The Oregon Poetry Association is proud to announce our annual conference, in-person on October 4-5, 2024 at the Agate Beach Inn in Newport, Oregon. Join us to write Lines in the Sand. We’ll connect over workