper’s Bazaar. His recent work titled “Kanohito” was published by Tokyo S hinbun (The Tokyo Newspaper). https://www.pdx.edu/cjs/events/what-if-poems -were-water?delta=0
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T180000 GEO:+45.51172;-122.683949 LOCATION:Smith Memorial Student Union Room 338\, Portland State University @ 1825 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR 97201\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:What if Poems were Water? A Talk and Reading with Musical Accompan iment by Bin Sugawara URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/what-if-poems-were-water-a-talk-and-readi ng-with-musical-accompaniment-by-bin-sugawara/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47207@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.face book.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Carey Taylor is the author of The Lure of Impermanence (Cirq ue Press 2018). Her poetry has appeared in regional\, national and interna tional publications and in 2015 she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Bo rn in Bandon\, Oregon\, she has spent her entire life at the western edges of Oregon and Washington\, including ten years in Salem working for the S tate of Oregon. She has deep pioneer roots in the Salem area and her Great -Great Grandfather was John Burch McClane (McClaine) who was the first pos tmaster in Salem. She has a Master of Arts Degree from Pacific Lutheran Un iversity in School Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree from Linfield Colleg e. www.careyleetaylor.com
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the o pen mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide var iety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229
Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
Rachel Barton\, poet\, writing coach\, and member of the Cal yx Editorial Collective\, edits Willawaw Journal\, and co-chairs Willamett e Writers on the River. Find her poems in Hubbub\, Whale Road Review\, Clo udbank\, Mom Egg Review\, Oregon English Journal\, and elsewhere. Out of t he Woods was released in 2017. Happiness Comes is just released from Danci ng Girl Press.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic wil l directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of bev erages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St
NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://w
ww.ikebox.com/
Mago Gilson was born in Chiapas\, Mexico as Margarita Moreno Zarate. She grew up in Boyeros\, a town between Texcoco City and the Univ ersity of Chapingo. In Chapingo she met her husband Jack Gilson\, her Engl ish teacher. They moved to USA where Gilson decided became an excellent te acher and was recognized by the President of USA. Now retired\, Gilson rem ains active playing her guitar\, singing\, dancing\, and writing poetry.\n
Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follo w. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, a
t the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
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LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE\, Salem\, OR 97301\, USA
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings
CONTACT:Joan Maiers\; 503-344-4449\; jmaiers@yahoo.com\; n/a
DESCRIPTION:
Celebrate a harvest of words and music with featured award-w
inning poet\, Andrea Hollander\, and eclectic guitarist\, Peter Zisa.
\nBooks and CDs available for purchase and autographing for holiday gifts
!
\nBring a poem to read during the open mike portion of the program.
\nCanned goods or cash collected to support local Food Bank.
This day’s featured reader is YOU. On this night bring lyric s of a favorite song and perhaps a little story about why it is important to you. The regular infamous open mic will directly follow.
\nFeatur ed reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\ , the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the interse ction of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181129T210000 GEO:+44.940882;-123.033276 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE\, Salem\, OR 97301\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project featuring Your Favorite Song Lyrics URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-your-favor ite-song-lyrics/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47291@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Write Around Portland\; 503-796-9224\; info@writearound.org\; https ://writearound.org/events/ DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of our new anthology\, Awak e in Waves\, featuring the talented writers from our fall workshops in sch ools\, assisted living facilities\, affordable housing buildings and other agencies. Few Portland events include so many diverse voices!
\nThe reading is free\, ADA-accessible and open to all. Books will be available for purchase. Free guided playtime for children is provided.
\nThes e readings are funded in part by generous support from: Oregon Cultural Tr ust\, Regional Arts & Culture Council and Oregon Arts Commission.
\n
For more info\, call 503.796.9224 or visit https://writearound.org/events.
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\nLocation: First United Methodist Church is
located at the corner of SW 18th and Jefferson St. at the Goose Hollow MA
X stop and near a number of TriMet bus stops. There is limited onsite park
ing available.
Ann Staley has published three collections of poems: Primary Sources\, 2011\, Instructions For The Wishing Light\, 2013 through Booktr ope Press\, Seattle\, Washington and Afternoon Sky\, Harney Desert\, 8th S treet Press. She has been nominated twice for Oregon Poetr Laureate and on ce for an Oregon Book Award. She named herself the Poet Laureate of 8th St reet a few years ago. Ann will be reading from a new chapbook\, Age of Bro nze (30+ poems and an essay) to be published in December. She hopes to hav e them available at her December Reading in Salem. Her favorite definition of writing: “Writing is thinking made visible.”
\nFeatured reader b egins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike B ox\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ik
e Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Ch
emawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
Join us to celebrate the release of our new anthology\, Awak e in Waves\, featuring the talented writers from our fall workshops in sch ools\, assisted living facilities\, affordable housing buildings and other agencies. Few Portland events include so many diverse voices!
\nThe reading is free\, ADA-accessible and everyone is welcome. Books will be a vailable for purchase.
\nThis reading is funded in part by generous support from: Oregon Cultural Trust\, Regional Arts & Culture Council and Oregon Arts Commission.
\nFor more info\, call 503.796.9224 or visit
https://writearound.org/events/.
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\nLocation: The Rosewood Initiative is located in the Village Square sh
opping center at SE 162nd Ave and SE Stark St (next to Su Casa Super Merca
do) and is one block from the Max Blue Line. Ample free parking is availab
le at the Village Square shopping center.
Rain Spark is a coop gallery with 34 artists which includes Geraldine Foote and her Peace Leaves. She will read from her new chapbook\ , “Mouth Toward Sky”\, and will be joined by Dianne Stepp and Mike Langtry . Reception begins at 5pm\, reading at 6PM.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T190000 LOCATION:Rain Spark Gallery @ A Street between State and First in Lake Oswe go\, Oregon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry at Rain Spark Gallery URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/an-evening-of-poetry-at-rain-spark-galler y/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47294@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Sherri Levine lives in Portland\, Oregon. Her work has been published in The Timberline Review\, WillawawJournal\, Verseweavers\, and The Sun Magazine. She won First Prize (Poet’s Choice) in the Oregon Poetry Association’s Contest (2017). Sherri served as Poetry Editor for VoiceCat cher Magazine. Her debut chapbook\,In These Voices\, has recently been pub lished by The Poetry Box.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the o pen mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide var iety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229
Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
You are the featured reader! Bring your favorite poem about Christmas\, Hanukah\, Thanksgiving…Festivus and maybe a little story about it. The infamous open mike will follow.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, fea ture a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is
located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa an
d Cottage.
\nhttp://www.ikebox.com/
Poets Rachel Swafford\, Kristin Berger\, Kristin Berger and Carl Swart will share their work. Poets’ books will be available for purch ase and refreshments will be served.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181230T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181230T180000 LOCATION:River Road Park Annex @ 1055 River Road SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Free Poets’ Presentation URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/free-poets-presentation/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47315@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:The first Thursday of 2019 will feature poets from the chapb ook “Speaking Peace: Poems for Salem from the Salem Peace Mosaic.” Copies of the chapbook and that Save the Salem Peace Mosaic t-shirts\, tote bags\ , etc. will be sold at the reading to benefit SSPM.
\nFeatured reade r begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ik e Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190103T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Speaking Peace Poets URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-speaking-p eace-poets/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47316@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the PNW as a transplant\, Diane Corson’s poetry slants towards surrealism and the spirit of nature. She is a board member for the Oregon Poetry Association and a co-curator for Free Range Poetry. Diane has three chapbooks and her poetry has been in several publications.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly fol low. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and sna ck options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190110T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Diane Corson URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-diane-cors on/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47317@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:V. Falcón Vázquez was born in León\, Guanajuato\, México. Sh e emigrated to the United States at the age of seven. She started writing short stories at the age of twelve and discovered the love for poetry two years later. In her artistic work\, Falcón Vázquez\, has worked in communi ty plays such as Solo\, Una Voz (One Voice) and The Vagina Monologues in S panish. She participates in various art projects involving radio\, televis ion\, music and art installations in the Mid-Willamette Valley and Portlan d area. She has published her first poetry book in Spanish titled “Trazos de mí”(Traces of Me).
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cot tage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://w ww.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 229 Cortage St NE Salem OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring V. Falcón Vázquez URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-v-falcon-v azquez/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47318@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Hudson Schweikert has lived in a number of places but most o f his life has been rural. Schweikert went from the backwoods of the deep south to sitting on a houseboat with Alan Watts. It’s been a great life bu t most of it was spent in field and forest. Schweikert has been a farmer m ost of his life. He doesn’t think of himself as a poet and doesn’t underst and the rules of poetry. He just scribbles down some things about his life as they occur to him\, Schweikert has always loved words.
\nFeature d reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the interse ction of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190124T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 229 COttage St NE Salem OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Hudson Schweirkert URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-hudson-sch weirkert/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47319@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:A third generation Van Dreal artist\, John began creative en deavors such as painting and writing at age 7. He earned his formal educat ion in fine art and educational psychology\, maintaining careers in both f ields while writing in his spare time. John has been a resident of Salem f or 27 years where he lives with his wife\, dog and one cats. In addition t o his work as a poet and artist\, he is a published author in the topic of youth violence and threat assessment and currently works for Salem-Keizer School District as the Director of Safety and Risk Management Services.\n
Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follo w. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, a t the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190131T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 229 Cottage St NE Salem OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring John Van Dreal URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-john-van-d real-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47402@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Ann Staley has published three collections of poems: Primary Sources\, 2011\, Instructions For The Wishing Light\, 2013 through Booktr ope Press\, Seattle\, Washington and Afternoon Sky\, Harney Desert\, 8th S treet Press. She has been nominated twice for Oregon Poet Laureate and onc e for an Oregon Book Award. She named herself the Poet Laureate of 8th Str eet a few years ago. Ann will be reading from a new chapbook\, Age of Bron ze (30+ poems and an essay) to be published in December. She hopes to have them available at her December Reading in Salem. Her favorite definition of writing: “Writing is thinking made visible.”
\nFeatured reader be gins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Bo x\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Che mawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190207T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Ann Staley URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-ann-staley / X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47416@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Janice D. Rubin\; 5416872342\; rubinjand@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Downtown Bend: Writers Reading – Janice Rubin and Jack Lorts
\nSunday\, February 10\, 2019
\n2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
\nLocat
ion
\nDowntown Bend Library
\nBrooks Room
\nDescription
\nPoets Janice Rubin and Jack Lorts read original poems.
Poets J
anice Rubin and Jack Lorts read original poems.
\nAbout “Tin Coyote”:
A poignant journey traversing love\, loss\, memory and renewal\, Tin Coyo
te is rooted in the inner landscape of the heart as well as the physical l
andscape of the poet’s beloved Oregon. The Oregon Coast\, Warm Springs\, S
iuslaw River and Lake Paulina\, among other iconic destinations at home an
d abroad\, are vividly rendered backdrops to reflections and self-explorat
ions. ‘Light reflects\, refracts/creating space and possibility.’ Janice R
ubin is a keen observer of self and environment.
Janice D. Rubin i s a counselor and educator. She received her M.S. from the University of O regon and her B.A. in English Literature. Her poems have been published in CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim\, the Austin Interna tional Poetry Anthology\, Red River Review\,Tiger’s Eye Poetry Journal\, G lass: A Journal of Poetry\, The Quizzical ChairAnthology\, It Demands a Wi ldness of Me (Uttered Chaos Press\, 2018) and many other journals. She was nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize in 2008. She’s the author of Tran scending Damnation Creek Trail & Other Poems(Flutter Press\, 2010) and Tin Coyote (Blue Light Press\, 2017).
\nJack Lorts\, an ex-patriot from Suburbia\, fled southern California some forty years ago to settle in rur al Oregon. He has taught in small communities ever since\, retiring in 200 4 as superintendent of schools in Fossil\, Oregon (population: 500). His p oems have appeared widely\, if infrequently\, since the late 1950s in such places as Arizona Quarterly\, English Journal\, Kansas Quarterly\, Oregon English\, Oregon East\, Fishtrap Anthology\, Arsenic Lobster\, Quantum Ta o\, etc. He has two chapbooks out from Pudding House: The Daughter Poems & Others (2008) and The Meeting-Place of Words (2010). In 2011\, Finishing Line Press published his Dear Gilbert Sorrentino and Other Poems.
\nHe has also assembled several “serial poems\,” thematically inner-connecte d poems by several different poets\, including The Great Oregon Serial Poe m (Talent House\, 2001) and The Other Side of the Hill: A Trek Through Eas tern Oregon by Poet (Ice River\, 2003).
\nActive in Democratic state politics\, he has chaired the DPO’s Rural Caucus\, been a candidate for t he Oregon House of Representatives\, attended the 2008 Democratic National Convention as a delegate\, and is currently Mayor of Fossil\, where he li ves with Celia\, his wife of fifty years.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190210T153000 LOCATION:Deschutes Public Library @ 507 NW Wall Street\, Bend OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Poetry Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/poetry-reading/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47407@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Dennis Wiegal has written songs and poetry for most of his a dult life. He has two published books of poetry out: “Progeny” and “Life i n the Trenches”. Both are available through Amazon as well as from the aut hor. He lives in Salem Oregon with his wife of 48 years.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, t he Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\n< p>The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersecti on of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/ DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190214T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Dennis Wiegal URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-dennis-wie gal/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47432@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Joan Maiers\; 503-636-8955\; jmaiers@yahoo.com\; n/a DESCRIPTION:Regional authors\, Roberta Feins [Seattle] and David Oates [ Portland] read from their latest publications. Feins manages the e-zine Sw itched-on Gutenberg from University of Washington\; while Oates has recent ly published Scott F. Parker’s “A Way Home: Oregon Essays”. These books an d other available for purchase and signing.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190217T150000 LOCATION:Stickman's Brew Pub @ 40 N. State Street\, Lake Oswego\, OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peregrine Literary Series URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/peregrine-literary-series/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47408@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Juan Cervantes is currently Executive Director of Espiral Pu blishing and a long term member of the Silverton Poetry Association. He is a poet and enjoys other creative writing. Cervantes has published a book of his own poetry\, Voces de Libertad (Voices of Freedom).
\nFeature d reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the interse ction of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190221T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Juan Cervantes URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-juan-cerva ntes/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47440@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Joan Dobbie\; 541-653-8133\; dobbiejoan@gmail.com\; https://riverro adreadings.blogspot.com DESCRIPTION:Poets Michael Schein\, Joy Mc Dowell and Eric Wayne Dickey w ill share their work. Refreshments will be serve and poets’ books will be available for purchase.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190224T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190224T180000 LOCATION:RIVER ROAD PARK ANNEX @ 1055 River Road SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:FREE River Road Reading Series (RRRS) February 24 Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/free-river-road-reading-series-rrrs-febru ary-24-reading/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47409@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Michael Wynn is a former logger who now practices neurology\ , subspecializing in stroke and telemedicine\, in Salem. His chapbook “Bod ies of Evidence” was published in 2015. His poems have appeared in the Cor tland Review\, JAMA\, the Oregonian\, Hektoen International\, and Untitled Country Review.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic w ill directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of b everages and snack options!
\nThe Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ik ebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190228T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Michael Wynn URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-michael-wy nn/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47441@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Larry Anderson was a college professor for 40 years. Upon re tirement in 2002\, he and his wife Christine (retired mental health profes sional) settled in Molalla to be close to family. Ten years ago he became interested in poetry and joined The Friends of William Stafford\, The Mola lla Writers Group and The Silverton Poetry Association. He has taken numer ous workshops\, has been tutored by Paulann Petersen and Cindy Stewart-Ren ier\, published several papers in poetry related publications including an Anthology and his own Chapbook \, Earthquakes. He has been very active in open mics including many in Silverton. Larry was a student of William Sta fford in 1961-1962\, and his favorite Stafford Poem is Lit Instructor\, a copy of which he kept on his office desk for over 20 years.
\nFeatur ed reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\ , the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190307T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190307T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Larry Anderson URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-larry-ande rson/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47442@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:This day’s featured reader is YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE. Bring a poem (printed or typewritten) to share\, there will be an extra sign-up sh eet. Before the reading begins everyone who signed up for the poetry excha nge will hand their poem to someone else on the list. Your poem will be re ad by that other person\, it will give you an excellent perspective one ho w others read your work. The regular infamous open mic will directly follo w.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly f ollow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and s nack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at th e intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring a Poetry Exchange Event URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-a-poetry-e xchange-event/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47489@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Scott Landfield\; 541-345-8986 DESCRIPTION:Readings by Clem Starck\, Erik Muller\, Jenny Root\, Charles Goodrich. Music by Fisher Poets Duo and refreshments.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190316T183000 LOCATION:Tsunami Books @ 2585 Willamette Street SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tsunami Books Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/tsunami-books-reading/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47443@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Alice Pettway is the author of three books of poetry: The Ti me of Hunger (2017)\, Moth (2019) and Station Lights (2021). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Colorado Review\, The Miami Herald\, The Progressive\, The Threepenny Review\, and many others. Currently\, Pettwa y lives and writes in Shanghai.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wi de variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 C ottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http:/ /www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190321T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Alice Pettway URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-alice-pett way/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47444@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Two poets and a flutist present an evening of words and musi c. Jim Merrill is an MFA graduate of the Kerouc School in Boulder and auth or of two book length collections of poetry. Marc Janssen is an internatio nally published poet and oldish scamp. Orion Davidson has been playing flu te since middle school and currently performs at two different churches. W hen not performing\, Davidson enjoys hiking and photographing Oregon wilde rness.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will direc tly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190328T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Orion Davidson\, Jim Merrill\, and M arc Janssen URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-orion-davi dison-jim-merril-and-marc-janssen/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47510@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Reading & book launch for Wavering Reflection\, a posthumous collection of poetry by Virginia Corrie-Cozart. Virginia Corrie-Cozart (1 932-2012)\, poet\, artist\, and musician\, grew up near Bandon\, moving to Salem in 1973. Here she taught music in the public schools and studied po etry with William Stafford and others. An active member of the Oregon Poet ry Association\, she often won awards in its contests. In 2003 Traprock Bo oks published her poetry collection A Mutable Place.
\nFeatured read er begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the I ke Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Bo x is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemaw a and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190404T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Poetry of Virginia Corrie Cozart URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-poetry -of-virginia-corrie-cozart/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47490@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Katie Murphy\; 503-668-5537\; kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us\; https://www. facebook.com/events/281999882425394/ DESCRIPTION:Portland poet Scott Poole returns this year to host the Sand y Library Poetry Slam. Although it is run as a contest\, is a remarkably s upportive and casual event. If you have ever thought about sharing a poem\ , this is a great place to give it a try. There will be three age categori es with a $25 prize for the winner in each group and a $100 grand prize fo r the overall winner. All poems must be original. Deadline for registratio n is April 9 to have your name included in the program\; walk-in registrat ion also allowed.
\nPlease contact Katie Murphy
\nkmurphy@ci.s
andy.or.us
\n503-668-5537
\nfor more information.
John Edge wrote in the bay area haunted City Lights Books\, and North Beach coffee houses. After dropping out of poetry for decades\, in 2007 Edge MC’d a choral event at Chemeketa\, read some of his poetry an d rediscovered the joy of it. He said\, in the forward to his first collec tion of poems\, In My 60’s\, this led to a rededication to his poetry\, as did participation in a Stayton poetry group and “…felt like coming home.”
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly fol low. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and sna ck options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190411T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190411T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Poetry of John Edge URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-poetry -of-john-edge/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47526@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Joan Maiers\; 503-636-8955\; jmaiers@yahoo.com\; na DESCRIPTION:Celebrate National Poetry Month at this family-friendly venu
e with local authors
\nPenelope Scambly Schott and Dale Champlin. Enj
oy selections from the pub menu.
\nBooks available for purchase and a
utographing..
\nCanned goods or cash donations collected for the Oreg
on Food Bank.
Ben Hur Lampman was named Oregon’s Poet Laureate in 1951\; h e held that post until his death in 1954 at age 67. Lampman was one of Ore gon’s most popular writers in the first half of the twentieth century as a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post\, Sunset\, and many othe r popular magazines. Versatile\, Lampman was known as a reporter\, comment ator\, storyteller\, naturalist\, historian\, and poet.
\nFeatured r eader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, th e Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Che mawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190418T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Poetry of Ben Hur Lampman URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-poetry -of-ben-hur-lampman/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47536@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia O Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Ryan’s chapbook\, Smithereens\, was published by Imperfect P ress. Some of his recent poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Rock & S ling\; Phantom Drift\; Basalt\; DASH Literary Journal\; and Bright Bones: Contemporary Montana Writing. He has an MFA from Eastern Washington Univer sity and works at Eastern Oregon University. [www.ryanscariano.com]
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190424T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190424T193000 LOCATION:Art Center East 1006 Penn Ave La Grande\, OR 97850 @ 69532 Ruckle Rd SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Art Center East presents Ryan Scariano at Grand Ronde Poetry Series URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/art-center-east-presents-ryan-scariano-at -grand-ronde-poetry-series/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47513@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Kenneth O. Hanson (1922-2002)\, an Idaho native who became p art of the Theodore Roethke circle at University of Washington\, with othe r poets Carolyn Kizer\, David Wagoner\, Richard Hugo. Hanson was in Asian studies in Seattle and with the US Army. His collections were published by University of Washington\, Wesleyan University Press\, and Breitenbush. H is translations of Han Yu appeared in Sunflower Splendor and Growing Old A live. He was a long-time instructor of humanities at Reed College\, Hanson became fascinated by Greece\, its people and ancient philosophers. He ret ired to Athens and died there.
\nHanson’s poems will be presented by Erik Muller\, a poet for sixty years\, most of them lived in Oregon. Mull er has been engaged in local poetry as an editor\, publisher\, essayist an d self-published poet. He has edited Fireweed: Poetry of Western Oregon an d Traprock Books. Durable Goods: Appreciations of Oregon Poets (2017) as w ell as And Yet\, Selected Poems 2011-2018 (2019) are from Mountains and Ri vers Press. Erik is currently an OPA Board member.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Poetry of Kenneth O. Hanson URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-poetry -of-kenneth-o-hanson/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47517@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:River Road Reading Series\; 541-653-8133\; dobbiejoan@gmail.com\; h ttps://riverroadreadings.blogspot.com DESCRIPTION:Poets Barbara Drake and Eleanor Berry and prose writer\, Mik e Copperman will share their work. Refreshments will be served and authors ’ books will be available for purchase.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190428T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190428T180000 LOCATION:River Road Park Annex @ 1055 River Road SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Free Authors Presentation URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/free-authors-presentation-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47538@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Merry Clarkster is a fictional\, truth-telling character\, i n the tradition of Raven\, Brer Rabbit\, and Alice in Wonderland. His hobb ies include creating shade. He learns from worms. His poetic influences ar e Presbyterian hymns\, Jack Kerouac\, Red Skelton\, and Robert Frost.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack o ptions! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the inte rsection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190502T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190502T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Merry Clarkster URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-merry- clarkster/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47514@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Shawn Aveningo Sanders\; 5304090721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; http s://thepoetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:The Milwaukie Poetry Series and The Poetry Box present a rea ding to celebrate the launch of the 8th issue of The Poeming Pigeon: SPORT S.
\nFeatured Readers:
\nBrittney Corrigan • Sharon Wood Wortma
n • Kris Demien
\nPenelope Scambly Schott • Margaret Chula • Toni Par
tington
\nJoshua Plack • Vivienne Popperl • Donna Prinzmetal
\nB
arbara A. Meier • Hanna Jane Weber • Joy McDowell
\nDevon Balwit • Li
nda Neal Reising • Shawn Aveningo Sanders
About the Book:
\nD
ive into this sports-themed collection and you’ll quickly become a fan\, a
s our poets relive their glory days and share their love of the game. Whet
her you’re a competitive athlete\, a dedicated amateur\, or an armchair qu
arterback\, we invite you to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
—it’s all here between these pages. On your mark\, get set. Go!
Ev eryone is Invited to share in the celebration. Book will be available at t he event for signing or at the bookstore on ThePoetryBox.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190504T140000 LOCATION:Pond House @ 2215 SE Harrison Street\, Milwaukie\, OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Poeming Pigeon: Sports – Book Launch Celebration & Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/the-poeming-pigeon-sports-book-launch-cel ebration-reading/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47539@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Tia Borkowski moved to Salem in 2009 to be with her husband\ , a local musician. She has fallen in love with the area and enjoys explor ing the Valley in her free time. Borkowski’s poetry draws from her life wi th chronic illness\, mental illness\, and her relationships. She says poet ry\, which started as a hobby\, has become her great passion.
\nFeat ured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our host s\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! T he Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190509T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190509T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Tia Borkowski URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-tia-borkow ski/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47565@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia Díaz Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com\; http s://artcentereast.org/ DESCRIPTION:Ryan’s chapbook\, Smithereens\, was published by Imperfect P ress. Some of his recent poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Rock & S ling\; Phantom Drift\; Basalt\; DASH Literary Journal\; and Bright Bones: Contemporary Montana Writing. He has an MFA from Eastern Washington Univer sity and works at Eastern Oregon University. [www.ryanscariano.com]
\n< p>Tickets: https://artcentereast.org/. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ 006 Penn Ave\, La Grande\, OR 97850 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Art Center East Writing Project URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/art-center-east-writing-project/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://artcentereast.org/ X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47540@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:These youth LOVE reading\, writing and performing poetry! Lo cal poet and author Penina Ava Taesali teaches creative writing and spoken word using writing prompts\, theater exercises\, ice breakers and games f or the Claggett Creek Middle School Poetry Club based in Keizer\, Oregon. The Claggett Creek poets explore issues such as global warming\, the immig rant/refugee crisis\, school bullying and other subjects. They strengthen their creativity through writing prompts\, music and theater exercises…The y rock\, they move\, they hold\, they color\, they plant a world they drea m to live in. Come cheer and support middle school poets: Emily\, Abby\, M ikayla\, Ariadna\, Bear and Gilberto!
\nFeatured reader begins at 7: 00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, featur e a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage . http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190516T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Claggett Creek Middle School Poe try Club URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-clagge tt-creek-middle-school-poetry-club/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47642@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Lane Literary Guild\; 541-643-9972 DESCRIPTION:Poets Geri Doran and Jenny Root will read their work. free a nd open to all.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190521T193000 LOCATION:Eugene Public Library @ 10th & Olive Streets SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Windfall Reading Series URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/windfall-reading-series/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47541@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Smolen is a writer based in Portland transplanted fr om New Hampshire in 2014. She grew up on a dead-end road exploring drainag e pipes and pond life. You can find her writing in the Unchaste Anthology Vol. 2 & 3\, Mutha Magazine\, VoiceCatcher and in her first collection “Wo manhood and Other Scars.”
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the o pen mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide var iety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www .ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190523T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Rebecca Smolen URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-rebecca-sm olen/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47584@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Joan Maiers\; 503-344-4449\; jmaiers@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Enjoy pub menu or libations while two local authors present
their latest books.
\nMarian Pierce\, university instructor\, reads f
rom Finding Land: Stories of Japan\, and Armin Tolentino\, author and non-
profit board member reads selections from We Meant to Bring It Home Alive.
\nBooks available for purchase and autographing.
Free and ab undant parking nearby.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190526T150000 LOCATION:Stickman's Brew Pub @ 40 N. State Street Lake Oswego\, OR 97034 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peregrine Literary Series URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/peregrine-literary-series-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47542@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Doug Stone lives in Albany\, Oregon. He has been a social w orker\, policy analyst\, and consultant on public policy issues. He has w ritten two poetry collections\, The Season of Distress and Clarity and The Moon’s Soul Shimmering on the Water. Stone won the Oregon Poetry Associat ion’s Fall\, 2016 Poet’s Choice Award for his poem Things You Know But Can not Explain. His poems have been published in numerous journals and in the anthology\, A Ritual To Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will di rectly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverag es and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem \, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190530T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Doug Stone URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-doug-stone -2/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47649@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nThe Salem Poetry Project conti nues at the Ike Box\, 299 Cottage St. NE Salem. Each week will present a f eatured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will d irectly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at the Salem Poe try Project facebook page.
\nOur hosts\, The Ike Box\, feature a wid e variety of beverages and food!
\nJune 6
\nFeaturing Anita Sul
livan
On her way to becoming an anthropologist\, philosopher or tr anslator\, Sullivan got sidetracked into a career as a piano tuner\, and t his gave her a unique body of knowledge for poetry and essays. She earned an MFA in poetry in 2008\, and since then has published three poetry colle ctions and three collections of essays\, the most recent The Bird That Swa llowed the Music Box (Shanti Arts Press\, 2008). For more information visi t her website www.anitasullivan.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190606T200000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St. NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Anita Sullivan URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-anita-sull ivan/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47699@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Judith Montgomery\; 541-213-9797\; jhmbend@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Judith Montgomery (just moved back to the Portland area) wil l read from her new books\, Litany for Wound and Bloom\, and Mercy (winner of the Wolf Ridge Narrative/Poetic Medicine chapbook competition)\, Ivy Ross Ricci will read from her debut collection\, The Force of Gravity. Th ey both look forward to meeting old friends and new in this\, the last rea ding of the season at wonderful Broadway Books.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190611T190000 LOCATION:Broadway Books @ 1714 NE Broadway\, Portland SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Judith Montgomery and Ivy Ross Ricci Read at Broadway Books URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/judith-montgomery-and-ivy-ross-ricci-read -at-broadway-books/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47701@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; www.facebook.com /SalemPoetryProject DESCRIPTION:William Haas teaches at Western Oregon University. His writi ng can be found in the Cimarron Review\, Dark Mountain\, River Teeth\, Fid dleblack\, and elsewhere.
\nThe Salem Poetry Project continues at t he Ike Box\, 299 Cottage St. NE Salem. Each week will present a featured r eader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly f ollow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at the Salem Poetry Proje ct facebook page.
\nOur hosts\, The Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and food!
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190613T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190613T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage Street NE Salem OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring William Haas URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-william-ha as/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47719@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia O Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com\; https:/ /wordpress.com/view/ameliaettinger.wordpress.com DESCRIPTION:Sarah has a B.A. in Literary Studies from Beloit College. Af ter taking a long pause from writing post-college\, she came back to it as a manager of Hillsdale Farmers Market in Portland\, Oregon\, writing a po pular weekly newsletter column about seasonal eating and gardening. In 201 4\, she was selected as one of six participants for a Hedgebrook Master Cl ass on food writing. She has since published food and gardening articles i n Organic Life Magazine\, Backpacker Magazine Online\, and as a staff writ er for the Nature’s Path blog. She now writes a sporadic column on the sam e subjects for the Observer newspaper. When not cooking\, gardening\, writ ing\, or rambling in the woods\, she represents Art Center East through wr itten communications and otherwise as their Community Outreach Coordinator . Sarah will read a selection of prose\, poetry\, and non-fiction works-in -progress. Her writing explores themes of relationship\, loss\, and memory through the lenses of food and the natural world.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ Art Center East\, La Grande Oregon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Art Center East: Writing Project URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/art-center-east-writing-project-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47707@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Shawn Aveningo Sanders\; (530)409-0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; h ttps://thepoetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Box is proud to present two delightful poets who
have recently published new works.
\nCathy Cain’s new book\, Bee Danc
e\, is “Thrumming with a wise and generous curiosity\, the poems are brigh
t signposts pointing a way forward through a difficult age.” according to
Annie Lighthart\, author of Lantern and Iron String.
\nAnd youth poet
\, Piper Bringman’s first chapbook\, Cardboard Wings\, takes us on a fligh
t of fancy as she explores the natural world\, and shares her experience a
s a young curious heart navigating these modern times.
\nPlease join
us in celebrating these two poets.
The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Ike Box\, 299 Cott age St. NE Salem. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured r eader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more infor mation contact Marc Janssen at the Salem Poetry Project facebook page.
\nOur hosts\, The Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and foo d!
\nJune 20
\nFeaturing Jean Dick
Jean Dick has recent ly moved to Salem and joins the Salem Poetry Project regularly at Open Mic . Prior to Salem\, Jean was an active member of Poetics Corvallis. She cur rently has two books available for consumption and two “Musings of a Muddl ed Mind” and a limerick book “There Once Was…” are in production.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190620T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190620T200000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St. NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Jean Dick URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-jean-dick/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47652@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Ike Box\, 299 Cott age St. NE Salem. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured r eader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more infor mation contact Marc Janssen at the Salem Poetry Project facebook page.
\nOur hosts\, The Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and foo d!
\nJune 27
\nFeaturing Susan Morse
Susan Morse grew u p in California\, but also lived in Maine for thirty years. She earned a M asters degree in Literacy Education\, taught middle school Language Arts\, and attended writing conferences at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts an d Stonecoast Writers’ Conference. She moved to Salem in 2016 and is curren tly a member of the Oregon Poetry Association and the Mid Valley Poetry So ciety. Poems have appeared in various journals such as Cream City Review\, The Mom Egg\,and Willawaw Journal. Susan frequently participates in readi ngs through Salem Poetry Project. “In the Hush\,” her first chapbook\, dea ls with the effects of distance on relationships and with relatives who ha ve succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190627T200000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St. NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Susan Morse URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-susan-mors e/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47722@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Franca Hernandez is a photographer\, non-fiction\, fiction w riter\, and poet. As a freelance journalism writer\, she published article s in Northwest Senior and Boomer News\, Oregon Coast magazine\, Women’s Jo urnal\, Cascades Horseman\, Active Northwest\, Capital Press\, Statesman-J ournal\, one piece on-line at Medicinal Food News. She completed her first novel set in 10th Century Venice and the Silk Road.
\nFeatured read er begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the I ke Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Bo x is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemek eta and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190711T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190711T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Franca Hernandez URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-franca-her nandez/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47743@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Oregon Humanities and Southern Oregon University DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with 2013 Inaugural poet Richard Blanco! Think & Drink is an onstage conversation series with Oregon Humani ties that explores provocative ideas and fresh perspectives.
\nTic kets: https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashne ti/selfserve/storehome.aspx.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190713T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190713T200000 LOCATION:Grizzly Peak Winery @ 1600 E. Nevada St. Ashland\, Oregon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“Think & Drink” with Richard Blanco URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/think-drink-with-richard-blanco/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-COST:$10 X-TICKETS-URL:https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashneti/selfserve/storehome.asp x END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47744@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Southern Oregon University DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this opportunity to hear 2013 Inaugural poet Rich ard Blanco read his work and discuss his ideas and perspectives! 7-9 p.m.
\nTickets: https://commerce.cashne t.com/cashneti/selfserve/storehome.aspx.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190715T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190715T210000 LOCATION:Mountain Avenue Theater (Ashland High School campus) @ 201 South M ountain Avenue Ashland\, Oregon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Richard Blanco URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/poetry-reading-with-richard-blanco/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-COST:Adult: $15 Students through grade 12: $10 X-TICKETS-URL:https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashneti/selfserve/storehome.asp x END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47753@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings\,Workshops CONTACT:The Dalles Art Center DESCRIPTION:At 6:500\, Judith Montgomery will offer a one-hour workshop focusing on the challenges of writing about family\; at 7 pm she will read from and talk about her two new books\, “Litany for Wound and Bloom\,” an d her prize-winning narrative medical chapbook\,Mercy.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T200000 LOCATION:The Dalles Art Center @ 220 E 4th Street\, The Dalles\, ORegon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Montgomery Reading and Free Workshop at The Dalles URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/montgomery-reading-and-free-workshop-at-t he-dalles/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47741@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; www.facebook.com /SalemPoetryProject DESCRIPTION:Ryan Boyland is a writer based out of Omaha\, Nebraska. His work addresses issues of identity\, love\, and death. And stars. Because t hey’re cool. His goal through performance is to touch minds and hearts aro und the world\, and considers it a victory every time he is able to do so.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly fol low. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and sna ck options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring ryan boyland URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-ryan-boyla nd/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47725@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam\; 5039885123\; bigfootregional@gmail.c om\; https://multcolib.org/events/bigfoot-regional-poetry-slam-day-events DESCRIPTION:Poetry Slam is a two day Poetry festival and competition. At Multnomah Country Central Library\, we are having affinity mics so that m arginalized people in our community are given a platform to speak to their experiences.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190719T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190719T170000 LOCATION:Multnomah County Central Library @ 801 SW 10th Avenue SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam – Day Events URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/bigfoot-regional-poetry-slam-day-events-2 / X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47726@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam\; 5039885123\; karene@multcolib.org\; https://multcolib.org/events/bigfoot-regional-poetry-slam-day-events DESCRIPTION:Poetry Slam is a two day Poetry festival and competition. At Multnomah County Central\, we are having affinity mics so that marginaliz ed people in our community are given a platform to speak to their experien ces.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190720T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190720T170000 LOCATION:Multnomah County Central Library @ 801 SW 10th Avenue SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam – Day Events URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/bigfoot-regional-poetry-slam-day-events/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47742@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.face book.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Phil McCorkle pairs his poems with photos he has taken. Pho
tos will be projected on a screen during the reading.
\nPhil has been
a writer much of his life. Most recently published in a regular Statesman
Journal column which ran for two years\, he has also written and edited m
ore than a dozen newsletters\, written freelance articles for Flyfishing M
agazine\, and worked for a year as the assistant outdoor sportswriter for
the Statesman. Working at various nonprofit organizations\, he has frequen
tly written grants and appeal letters during his 30-year fundraising caree
r. He began writing poetry as a creative outlet\, and began pairing them w
ith his photos. His poems and pictures frequently focus on the outdoors an
d nature and the lessons there that cast light on life. He lives in Salem
with his wife\, Kathi\, and dog\, Mick.
Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feat ure a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemawa and Cottage . http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190725T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Phil McCorkle URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-phil-mccor kle/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47749@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Multnomah County Central Library\; 5039885123\; karene@multcolib.or g\; https://multcolib.org/events/writing-through-it-reading-and-celebratio n/106314 DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a year of Writing Through It and listen to poetry and prose by the writers who have attended the program. Writing Through It provides a space for creative expression for people experiencing houseles sness or anyone who has experienced rough times.
\nWriting Through I t is made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190730T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190730T193000 LOCATION:Multnomah County Central Library @ 801 SW 10th Avenue SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Writing Through It: A Celebration and Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/writing-through-it-a-celebration-and-read ing/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47803@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia O Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Featured Reader: David Axelrod
\nDavid Axelrod’s secon d collection of nonfiction\, The Eclipse I Call Father: Essays on Absence was published by Oregon State University Press in the spring of 2019. His eighth collection of poems\, The Open Hand\, appeared recently from Lost H orse Press. Axelrod wrote the introduction\, “My Interests Are People\,” f or About People: Photographs by Gert Berliner\, which appeared in the summ er of 2018 from Arts End Books. Axelrod directs the low residency MFA and Wilderness\, Ecology\, and Community program at Eastern Oregon University. In addition\, he edits basalt: a journal of fine & literary arts\, and se rves on the editorial board of Lynx House Press.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ 1006 Penn Ave\, La Grande\, OR 97850 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Art Center East—Writing Project URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/art-center-east-writing-project-4/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47770@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:The featured reader is you! This reading will be part of the Favorite Poem Project\, started by Robert Pinsky\, the former US poet lau reate. Everyone is invited to bring your favorite poem and a story of why it is important to you. An open mic will follow.
\nFeatured reader b egins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike B ox\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190919T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190919T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage Ave NE\, Salem OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring the Favorite Poem Project URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-the-favori te-poem-project/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47773@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Sisters Farmers Market with New Oregon Arts + Letters\; 503 997 030 1\; tiffany@plazm.com\; http://sistersfarmersmarket.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for Tea & Poetry Day! Join a free poetry playshop wi th Krayna Castelbaum. Celebrate the senses with tea tastings & tea blendin gs thanks to Mountain Rose Herbs & Metolius Tea. Listen to the dulcet tone s of Sisters Ukulele Group.
\nWe’ll unveil the winners of our Food & Farm Haiku Contest\, judged by Oregon State Poet Laureate Kim Stafford ( see http://tinyurl.com/foodhaiku to enter). Kids: join Deschutes Public Li brary for a special poetry booth!
\nIf you love poetry\, bring some along to share and read aloud (keep it family-friendly\, if you would). S isters Farmers Market is open every Sunday through the end of September\, 11 am to 2 pm\, at Fir Street Park. Kids enjoy playing in the splash pad f ountains!
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190922T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190922T140000 LOCATION:Sisters Farmers Market at Fir Street Park in Sisters\, Oregon @ Ma in St & Fir St\, Sisters\, OR 97759 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:TEA & POETRY URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/tea-poetry/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47771@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:John Miller is founder of Portland Ars Poetica\, an ongoing literary poetry workshop. His poetry has appeared in River Heron Review\, catheXis northwest press\, The Esthetic Apostle\, in the 9Bridges antholog y Over Land and Rising\, and in Glass Facets of Poetry. John was born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York. He has a degree in English from Amherst Col lege.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directl y follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages an d snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring John Miller URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-john-mille r/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47826@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Salem poet and fiction writer Lois Rosen has published two p oetry books\, Nice and Loud (Tebot Bach) and Pigeons (Traprock Books). A f ounder of Salem’s Peregrine Writers\, she leads the Trillium Writers and W illamette University’s I.C.L. Writers. Lois’ current novel-in-progress tak es place in Italy\, Portland\, and Mint\, Oregon.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box i s located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Lois Rosen URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-lois-rosen / X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47825@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Melody Wilson\; 5039398527\; Melodywilson@comcast.net DESCRIPTION:This is a new open mic intended to bring together writers at different stages in their process. 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:30 at the Rose City Book Pub.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191008T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191008T203000 LOCATION:Rose City Book Pub @ 1329 NE Fremont Street\, Portland SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cascade/Community Open Mic URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/cascade-community-open-mic/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47827@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Norm Baxter has been a restaurant worker\, janitor\, printer \, carpenter\, educator\, writer\, and farmer. He believes in always doing the right thing\, which gratifies some people and astonishes the rest. Fr equently a victim of his own enthusiasm\, he is delighted and amazed that his life has gone so well.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide va riety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottag e St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://ww w.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191010T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Norm Baxter URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-norm-baxte r/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47831@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Indigenous People’s Day ~ Honoring Women’s Voices
\nNat
ive Nations poets Laura Da’\, Ruby Hansen Murray\, Leah Altman\, Alise San
chez and a youth poet
\nOctober 14\, 2019 from 4pm to 6pm
\nOld
Liberty Theater\, 115 N Main Avenue\, Ridgefield\, WA 98642
\nFree
The public is invited to join us at the Old Liberty T heater in Ridgefield\, Washington to celebrate our First Nations People th rough poetry\, prose and music. As a community we will gather to honor the Indigenous People on whose traditional and ancestral land we sit and in a cknowledgment that many Indigenous Nations of the Columbia River have conn ections to this place and their descendants live on. Our honored guests wi ll include Tanna Engdahl\, Spiritual Leader of the Cowlitz Tribe. She will offer a blessing for the gathering\, which will honor Indigenous Women.
\nNative Nations women poets Laura Da’\, Ruby Hansen Murray\, Leah Altman\, Alise Sanchez and a youth poet will read their work. Traveling Da y Society\, an inter-tribal and multi-cultural blend of musicians utilizin g the voices of the Drum and the Native American Flute will join community members to drum at the event. This celebration is free and open to the pu blic of all ages.
\nA poet and a public-school teacher\, Laura Da’ s tudied creative writing at the University of Washington and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author of the collections Instruments of the True Measure (University of Arizona Press\, 2018)\, winner of the 2 019 Washington Book Award and Tributaries (University of Arizona Press\, 2 015)\, winner of the 2016 American Book Award as well as the chapbook The Tecumseh Motel. Her work has appeared in the anthologies New Poets of Nati ve Nations (Graywolf Press\, 2018) and Effigies II (Salt Publishing\, 2014 ). A member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe\, she received a Native American Arts and Cultures Fellowship in Literature. Da’ has also been a Made at Hu go House fellow and a Jack Straw fellow. She lives near Seattle\, Washingt on\, with her family.
\nRuby Hansen Murray is a citizen of the Osage Nation\, who lives downriver on Puget Island. She’s an award-winning colu mnist for the Osage News\, and has offered writing workshops at the Port T ownsend Writers Conference\, Mt. Edgecumbe Boarding School in Sitka\, Alas ka and the American Indian Center in Chicago. She writes about the idiosyn crasies of Osage family life and confronts stereotypes that render Natives invisible. Her work appears in Exquisite Vessel: Shapes of Native Nonfict ion by Elissa Washuta & Terese Warburton (2019)\, and World Literature Tod ay\, CutBank and The Rumpus. She received an MFA from The Institute of Ame rican Indian Arts.
\nLeah Altman (Oglala Lakota/Persian) is a Nativ e writer and poet from the Portland area. She has been writing and perform ing poetry since she was 8 years old. Leah was most recently published in an anthology of local Portland writers entitled Where the Roses Grow Best\ , and she has performed most recently on KBOO with local Native writers Tr evino Brings Plenty and Eva Joy. Leah has two daughters\, and her poetry a ddresses family\, love\, identity\, and her experience as a Native America n adoptee and second-generation immigrant. She currently works at the Nati ve Arts & Cultures Foundation and is a board member of Advancing Gender Eq uity in the Arts.
\nAlise Sanchez is a member of the Little Shell Ba nd of Ojibwe\, raised on the cold\, clear nights of western Montana\, and transplanted to the Pacific NW to flourish. She is a community-centered so cial services provider\, currently serving as the director of the Multnoma h County Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordination Office. She makes her home in queer and indigenous community\, is a proud parent to two children \, and is finally starting to self-identify as a writer.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191014T180000 LOCATION:Old Liberty Theater @ 115 N Main Avenue\, Ridgefield\, WA 98642 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Indigenous People’s Day ~ Honoring Women’s Voices URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day-honoring-womens-vo ices/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47851@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia O Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Jessica Mehta and Gary Lark will read selections of their ne w works published by Airlie Press.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ 1006 Penn Ave\, La Grande\, OR 97850 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:ACE Writing Project URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/ace-writing-project/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47841@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings\,Workshops CONTACT:Jackie McManus\; 541-296-4759\; margaretchula.com DESCRIPTION:This series brings award-winning Oregon writers to the cente r to read\, followed by a discussion and open mic. Margaret Chula will off er a free haiku workshop from 6:00\, followed by a reading.
\nMargar et Chula has published ten collections of poetry including\, most recently \, Shadow Man. Her haiku collection\, Grinding my ink\, received the Haiku Society of America Book Award. Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Regional Arts and Culture Council have supported her work as well as fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center\, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation \, and Playa at Summer Lake. and She has been a featured speaker and works hop leader at writers’ conferences throughout the United States\, as well as in Poland\, Canada\, Peru\, and Japan. Maggie has also served as presid ent of the Tanka Society of America and as Poet Laureate for Friends of Ch amber Music. Living in Kyoto for twelve years\, she now makes her home in Portland\, Oregon\, where she hikes\, swims\, and enjoys wildlife in her b ack yard.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T200000 LOCATION:The Dalles Art Center @ 220 E. 4th Street\, The Dalles SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Writers Talk URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/writers-talk/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47836@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Portland author Floyd Skloot joins us at 7 pm on Thursday\, October 17th to read from his new collection of poems\, Far West\, publish ed by Louisiana State University Press.
\nSkloot’s Far West intertw ines the past and present\, as time alternates between racing and standing still. Crafting poems that confront memory lapses and painful recollectio ns\, Skloot traces his moments of purest perception and expression: his wi fe practicing music\, his daughter finding delight in the presence of wild life\, Vladimir Nabokov able to lose himself when playing goalie in a socc er match. A poem about a forgotten word or name can lead to one about a so ng that refuses to stop playing over and over in our minds\, or to an evoc ation of a long-dead futuristic novelist who comes back from the afterlife to find a world even stranger than any he imagined. In poems that range f rom traditional forms and short lyrics to longer narratives and free verse \, Skloot explores how emotional experiences—memory and forgetting\, love and loss\, reverie and urgent attention—all come together in our search fo r coherence and authentic self-expression.
\nFloyd Skloot is a poet\ , creative nonfiction writer\, and novelist whose work has won three Pushc art Prizes\, a PEN USA Literary Award\, two Pacific NW Book Awards\, and t wo Oregon Book Awards. His poems have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly\, H arper’s Magazine\, Poetry\, Georgia Review\, Hudson Review\, and many of t he leading journals in this country as well as overseas. He has contribute d book reviews to The New York Times Book Review\, Boston Globe\, Harvard Review\, Sewanee Review\, and other publications.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T200000 LOCATION:Broadway Books @ 1714 NE Broadway St\, Portland\, OR 97232 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Broadway Books readings: Floyd Skloot URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/broadway-books-readings-floyd-skloot/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47828@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Colette Tennant just completed a book titled Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale: a Brief Guide\, forthcoming in September 2019. Billy Col lins recently awarded her poem 3rd place in the 2019 Fish Publishing Conte st in Ireland. She has two books of poetry: Commotion of Wings (2010) and Eden and After (2015). Her poems have been published in many journals\, in cluding Prairie Schooner\, Rattle\, Southern Poetry Review\, and others. S he has been an English professor for 24 years\, including teaching creativ e writing. She enjoys inspiring people to write poems.
\nFeatured re ader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chem eketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Colette Tennant URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-colette-te nnant/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47829@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Tom Hogan’s new book\, Giving Thanks: New and Selected Poems was published by Dancing Moon Press in 2018. He is the author of five cha pbooks and The Promise of the Trail (also by Dancing Moon Press\, 2014). H e directs the Milwaukie Poetry Series\, currently in its 13th Season and l ives with his wife Jane in Milwaukie\, Oregon.
\nFeatured reader beg ins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box \, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is l ocated at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa an d Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191024T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Tom Hogan URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-tom-hogan/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47837@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Book Bin\; (503) 361-1235\; salem@bookbin.com\; https://bookbin.com / DESCRIPTION:Susan Morse moved to the Willamette Valley in 2016 and is cu rrently a member of the Oregon Poetry Association\, as well as Mid Valley Poetry Society. She also frequently participates in readings at the Salem Poetry Project. In the Hush is her first chapbook\, but individual poem s have appeared in various journals such as Cream City Review\, The Mom Eg g\, The Aurorean\, Sixfold\, and most recently The Willawaw Journal.
\nSusan’s featured reading of poems from her chapbook In the Hush begin s at 7:00 p.m. at the Salem Book Bin\, 450 Court Street NE\, Salem (503-3 61-1235) and will be followed by an Open Mic.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T210000 LOCATION:Salem Book Bin @ 450 Court St NE\, Salem\, OR 97302 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Last Friday Poetry Series Featuring Susan Woods Morse @ Salem Book Bin URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/last-friday-poetry-series-featuring-susan -woods-morse-salem-book-bin/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47853@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Sherri Levine\; 9712674826\; sherrihope68@gmail.com\; sherrileivne. com DESCRIPTION:Head for the Hills is an Open Mic Event. Wednesday\, October 30. 6pm-7:45 pm. Read 3 poems or read for 5 minutes. Light refreshments. Sign up sheet available at 5:45. Late comers welcome.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191031T194500 LOCATION:Head for the Hills! Poetry Open Mic @ Hillsdale Libary\, 1525 SW S unset Blvd\, Portland\, OR 97239 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Head for the HIlls! URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/head-for-the-hills/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47859@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:C. Steven Blue is a Poet/Publisher/Producer/Performer\, his poetry stands outside the normal conventions of modern poetry\, at the cro ssroads of poetry and music\; produces and hosts BURNIN’ DOWN THE BARNES\, a monthly literary series at Eugene Barnes & Noble\; has seven published books\; has been published and interviewed widely in the literary world. M ore on his website: www.wordsongs.com.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7 :00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, featu re a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located a t 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottag e. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191107T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring C. Steven Blue URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-c-steven-b lue/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47852@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Melody Wilson\; 5039398527\; Melodywilson@comcast.net DESCRIPTION:Open Mic bringing student writers together with community wr iters. Poetry\, fiction and other genres. Sign ups begin at 7:00.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191111T193000 LOCATION:Rose City Book Pub @ 1329 NE Fremont Street Portland Oregon 97212 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cascade/Community Open Mic URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/cascade-community-open-mic-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47865@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Paulann writes:
\nMichael Dickman is a Portland poet\, but we in Portland see far too little of him. And our chances to hear him read his work are rare.
\nWell\, one of those rare chances is comin g up on November 12th:
\nA poetry reading by Michael Dickman and me< /p>\n
Tuesday\, November 12th\, 2 pm
\nPortland State University\, Smith 238
\nMichael will be reading from his newest full-length col lection\, Days & Days\, published by Knopf\, a book of—as Marie Howe has s aid—“spare\, clear\, untranslatable poems—spoken as if out of the original silence.”
\nI’ll be reading from my latest book\, One Small Sun\, f rom Salmon Poetry of Ireland\, described by Booklist as “a veritable maste r class in the interweaving of metaphor and memory.”
\nA little mor e about Michael:
\nHis work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Poetry\ , The American Poetry Review\, Field\, and Tin House. He currently teaches at Princeton University\, where he’s a Lecturer in Creative Writing. He w as the subject (with his twin brother\, the poet Matthew Dickman) of a New Yorker profile written by Rebecca Mead. He and Matthew had roles as the p re-cog twins in Steven Spielberg’s film “Minority Report.” (What other wor ld-class poets do we know who’ve been in a Steven Spielberg movie?)
\nPlease join us in downtown Portland to hear this native son and stellar poet!
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191112T150000 LOCATION:Portland State University\, Smith 238 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Portland: Michael Dickman and Paulann Petersen URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/portland-michael-dickman-and-paulann-pete rsen/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47868@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box\; 5304090721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; https://theP oetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:Annie Bloom’s welcomes these three wonderful local poets.
\nThe poems in Melanie Green’s A Long\, Wide Stretch of Calm (The Poet ry Box) are an invitation to slow down\, to rest deep into quiet and the c ontemplative. Melanie Green’s poetry explores the connection with the numi nous—as well as speaking to the difficulty of living with a chronic illnes s.
\nIn Shadow Man (The Poetry Box)\, Margaret Chula brings her fath er out of the shadows where he had been since 1957\, the day her mother pa cked their five children—all under the age of ten—into the car and drove a way. Over the years\, Margaret comes to accept the differences between a m other who wants China cups with saucers and a father who’s content with a Budweiser. Through writing about these awkward\, often heartbreaking\, int eractions with her estranged father\, she discovers that there’s more than one truth and that each of us must find our own.
\nFrom the univers al to the personal\, the formal to the experimental\, Carolyn Martin’s fou rth poetry collection\, A Penchant for Masquerades (Unsolicited Press)\, t akes an unflinching look at the fluidity of truth\, time\, identity\, hist ory\, death\, and relationships. A lover of all things poetic\, Martin has created an eclectic collection for readers who have a penchant for words and who are open to believing in everything and nothing.
\nTickets: https://www .annieblooms.com/event/poetry-reading-melanie-green-margaret-chula-carolyn -martin.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T190000 LOCATION:Annie Bloom's Bookstore @ 7834 SW Capitol Hwy Portland\, OR 97219 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Melanie Green\, Maggie Chula & Carolyn Martin @ Annie Bloom’s URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/melanie-green-maggie-chula-carolyn-martin -annie-blooms/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.annieblooms.com/event/poetry-reading-melanie-gree n-margaret-chula-carolyn-martin X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47860@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:At an early age Jamye discovered her creative side with the help of role models and teachers. Jamye states art is a way to communicate more succinctly and emotively with others. She was raised in Oregon\; she now works and lives in the Willamette Valley.
\nFeatured reader beg ins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box \, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is l ocated at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa an d Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T200000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Jayme Sue URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-jayme-sue/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47861@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Author Diane Forsberg\, poet Steve Slemenda\, and digital ar tist Joel Zak present Never Solitary-Forward\, a collection of prayers\, p oems and images. The publication is the third of a series that joins texts with images in a thought provoking and appealing blend of complimentary e xpressions. The book’s content will be projected as Forsberg\, Slemenda an d Zak present their contributions and discuss the rich process through whi ch the book was realized.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the o pen mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide var iety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www .ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Author Diane Forsberg\, poet Steve S lemenda\, and digital artist Joel Zak present Never Solitary-Forward URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-author-dia ne-forsberg-poet-steve-slemenda-and-digital-artist-joel-zak-present-never- solitary-forward/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47900@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:John Sibley Williams is the author of As One Fire Consumes A nother (Orison Poetry Prize)\, Skin Memory (Backwaters Prize)\, and Summon (JuxtaProse Chapbook Prize). A twenty-time Pushcart nominee and winner of various awards\, John serves as editor of The Inflectionist Review\, teac hes for Literary Arts\, and is a poetry agent.
\nFeatured reader beg ins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box \, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is l ocated at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa an d Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring John Sibley Williams URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-john-sible y-williams/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47901@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Australian born Jade Rosina McCutcheon holds a Doctor of Cre ative Arts from the University of Technology\, Sydney and a Doctor of Phil osophy from the University of Melbourne. She graduated from N.I.D.A. Sydne y as a theatre director and has worked as a professional director in Austr alia and the United States as well as in many Universities. Her publicatio ns include books\, Awakening the Performing Body\, Embodied Consciousness Performance Technologies\, Narrative in Performance\, chapters in edited\, peer reviewed volumes and poetry in Australian magazines. She was awarded a Kay Snow Poetry Prize (Oregon) this year for her poem ‘Fair Art’ and he r first chapbook “The River Speaks” will be published by Finishing Line Pr ess later this year. She also had three poems published in Terra Incognita (Bob Hill publishing 2019).
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and th e open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cott age St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http:// www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Jade Rosina McCutcheon URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-jade-rosin a-mccutcheon-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47902@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:You are the featured reader! Bring your favorite poem about Christmas\, Hanukah\, Thanksgiving…Festivus and maybe a little story about it. The infamous open mike will follow.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, fea ture a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cott age. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Favorite Holiday Poems URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-favorite-h oliday-poems/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47956@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Terra Incognita is the second anthology from Bob Hill Publis hing\, LLC\, and like Moments Before Midnight\, released in 2018\, the sub title is Oregon Poets Write for Ecological\, Social\, Political and Econom ic Justice. Reading their poems from the book will be: Carol Hottle\, Peni na Ava Taesali\, Paul Suter\, Elizabeth Keyser\, Ariel\, Amalie Rush Hill and Marc Janssen.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE i n Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox. com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200102T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200102T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Terra Incognita URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-terra-inco gnita/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47869@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box\; 530.409.0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; https:thep oetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:Annie Bloom’s welcomes Portland poet Shawn Aveningo Sanders to read from What She Was Wearing.
\nHow long can you keep a dark se
cret before you become completely unraveled? In What She Was Wearing\, San
ders uses poetry\, prose\, and letters to tell her #MeToo story—one that h
as taken over 30 years to reveal.
\nInspired by the countless number
of women who are bravely opening up to share their truth\, she adds her vo
ice to the fight against the oppressive\, misogynic times we live in. It’s
time to stop blaming the victim and to stop asking what she was wearing!
For Shawn\, writing through the pain and sharing these poems has proven t
o be cathartic and even epiphanic at times. It is her hope this work can h
elp women of all ages face and cope with their own traumas\, while letting
them know they can indeed heal and go on to enjoy loving\, trusting relat
ionships.
Bruce Parker holds a BA in History from the University of Ma ryland Far East Division\, Okinawa\, Japan\, and an MA in Secondary Educat ion from the University of New Mexico. He has taught English as a second language\, worked as a technical editor\, and as a translator. He reads f or Boulevard\, lives in Portland\, Oregon\, and is President of the Oregon Poetry Association. His work has appeared in CIRQUE\, The Inflectionist Review\, Alembic\, Cloudbank\, Floyd County Moonshine\, and elsewhere.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack o ptions! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the inte rsection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Bruce Parker URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-bruce-park er/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47958@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Nitza M. Hernández López has been living in Oregon since 201 2\, when she retired as a professor from the University of Puerto Rico. Sh e earned a doctorate in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsi n-Madison. Nitza is involved with photography\, mixed media\, acrylic pain ting\, poetry\, meditation and yoga. She occasionally does voluntary work at Capital Community Television. Some of her artwork has been shown at exh ibits and art galleries in Salem and Independence\, Oregon. “My poetry\, a s well as my artwork\, reflect my social concerns\, my latino and multicul tural identity\, and the connection I feel with Puerto Rico\, as well as m y ancestors and my cosmic origin.”
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 22 9 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. h ttp://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200116T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Nitza M. Hernández López URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-nitza-m-he rnandez-lopez/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47987@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Paulann Petersen reads. Attendees are invited to read a favo rite poem by William Stafford.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T160000 LOCATION:Stickman's Pub @ 40 N. State Street\, Lake Oswego\, OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peregrine Literary Series: Stafford Birthday Celebration with Paula nn Petersent URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/peregrine-literary-series-stafford-birthd ay-celebration-with-paulann-petersent/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47959@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Caroline Holm is a writer\, artist and Oregon-transplant. He r work is centered on healing the heart and body with nature and gently gu iding others to live in awe of and in tune with the earth in order that th ey may heal too. She’ll be reading poems from her upcoming book\, Woodland .
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly fo llow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and sn ack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T090000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Caroline Holm URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-caroline-h olm/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47960@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Michael Schein wrote Liquid Perishable Hazardous (poetry – 2 019)\, John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away (history – 2015)\, and novels The Killer Poet’s Guide to Immortality by AB Bard (2012)\, Bone s Beneath Our Feet (2011) and Just Deceits (2005). He edited Poets UNiTE! (2016)\, and founded LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop. His poetry has been stuck to refrigerators.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic wi ll directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of be verages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.co m/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T210000 LOCATION:IKE Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Michael Schein URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-michael-sc hein/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-47999@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.face book.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Nicole Taylor lives in the Eugene\, Oregon area. She has bee n an artist\, a hiker\, a poetry note taker\, a sketcher\, a volunteer and a dancer\, formerly in Salem’s DanceAbility. You can read more of her po etry at oregonpoeticvoices.org/poet/312/.
\nFeatured reader begins a t 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, fe ature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is locate d at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cot tage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Nicole Taylor URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-nicole-tay lor/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48000@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Lynn Otto is the author of Real Daughter\, winner of the 201 7 Unicorn Press First Book Award. She holds an MFA in creative writing fro m Portland State University. Her work has also been published in Iron Hors e Literary Review\, Raleigh Review\, Sequestrum\, and other journals (see lynnottoinfo.wordpress.com).
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and th e open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cott age St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http:// www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200213T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Lynn Otto URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-lynn-otto/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48001@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 503-779-8164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.face book.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Efraín Díaz-Horna was born in Talara\, Peru\, studied at Mt. Angel College in Oregon\, and the University of Wisconsin. For 25 years\ , Efraín was employed for the State of Oregon and Multnomah County. He has been drawing\, painting\, and writing since he was a child. He has exhibi ted his art in Oregon\, Mexico\, Russia\, and Peru. You can find his poetr y in Expreso\, The Oregonian\, The Hispanic News\, The National Catholic R eporter\, and several newsletters. He is the author of the six poetry book s and a translation of Kim Stafford’s poetry Cuando llegues al fondo\, cav a más abajo (2019).
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mi c will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety o f beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebo x.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Efrain Diaz Horna URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-efrain-dia z-horna/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48058@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Silverton Poetry Association\; 5032697895\; stsles@gmail.com\; http s://www.silvertonpoetry.com DESCRIPTION:20th Annual Silverton Poetry Festival hosts readings by Pene lope Schott and Emmett Wheatfield. Refreshments served.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T210000 LOCATION:Frank Lloyd Wright Gordon House at the Oregon Gardens @ 869 W. Mai n St.\, Silverton OR 97381 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Silverton Poetry Festival Gordon House Reading URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/silverton-poetry-festival-gordon-house-re ading/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48012@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Shawn Aveningo Sanders\; 530.409.0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; ht tps://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/the-poeming-pigeon-cosmos DESCRIPTION:OUR UNIVERSE IN VERSE
\nThe Milwaukie Poetry Series an d The Poetry Box present a reading to celebrate the launch of the 9th issu e of The Poeming Pigeon: COSMOS.
\nFeatured Readers:
\nPattie P
almer-Baker • Trina Gaynon • Colette Tennant • Liz Nakazawa • Casey Bush •
Dale Champlin • Melody Leming-Wilson • Douglas Spangle • Marilyn Johnston
• Brittney Corrigan • Judith Arcana • Joann Renee Boswell • Brad G. Garbe
r • Jessica Parker • Devon Balwit • Linda Ferguson • Delia Garigan • Rebec
ca Smolen • Doug Stone • Linda (LAW) Fraser • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Sh
awn Aveningo Sanders
Poets Lex Runciman and Jessica Mehta read and discuss their work and their lives poetic.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T210000 LOCATION:Creekside Grill @ 242 S. Water St.\, Silverton OR 97381 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Silverton Poetry Festival Presents Talking Poets URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/silverton-poetry-festival-presents-talkin g-poets/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48060@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Silverton Poetry Association\; 5032697895\; stsles@gmail.com\; www. silvertonpoetry.com DESCRIPTION:20th Annual Silverton Poetry Festival Presents Readings from Abbey Abbot Fr. Jeremy Driscoll\, Floyd Skloot\, and Marilyn Johnston. Th is special commemorative event celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Arvo Aalto Abbey Library coinciding with the Silverton Poetry Festival 20th An niversary event at the Abbey. A feast of food and drink follows the readin gs.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200223T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200223T153000 LOCATION:Mt. Angel Abbey Library Auditorium @ 1 Abbey Dr.\, St. Benedict OR 97373 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Silverton Poetry Festival Presents Feast of Poets URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/silverton-poetry-festival-presents-feast- of-poets/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48002@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Poets from Corban University will be reading their work from the Fusion Art Show which features student poems\, paintings\, and photog raphs. The art show will be displayed in Corban’s Psalm Center Gallery fro m late January through February. The poets\, painters\, and photographers will give a reading Thursday\, February 13th\, at 7 pm in the Psalm Center on Corban’s campus. Community members are very welcome. It is free and op en to the public.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE i n Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox. com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Corban University Poets URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-corban-uni versity-poets/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48067@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com DESCRIPTION:Paul Suter’s roots are in the San Francisco Bay Area. He ear ned an MA in English at UC Berkeley\, 1970\, and completed a Fellowship pr eparing community college English instructors at the University of Nebrask a\, 1971. He taught composition\, American literature and environmental li terature at Chemeketa CC. Today he copy-edits Oregon PeaceWorks\, enjoys t he arts\, values political activism\, and composes poems. His poem\, “Invi tations\,” will appear in the spring 2020 edition of Willawaw Journal. In 2018\, “Cathedral” was published in Moments Before Midnight\, and in 2019\ , “The Mountains Do Not Hoard Their Visions” was published in Terra Incogn ita. He lives in Salem\, where he is a member of the Trillium and Peregrin es writing groups.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox .com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200305T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Paul Suter URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-paul-suter / X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48068@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:Armin Tolentino is the author of the poetry collection We Me ant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press 2019). He earned an MFA at Rutgers University-Newark and his poetry has appeared in numerous j ournals including Common Knowledge\, Arsenic Lobster\, Hyphen Magazine\, a nd The Raven Chronicles. He is a phenomenal clapper\, a passable ukulele player\, and a bumbling\, but enthusiastic\, fisherman. More info at www.a rmintolentino.com.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox .com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200312T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200312T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring Armin Tolentino URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-armin-tole ntino/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48069@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Marc Janssen\; 5037798164\; mrcjanssen@msn.com\; https://www.facebo ok.com/SalemPoetryProject/ DESCRIPTION:German Rizo\, poet and Mexican narrator. He has published: S ongs of the soul and life (2014)\, Under the shadow of the heart (2016)\, Attract me with you (2017)\, participated in the anthology: Opposite equil ibria\, tribute to Federico García Lorca (2015). He has two other books of poetry entitled: The words burn and Footprints burn after the rain.
\nFeatured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. O ur hosts\, the Ike Box\, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack opt ions! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem\, at the inters ection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T210000 LOCATION:Ike Box @ 299 Cottage St NE Salem 97301 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Salem Poetry Project Featuring German Rizo URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/salem-poetry-project-featuring-german-riz o/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48071@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box (Shawn)\; (530) 409-0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; https://thepoetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:A poignant portrayal of love and forgiveness—
\nIn Shad
ow Man\, Margaret Chula brings her father out of the shadows where he had
been since 1957\, the day her mother packed their five children—all under
the age of ten—into the car and drove away. Over the years\, Margaret come
s to accept the differences between a mother who wants China cups with sau
cers and a father who’s content with a Budweiser. Through writing about th
ese awkward\, often heartbreaking\, interactions with her estranged father
\, she discovers that there’s more than one truth and that each of us must
find our own.
The #metoo story that took over 30 years to reveal—
\nInspired by the countless number of women who are bravely opening
up to share their truth\, Shawn adds her voice to the fight against the op
pressive\, misogynic times we live in. It’s time to stop blaming the victi
m and to stop asking what she was wearing! For Shawn\, writing through th
e pain and sharing these poems has proven to be cathartic and even epiphan
ic at times. It is her hope this work can help women of all ages face and
cope with their own traumas\, while letting them know they can indeed heal
and go on to enjoy loving\, trusting relationships.
About the Rea ders:
\nMargaret Chula has been writing\, teaching\, and publishing poetry for over forty years. Her recent books include: Shadow Man\, Daffod ils at Twilight\, and One Leaf Detaches. Grants from the Oregon Arts Commi ssion and the Regional Arts and Culture Council have supported her work\, as well as fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center\, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation\, and Playa at Summer Lake. Maggie has been a featured speaker and workshop leader at conferences throughout the United States\, as well as in Poland\, Canada\, Peru\, and Japan. She has also served as presiden t of the Tanka Society of America and as Poet Laureate for Friends of Cham ber Music. Living in Kyoto for twelve years\, she now makes her home in Po rtland\, Oregon\, where she hikes\, swims\, and creates flower arrangement s for every room of the house.
\nShawn Aveningo Sanders grew up in M issouri and after a bit of globetrotting finally landed in Portland\, Oreg on\, where she miraculously overcame her fear of birds upon meeting two ba by juncos in her backyard. Shawn’s work has appeared worldwide in over 140 literary journals and anthologies\, including Calyx\, Amsterdam Quarterly \, American Journal of Poetry\, and Poets Reading the News. Her most recen t chapbook\, What She is Wearing\, was released in 2019. She’s a Pushcart nominee\, Best of the Net nominee and managing editor for The Poeming Pige on. She was voted Best Female Poet-Performer in Sacramento News & Review ( 2009) and was winner of the first poetry slam in Placerville\, California (2012). Shawn is a proud mother of three amazing adults\, and she shares t he creative life with her husband.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T190000 LOCATION:Broadway Books @ 1714 NE Broadway\, Portland\, OR 97232 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Margaret Chula & Shawn Aveningo Sanders @ Broadway Books URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/margaret-chula-shawn-aveningo-sanders-bro adway-books/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48023@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Calls for Submissions &\; Contests CONTACT:Rebecca Robinowitz\; 5036685537\; rrobinowitz@ci.sandy.or.us\; http s://www.ci.sandy.or.us/library-programs DESCRIPTION:The Sandy Library Poetry Slam will be held on April 3rd\, 20 20 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Refreshments provided. Friends and family are encouraged to attend to support the poets. ONLY ONE POEM can be entered in to the contest\; there will be time to share additional poems later in the evening.
\nPlease fill out the Entry Form at https://www.ci.sandy.or.us/library-program s by Tuesday\, March 31st. If you don’t register\, you can still parti cipate but your name will not appear in the program.
\nBasic Rules:<
br />\n• Poets and performers\, ages 8 and up\, are welcome to work in grou
ps or individually.
\n• Poems must be appropriate for an all-ages audi
ence.
\n• It is best if the poems are memorized\, but not essential.\n• Each presentation must be limited to 3 minutes.
\n• A panel of
judges will choose the winners\; contestants will be judged on creativity
and presentation.
\n• Participants must write the poems they present.<
br />\n• The contestant must be present to win.
\nThe winner in each c
ategory will receive $25\; the Grand Prize winner will receive $100 cash.<
/p>\n
In celebration of National Poetry Month and International Ha iku Poetry Day on April 17\, Friends of the Columbia Gorge is launching a Spring Gorge Haiku Challenge. While we all refrain from connecting to the Gorge physically\, for the greater good\, we can still stay connected vir tually and celebrate the Gorge’s wonders from home by writing three simple but meaningful lines of verse.
\nMore…
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200410T013000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Friends of the Columbia Gorge Spring Haiku Contest through April 15 th URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/friends-of-the-columbia-gorge-spring-haik u-contest-through-april-15th/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48111@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:https://riverroadreadings.blogspot.com/ DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 26\, 2020 River Road Reading Series (RRRS) la st Sunday Reading (LIVE ON ZOOM) from 4:30 to 6:00pm. Readers will be Leis ha Wharfed\, Patti Sirens and Lynn Otto. The link will be available on our River Road Reading Series (RRRS)Facebook page on the Lane Literary Guild site and on our website a few days before the reading.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200426T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200426T180000 LOCATION:LIVE ON ZOOM SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:River Road Reading Series LIVE ON ZOOM featuring Leisha Wharfed\, P atti Sirens and Lynn Otto URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/river-road-reading-series-live-on-zoom-fe aturing-leisha-wharfed-patti-sirens-and-lynn-otto/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48215@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Calls for Submissions &\; Contests CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Montreal International Poetry Prize\, initially founded with assistance from Leonard Cohen\, awards $20\,000 CAD to the writer of a single poem. Click here to learn more about the Montreal Prize and its new ways of thinking about the arts in a time of global crisis.
\nDeadline J une 1st: submit online at the link above.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200510T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200601T011100 LOCATION:McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Montreal International Poetry Prize URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/montreal-international-poetry-prize/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48295@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Calls for Submissions &\; Contests CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Deadline September 1st. For details and to submit\, click here.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200808T020200 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200901T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:OPA Pandemic Anthology URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/opa-pandemic-anthology/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48402@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box (Shawn)\; (530) 409-0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; https://thepoetrybox.com/the-poetry-box-live-oct-2020 DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Box LIVE – October Edition
\nTime: Oct 10\,
2020 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern)
The Poetry Box LIVE is a mon thly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Shawn A veningo Sanders is the host/emcee with 3 Featured Poet/Authors each show.< /p>\n
October Featured Poets:
\n• Christopher Bogart\, author of BR
EAKPOINT and THE EATER OF DREAMS (New Jersey)
\n• Kaja Weeks\, author
of MOUTH QUILL (Maryland)
\n• Wendy Colby\, reading on behalf of Joa
n Colby author of THE KINGDOM OF BIRDS (Illinois)
——- ABOUT THE FE ATURED POETS ———-
\nChristopher Bogart is a retired educator and a w orking poet and writer with an MA in Creative Writing from Monmouth Univer sity. His poetry has been published in Voices Rising from the Grove\, Spin drift\, WestWard Quarterly\, Saggio Poetry Journal\, The Howl of Sorrow an d others. His chapbook 14: Antología del Sonoran\, was awarded 3rd place i n The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize in 2018. He is presently working on his fi rst novel\, tentatively titled The Beast\, about the plight of two Hondura n teenage migrants who flee poverty and crime of Central America in search of a better life in the United States of America.
\nKaja Weeks is a poet\, essayist and classically trained singer whose writing contemplates music and healing as well as identity through multiple generations. She i s the American born daughter of World War Two refugees from Estonia. Moved by the pain and beauty of its history\, she also loves the alliterative s ounds\, mythic lore and world views in that ancient Finno-Ugric culture. M any of these motifs\, found in thousands of runic verses and long preserve d by oral transmission\, come alive in Kaja’s creative work. Nick-named a “little songbird” when she was five\, she is a clinic-based music educator in Maryland who engages young children with autism to their earliest comm unications with playful singing. Kaja’s writing has appeared in The Sugar House Review\; Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine\, Under the Gum Tree\, Th e Potomac Review\, and elsewhere.
\nJoan Colby\, was a masterful poe t and avid bird lover\, who suddenly learned she had stage 4 lung cancer a nd passed away in August 2020. Her daughter Wendy Colby will be reading fr om Joan’s latest book\, The Kingdom of Birds\, which was released by The P oetry Box in September. Joan Colby had published widely in journals such as Poetry\, Atlanta Review\, South Dakota Review\, Spillway and others. Aw ards include two Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards and an Illinois Art s Council Fellowship in Literature. She has published 22 books including S elected Poems which received the 2013 FutureCycle Book Prize and Ribcage w hich was awarded the 2015 Kithara Book Prize. Joan was a senior editor of FutureCycle Press and an associate editor of Good Works Review. Joan’s dau ghter\, Wendy Colby\, will be reading from the collection to celebrate her mother’s poetry in The Kindgom of Bird\, her last book.
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On Saturday\, November 28th\, at 5pm Pacific\, please join p oets Lydia K. Valentine (Brief Black Candles)\, Zack Dye (21st Century Ame rican Verses)\, and Benjamin Gorman (When She Leaves Me)\, and poets who g enerously share a poem of their own in the open mic portion of the show. P oets\, we’ll sign up via the chat at the beginning of the even\, so don’t be late!). In this challenging time in our country and our world\, calls f or gratitude can feel forced\, even toxic\, but one thing we can all appre ciate is the gift of poetry as a vehicle to process all the challenges and blessings of our multifaceted human experience. Registration is free. We’ ll email you a link to the Zoom meeting before the event!
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T170000 LOCATION:Zoom (Free\, but Registration Required) @ http://www.notapipepubli shing.com/blog/2020/11/5/live-event-thankful-for-poetry-month-reading-and- open-mic-with-lydiia-k-valentine-zack-dye-and-benjamin-gorman SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“Thankful for Poetry Month” Reading and Open Mic with Lydia K. Vale ntine\, Zack Dye\, and Benjamin Gorman URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/thankful-for-poetry-month-reading-and-ope n-mic-with-lydia-k-valentine-zack-dye-and-benjamin-gorman/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:http://www.notapipepublishing.com/blog/2020/11/5/live-event-t hankful-for-poetry-month-reading-and-open-mic-with-lydiia-k-valentine-zack -dye-and-benjamin-gorman X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48606@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Kathy Pyle/Dan Kaufman\; 541-324-3077\; kmpyle2@yahoo.com\; https:/ /jcls.libcal.com DESCRIPTION:A virtual Zoom reading sponsored by the Jacksonville Library featuring southern Oregon OPA poets Charlotte Abernathy\, Sallie Ehrman\, Dan Kaufman\, Kathleen Pyle and Laurel WInter. Poets will explore kaleido scopic views of isolation and community\, comforts of the familiar and of nature and living with masks on in a time of great uncertainty.
\nTi ckets: https://jcls.libcal.com/event/7209053.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000 LOCATION:Jacksonville Library/ Jackson County Library Services @ via Zoom ( link emailed when you register at jcls.libcal.com/event/7209053) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Poetry in the Pandemic virtual event URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/poetry-in-the-pandemic-virtual-event/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://jcls.libcal.com/event/7209053 X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48593@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Art Center East\; 5417292458\; president@artcentereast.org\; https: //artcentereast.org/calendar/ace-writing-project-2-2020-02-19-2020-03-18-2 020-05-20-2021-01-20/ DESCRIPTION:This is a free event to join Gary’s reading please visit: ht tps://artcentereast.org/calendar/ace-writing-project-2-2020-02-19-2020-03- 18-2020-05-20-2021-01-20/
\nTickets: https://artcentereast.org/calenda r/ace-writing-project-2-2020-02-19-2020-03-18-2020-05-20-2021-01-20/.< /p> DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ La Grande\, Oregon SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:ACE WRITING PROJECT WITH GARY LARK URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/ace-writing-project-with-gary-lark/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://artcentereast.org/calendar/ace-writing-project-2-2020 -02-19-2020-03-18-2020-05-20-2021-01-20/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48591@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Pendleton Center for the Arts\; 5413107413\; director@pendletonarts .org\; pendletonarts.org DESCRIPTION:
First Draft Writers’ Series presents author readings every t hird Thursday. Jan 21\, 21 join us online for Don Colburn. Request Zoom li nk at director@pendletonarts.org
\nDon Colburn came to poetry late a nd unexpectedly in the midst of a journalism career. A longtime reporter f or The Washington Post and The Oregonian\, he was a finalist for the Pulit zer Prize in feature writing. He has published five collections of poems\, including four chapbooks\; all five won or placed in national manuscript competitions. Colburn’s poems have appeared widely in literary journals an d anthologies. His latest collection\, Mortality\, with Pronoun Shifts\, w on the 2018 Cathy Smith Bowers poetry award. His previous chapbook\, Tomor row Too: The Brenda Monologues\, is a sequence of poetic monologues based on the true story of a young woman facing breast cancer while pregnant — a story he first reported in The Oregonian. His full-length book\, As If Gr avity Were a Theory\, won the Cider Press Book Award. Other writing honors include the Discovery/The Nation Award\, the Finishing Line Press Poetry Prize\, residencies at The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo\, and five Pushcart nominations. He lives in Portland.
\nTickets: https://pendl etonarts.org/first-draft/.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210121T210000 LOCATION:Pendleton Center for the Arts ZOOM session @ ZOOM SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:First Draft Writers’ Series with Don Colburn URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/first-draft-writers-series-with-don-colbu rn/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://pendletonarts.org/first-draft/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48707@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box (Shawn)\; 5304090721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; http s://thepoetrybox.com/events-readings/pbox-live-reading-series DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Box LIVE – February Edition
\nTime: Feb 13\,
2021 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern)
The Poetry Box LIVE is a mo nthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month\, and h osted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders.
\nFebruary Featured Poets:
\n•
Carolyn Martin (Oregon)\, author of NOTHING MORE TO LOSE
\n• C.W. Em
erson (California)\, author of OFF COLDWATER CANYON—3rd Place Winner of Th
e Poetry Box Chapbook Prize\, 2020
\n• Deborah Meltvedt (California)
author of BUILDING A WOMAN
——- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ———-
\nFrom associate professor of English to management trainer to retiree\, C
arolyn Martin is a lover of gardening and snorkeling\, feral cats and back
yard birds\, writing and photography. After years of producing academic pa
pers and business books\, she discovered that poetry is the way her heart
and mind interact with the world —in images\, rhythms\, sounds\, and inten
sities of language. So\, she has settled into the joyful challenge of tran
slating experience into as few words as possible.
\nMartin’s aestheti
c is embodied in Jack Kerouac’s comment in Dharma Bums: “One day I will fi
nd the right words\, and they will be simple\,” and in Sting’s statement\,
“All my life I have tried to find the truth and make it beautiful.” Her p
oems attempt to use simple words to embrace truths wherever she finds them
\, and to turn them into something approximating the beautiful.
\nHer
poems have appeared in journals throughout North America\, Australia\, an
d the UK\, and her fifth poetry collection\, The Catalog of Small Contentm
ents\, will be released by The Poetry Box® in 2021. She is the book review
editor for the Oregon Poetry Association and the poetry editor of Kosmos
Quarterly: journal for global transformation.
Order Carolyn’s new book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/nothing-more-to-lose
\n———
\nPoet and psychologist C.W. Emerson\, raised in western New Yor
k’s Finger Lakes region\, now lives and works in Palm Springs\, California
. Following a varied\, non-traditional career path as musician\, celebrit
y assistant\, and fundraising executive for The American Foundation for AI
DS Research (Amfar)\, Emerson received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology fr
om Fielding Graduate Institute in 2007.
\nC.W. Emerson is the recipie
nt of the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize\, as well as awards and honors from Th
e Atlanta Review\, The Comstock Review\, New Letters Press\, and others. H
is work has appeared in journals including Crab Orchard Review\, Greensbor
o Review\, december\, New Ohio Review\, and The New Guard. Off Coldwater C
anyon is his first published chapbook.
\nOrder CW’s prizewinning chap
book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/off-coldwater-canyon
\n
——
\nDeborah Meltvedt is a high school teacher who loves to blend med
ical science and art in both the classroom and in her own writing. Deborah
grew up in the suburbs and fields of the San Joaquin Valley whose landsca
pes and culture form a backbone to her poetry. As a doctor’s daughter and
feminist\, she feels strongly about women’s health and reproductive rights
and respecting the traditional and non-traditional paths women take in th
eir lives.
\nHer poems and stories have been published in the America
n River Literary Review\, Susurrus\, Under the Gum Tree\, Tule Review\, Th
e Poeming Pigeon\, and the Creative Non-Fiction Anthology What I Didn’t Kn
ow: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher.
\nDeborah lives in Sacramento
with her funny and supportive husband\, Rick Kushman\, and their cat\, An
chovy Jack\, who in his former life used to be a pirate.
\nOrder Debo
rah’s new book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/building-a-woman\n
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210213T160000 LOCATION:Online via Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Poetry Box LIVE! — Februrary Edition URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/the-poetry-box-live-februrary-edition/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://zoom.us/j/95337356959?pwd=SVNYRnEzdEd4NngxY1ducWFHM0t sdz09 X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48699@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Amelia Díaz Ettinger\; 5417292458\; senoraettinger@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:February 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
\nVirtual Event
Join us for an online reading with poet Megan Alpert.
\nMegan is a poet and journalist whose 2020 poetry collection\, The Animal at Your Side \, won The Airlie Prize and was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Her poems have appeared in Colorado Review\, Copper Nickel\, Crab Orchard Review\, Quarterly West\, Cincinnati Review\, Denver Quarterly\, and many others. As a journalist\, she has reported for The Atlantic\, Smithsonian \, The Guardian\, and Foreign Policy.
\n“The Animal at Your Side spa ns worlds – Eastern Europe\, China\, Ecuador\, folktale\, and myth – all o f these worlds equally sinister and haunting. In poems where we feel “the whirr-click of war beginning . . .” the poet learns that the best way to s urvive is to become “the same color as rocks\, water\, / anything I walked past\, / see-through.” This is Megan Alpert’s gift to us – radical empath y – so we can shape-shift through these worlds as she has. This is a colle ction I’ll read time and again\, and I know I will grow with each reading. ” – Shaindel Beers\, author of Secure Your Own Mask
\nThe event wil l conclude with a community open mic. The moderator will take sign-ups beg inning at 6:45 PM on a first-come basis (limit 10 readers each with a 5-mi nute reading limit).
\nVirtual: Live via Zoom. The link: EOU.ZOOM.US /J/94040948548
\nDates: Every 3rd Wednesday
\nFacilitators: Na ncy Knowles & Amelia Ettinger
\nCost: Free Admission
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T190000 LOCATION:Art Center East @ 69532 Ruckle Rd SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Art Center East\, Writing Project with Megan Alpert URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/art-center-east-writing-project-with-mega n-alpert/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48712@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Roberta Lavadour\; 5413107413\; director@pendletonarts.org\; pendle tonarts.org DESCRIPTION:This is a Zoom-based event. Request a link by emailing direc tor@pendletonarts.org. Visit https://pendletonarts.org/first-draft/ for mo re information and to see the 100+ notable authors who’ve been part of the series.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T190000 LOCATION:Pendleton Center for the Arts @ 214 North Main Street SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:First Draft Writers’ Series with Jack Lort URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/first-draft-writers-series-with-jack-lort / X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48730@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:The Poetry Box (Shawn)\; 530-409-0721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; ht tps://thepoetrybox.com DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Box LIVE – February Edition
\nTime: Reschedu
led for Feb 20\, 2021 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern)
The Poetry Box LIVE is a monthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of ea ch month\, and hosted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders.
\nFebruary Featured
Poets:
\n• Carolyn Martin (Oregon)\, author of NOTHING MORE TO LOSE<
br />\n• Deborah Meltvedt (California) author of BUILDING A WOMAN
——- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ———-
\nFrom associate professor of Engli
sh to management trainer to retiree\, Carolyn Martin is a lover of gardeni
ng and snorkeling\, feral cats and backyard birds\, writing and photograph
y. After years of producing academic papers and business books\, she disco
vered that poetry is the way her heart and mind interact with the world —i
n images\, rhythms\, sounds\, and intensities of language. So\, she has se
ttled into the joyful challenge of translating experience into as few word
s as possible.
\nMartin’s aesthetic is embodied in Jack Kerouac’s com
ment in Dharma Bums: “One day I will find the right words\, and they will
be simple\,” and in Sting’s statement\, “All my life I have tried to find
the truth and make it beautiful.” Her poems attempt to use simple words to
embrace truths wherever she finds them\, and to turn them into something
approximating the beautiful.
\nHer poems have appeared in journals th
roughout North America\, Australia\, and the UK\, and her fifth poetry col
lection\, The Catalog of Small Contentments\, will be released by The Poet
ry Box® in 2021. She is the book review editor for the Oregon Poetry Assoc
iation and the poetry editor of Kosmos Quarterly: journal for global trans
formation.
Order Carolyn’s new book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com /bookstore/nothing-more-to-lose
\n———-
\nDeborah Meltvedt is a
high school teacher who loves to blend medical science and art in both the
classroom and in her own writing. Deborah grew up in the suburbs and fiel
ds of the San Joaquin Valley whose landscapes and culture form a backbone
to her poetry. As a doctor’s daughter and feminist\, she feels strongly ab
out women’s health and reproductive rights and respecting the traditional
and non-traditional paths women take in their lives.
\nHer poems and
stories have been published in the American River Literary Review\, Susurr
us\, Under the Gum Tree\, Tule Review\, The Poeming Pigeon\, and the Creat
ive Non-Fiction Anthology What I Didn’t Know: True Stories of Becoming a T
eacher.
\nDeborah lives in Sacramento with her funny and supportive h
usband\, Rick Kushman\, and their cat\, Anchovy Jack\, who in his former l
ife used to be a pirate.
\nOrder Deborah’s new book HERE: https://the
poetrybox.com/bookstore/building-a-woman
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M READING ———
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The Poetry Box LIVE – March Edition
\nTime: Mar 13\, 20
21 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern)
The Poetry Box LIVE is a month ly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month and hosted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders.
\nMarch Featured Poets:
\n• Barbara
A. Meier (Colorado)\, author of SYLVAN GROVE
\n• Mark Thalman (Orego
n)\, author of STRONGER THAN THE CURRENT
\n• Doreen Stock (California
) author of BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
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March 23 & 25 7:00 pm
\nFollowed by an open mic
Tuesday\, March 23 Reading
\nJennifer Dorner (2 winning poems) Sp
ring Poet’s Choice\, First Place for “Maps”
\nSpring Members Only\, F
irst Place for ”Lake Ridge Drive”
\nDeborah Akers Spring Poet’s Ch
oice\, Second Place for “Passing”
\nSallie Ehrman Spring Members On
ly\, Third Place for “Roadtrip\, Interstate 65”
\nLinda Golaszewski
Spring New Poets\, Third Place for “All Eyes”
\nDelia Garigan Sp
ring Traditional Form/Ghazal\, Second Place for “For a Distant Friend”
\nAmelia Diaz Ettinger Spring Traditional Form/Ghazal\, Third Place f
or “Hiraeth from an OregonBeach to a lost island”
\nDanielle Strickli
n Fall Poet’s Choice\, First Place for “Tiny Blue Flowers”
\nCynth
ia Jacobi Fall Poet’s Choice\, Third Place for “My Selfie Poem”
\n
James R. Merrill Fall New Poets\, Second Place for\, “They Try to Remind
Us”
\nDiana Morley Fall Traditional Form/Blank Verse\, First Place
for “Gifted”
Thursday\, March 25 Reading
\nMeli Broderick E
aton Spring New Poets\, First place for “Falling Stars”
\nMichael G
. Smith Spring Theme/Climate\, Second Place for “The Anthropocene”
\nDavid Hedges Fall Members Only\, First Place for “You Can Never Replac
e a Dog You Love”
\nAmy Baskin Fall Members Only\, Second Place for
”To the Moon for After The Blood Red Moon”
\nNancy Christopherson
Fall Members Only\, Third Place for “Here a Small Rain”
\nQuinn Mille
r Fall New Poets\, First Place for “Mercy”
\nCarolyn Martin Fall
Traditional Form/Blank Verse\, Second Place for “The Prince: First Anniver
sary”
\nSusan Morse Fall Traditional Form/Blank Verse\, Third Plac
e for “Elegy for Hands”
\nSuzy Harris Fall Theme/Our Common Life\,
Second Place for “Abatement”
\nStephanie Striffler Fall Theme/Our
Common Life\, Third Place for “Debris”
\nShari Crane Fox Spring Th
eme/Climate\, First Place\, “Loaded Trunk Falling Down a Flight of Stairs
Like Choir Birds”
Poets Gyatri Majumdar\, Shaindel Beers and Hiram Larew will present their work.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210328T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210328T183000 LOCATION:Free Zoom Presentation @ Eugene OR SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:River Road Reading Series (RRRS) Last Sunday Presentation on Zoom URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/river-road-reading-series-rrrs-last-sunda y-presentation-on-zoom/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48818@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Ann Staley\, born in Harrisburg\, PA\, has lived in Oregon f or the last forty years: Ashland\, Gold Beach\, Cave Junction\, Corvallis\ , Portland\, Corvallis. Ann taught Creative Writing in six counties in Ore gon. She has mentored and supervised student teachers in two junior colleg es\, three universities\, and taught creative writing workshops all over O regon. Ann’s first three full-length books include: Primary Sources\, Inst ructions For The Wishing Light\, and Afternoon Sky Harney Desert. Two shor ter books include\, Age Of Bronze\, Fire In The Desert. Her recent collect ions include: Small Beauties\, a chapbook\, 2021 and The Spirit That Moves In All Things\, her fourth full-length book\, April 2021. Ann has been no minated twice for Oregon Poet Laureate\, once for an Oregon Book Award. Ho nors\, indeed\, but she knows she’s really The Poet Laureate of 8th Street .
\nFeatured reader starts at 7:00 followed directly by an open mic.
\nThis is a virtual event on zoom\, details: https://us02web.zoom.u
s/j/81221681959?pwd=V3VySkxsWXhBWFcyb1p5ekxFUk4zZz09
\nMeeting ID: 81
2 2168 1959
\nPassword: 593077
During the pandemic we have all had ample time to write. In response to these unprecedented times the Oregon Poetry Association publis hed this Pandemic 2020 Anthology. All the poems are by OPA members. We are happy to present this stunning artistic and historic document. While the pandemic raged\, nature thrived. Spring burst into summer and wild animals roamed our backyards. We poets weeded our gardens\, baked\, tended our ch ildren\, and wrote poetry. We observed our neighbors from afar\, adjusting to the new social norms\, not touching\, and drawing cautious breaths beh ind our masks. We were lonely and fearful\, furious with the slow lack of government response\, though few of us reflected our frustration in our po etry. A few months ago\, wildfires swept through Oregon\, burning some of our homes as well as entire communities. A pall of thick smoke blanketed o ur state\, making it even more difficult to breathe. At the time of this p ublication\, four hundred thousand Americans have lost their lives due to contagion. Poets in this anthology lost loved ones and wrote of their grie f. We have suffered through a tumultuous political upheaval and yet we con tinue to write poetry.
\nFeatured reader starts at 7:00 followed dir ectly by an open mic.
\nThis is a virtual event on zoom\, details: h
ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81221681959?pwd=V3VySkxsWXhBWFcyb1p5ekxFUk4zZz09<
br />\nMeeting ID: 812 2168 1959
\nPassword: 593077
\n The Milwaukie Poetry Series Committee and the
Ledding Library of Milwaukie
\nare delighted to continue the 14th sea
son of the Mlwaukie Poetry Series with a reading
\nby Claudia F. Sale
eby Savage. We hope you are all safe and well in this difficult time of\nthe Covid-19 pandemic. Due to it we will not be holding the 14th sea
son of the Milwaukie
\nPoetry Series readings in person. They will be
held virtually.
Her reading was originally scheduled on
June 10\, 2020\, but the Pandemic intervened
\nand the reading neede
d to be rescheduled. It will now be livestreamed on April 14\, 2021
\non the Ledding Library YouTube Channel. You can register for this event
with Tom Hogan
\nat tomhogan2@comcast.net. It will then be availabl
e for viewing on demand on the
\nLedding Library YouTube Channel and
on DVD through the library.
Claudia F. Saleeby Savage’s wo
rk appears in print\, onstage\, and in galleries and e
\nxplores mult
idisciplinary collaboration and diaspora. She is part of the performance\nduo Thick in the Throat\, Honey. Her latest collection of poetry is
Bruising Continents
\n(Spuyten Duyvil) with recent work in BOMB \, De
nver Quarterly \, Columbia \, Nimrod \,
\nWater-Stone Review \, and A
nomaly (the interview series “Witness the Hour: Arab
\nAmerican Poets
Across the Diaspora”). She is a 2018-2021 Black Earth Institute
\nFe
llow\, and has received recognition from Ucross\, Jentel\, the Atlantic Ce
nter for the
\nArts\, RACC\, Literary Arts\, Mineral School\, and Or
egon State University. Her
\ncollaboration\, reductions\, about mothe
rhood and ephemerality with visual artist
\nJacklyn Brickman\, is for
thcoming in Columbus and Detroit in 2022. Her poetics are
\ninfluenc
ed by rabid reading\, Alice Coltrane\, and long hikes in drippy forests.
She
\nteaches and lives with her husband and daughter in Portland\, O
R.
You can learn more about her at ww.claudiafsavage.com
\nand www.thickinthethroathoney.com
A flier of th
e reading is available from the Ledding Library. Thank you to all
\nt
he volunteers who make this reading possible.
The Poetry Box LIVE – April Edition
\nTime: Apr 10\, 20
21 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern)
The Poetry Box LIVE is a month ly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month and hosted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders.
\nApril Featured Poets:
\n• Penelope
Scambly Schott (Oregon)\, author of SOPHIA AND MISTER WALTER WHITMAN
• Sally Naylor (Florida)\, author of SYNAPSE FLIES INTO STARTLE
\n< p>• David Belmont (New York)\, author of WORLD GONE ZOOM\n——— HOW TO ACCESS THE ZOOM READING ———
\nJoin Zoom Meeting on April 10th (no p re-registration required):
\nhttps://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwW m1UcGRxVEVwVm5URHZMMktFZz09
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\nPassc
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——- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ———-
\nPenelope Scam
bly Schott is a past recipient of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry and aut
hor of a novel and several books of poetry\, including her 2018 prizewinni
ng chapbook November Quilt and most recently On Dufur Hill about a small w
heat-growing town in central Oregon.
\nSophia Schott Sweetdog is a fo
ur-year-old white goldendoodle\, the niece of Lily Schott Sweetdog who co-
wrote Lily and Rumi: A Lovestory.
\nMister Walter Whitman is a greatl
y admired nineteenth-century American poet who wrote Leaves of Grass.
\nOrder Penelope’s book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/sophia-w
hitman
\n——————————————-
\nA three-legged stool\, Sally Naylor i
s poet\, therapist & teacher\, Sally\, studied with Campbell McGrath in th
e FIU MFA program\; she thrived in classes with Maxine Kumin\, Gerald Ster
n\, Ilya Kaminsky & Tony Hoagland. Sally is associate editor of SOFLOPOJO
\, teaches community workshops for the Palm Beach Poetry Festival\, writes
memoir as well as text and workbooks for neophytes & now offers Zoomshops
for emerging poets.
\nBelow is a cento from the manuscript by way of
a concise introduction:
\nBold\, unrepentant\, ready: a kind of ging
er\, myth buster & koan mistress\,
\nrogue\, free & holy skeptic\, al
l snake hips & hiss\, hyperbole’s own gadfly\,
\none quirky mechanic
tuning the orgasmic how her hymns buzz.
\nFor more information ab
out her classes visit her website at: www.writer’scatapult.com
Ord er Sally’s new book HERE: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/synapse-start le
\nDavid Belmont is a mixed media artist and community organizer l iving in New York City. He writes memoir\, short fiction and poetry\, as w ell as instrumental music. His work has appeared in The Poeming Pigeon\, W ildflower Muse and FishFood Magazine. He is currently co-music director of the Castillo Theatre. He has been a professional musician for 50 years. H is publicly available recorded output since 1999 can be found on Spotify\, iTunes and Amazon.
\nOrder David’s new book HERE: https://thepoet rybox.com/bookstore/world-gone-zoom
\nTickets: https://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwWm1UcGRxVEVwVm5URHZM MktFZz09.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210410T171500 LOCATION:via Zoom @ https://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwWm1UcGRxVEVwVm5UR HZMMktFZz09 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Poetry Box LIVE – April Edition\, f. Penelope Scambly Shott\, S ally Naylor\, David Belmont URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/the-poetry-box-live-april-edition-f-penel ope-scambly-shott-sally-naylor-david-belmont/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwWm1UcGRxVEVwVm5URHZMMkt FZz09 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48850@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Shawn Aveningo Sanders\; 5304090721\; shawn@thepoetrybox.com\; http s://thepoetrybox.com/the-poetry-box-live-apr-10-2021 DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Box LIVE – April Edition
\nA monthly poetry
series on the 2nd Saturday of each month.
\nApril Features:
\nPe
nelope Scambly Schott\, David Belmont & Sally Naylor
Zoom LINK (NO
need to pre-register):
\nhttps://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwWm1Uc
GRxVEVwVm5URHZMMktFZz09
Meeting ID: 980 1285 4246
\nPasscode:
562476
Pattie Palmer-Baker is artist and poet. Although she often c ombines these two forms of expression in collages of paste paper and calli graphy\, the inspiration for and the meaning of the artwork lies within th e poem. Not all her poems appear in her artwork\, but her artworks always include her poetry. Nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize\, and publishe d in many journals including five Poeming Pigeons Anthologies\, Voicecatch er\, The Best of Voicecatcher)\, The Ghazal Page\, Calyx\, Voices – The Ar t and Science of Psychotherapy\, Bacopa Literary Review\, Winterwolf Press \, and more. First prize winner\; 2016 Timberline Review\, first\, second and the Bivona Prize in the 2019 Ageless Authors contest\, and the 2020 fi rst prize in the Central Oregon Writers’ Guild contest. Palmer-Baker will be reading from her recently published chapbook\, The Color of Goodbye
\nTricia Knoll moved into the woods in Vermont from Portland\, Oregon a bout three years ago. Her poetry appears widely in journals and anthologie s andhas received 9 Pushcart Nominations and one Best of Net. Her collecti on How I Learned To Be White received the 2018 Indie Book Award for Motiva tional Poetry. . She has four collections in print most of which center on eco-poetry or poetry of place. Her chapbook Checkered Mates comes out Apr il 2021. The poems looks at relationships skewed\, head on and sometimes c heckered. Many of the poems tell a story. She will be reading from that ch apbook today. For more poetry and information\, visit triciaknoll.com
\nFeatured reader starts at 7:00 followed directly by an open mic.
\nThis is a virtual event on zoom\, details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
81221681959?pwd=V3VySkxsWXhBWFcyb1p5ekxFUk4zZz09
\nMeeting ID: 812 21
68 1959
\nPassword: 593077
This year the Mid-Valley Poetry Society’s spring Poetry in P erformance program will be a Zoom event\, held Sunday\, April 25\, from 2 to 4 p.m. It will focus on the theme “Healing Fractures” and will feature presentations by Salem painter and writer Cynthia Herron and singer-songwr iter Kristen Grainger of the folk-bluegrass group True North.
\nIn a nticipation of this program\, the MVPS is inviting poets to write poems in response to a visual work\, “Low Field with Mended Oak Leaf\,” by Cynthia Herron and/or a song\, “The Ghost of Abuelito\,” by Kristen Grainger. (Ab uelito is Spanish for grandpa or granddad – an affectionate variant of abu elo/grandfather.) Then attend the April 25th event and perform the poems d uring the open mic segment of the program.
\nThree images of Herron’ s work are attached – one showing the entire painting and two showing deta ils of different areas. What the images on a flat screen can’t show: It’s 24” W x 20” H and nearly two inches thick\; the niche in the center is six inches square and about an inch and a half deep.
\nTo hear Grainger ’s song in a performance with the True North band\, enter https://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=awdcRGNcOzA in your web browser.
\nThese two works\, the visual piece and the song\, inspired the idea of a Poetry in Performa nce program on the theme of “Healing Fractures.” We hope that one or both will inspire you to write a poem in response and that you will share the p oem(s) during the open mic segment of the April 25th program.
\nPlea se share this call with other poets you know. More information on the enti re program will follow soon.
\n
\n
Amelia Díaz Ettinger is a ‘Mexi-Rican\,’ born in México but raised in Puerto Rico. As a BIPOC poet and writer\, she has two full-lengt h poetry books published\; Learning to Love a Western Sky by Airlie Press\ , and a bilingual poetry book\, Speaking at a Time /Hablando a la Vez by R edbat Press. A historical/environmental poetry chapbook\, Fossils in a Red Flag is being released by Finishing Line Press\, in 2021. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. Her shor t story ‘A Girl Like Me\,” won honorable mention this year by Ice Colony. Presently\, Amelia Díaz Ettinger is working on an MFA in creative writing at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande Oregon.
\nFeatured reader starts at 7:00 followed directly by an open mic.
\nThis is a virtual
event on zoom\, details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81221681959?pwd=V3VySk
xsWXhBWFcyb1p5ekxFUk4zZz09
\nMeeting ID: 812 2168 1959
\nPasswor
d: 593077
The Poetry Box LIVE – May Edition
\nMay 8\, 2021@ 4:00
PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern)
Join Zoom Meeting:
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stration required\, simply click on link about 5 minutes before the show:<
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Meeting ID: 918 3430 0143
\nPasscode: 115764
May Feat ured Poets:
\nJulia Paul (Connecticut) – author of STARING DOWN THE
TRACKS
\nZeina Azzam (Virginia) – author of BAYNA BAYNA: IN-BETWEEN\nDianalee Velie (New Hampshire) – author of ITALIAN LESSON
Ti ckets: https://zoom.us/j/91834300143? pwd=NEE3Y2xjWkRlZG1wRlFENGpjZ2xadz09.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210508T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210508T170000 LOCATION:Online via Zoom @ 2228 NW 159th Pl SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Poetry Box LIVE – May Edition (Dianalee Velie\, Zeina Azzam\, J ulia Paul) URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/the-poetry-box-live-may-edition-dianalee- velie-zeina-azzam-julia-paul/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TICKETS-URL:https://zoom.us/j/91834300143?pwd=NEE3Y2xjWkRlZG1wRlFENGpjZ2x adz09 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-48716@oregonpoets.org DTSTAMP:20210415T234535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Readings CONTACT:Roberta Lavadour\; 5413107413\; director@pendletonarts.org\; pendle tonarts.org DESCRIPTION:This is a Zoom-based event. Request a link by emailing direc tor@pendletonarts.org. Visit https://pendletonarts.org/first-draft/ for mo re information and to see the 100+ notable authors who’ve been part of the series.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T190000 LOCATION:Pendleton Center for the Arts @ 214 North Main Street SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:First Draft Writers’ Series with Amelia Ettinger URL:https://oregonpoets.org/event/first-draft-writers-series-with-amelia-et tinger/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR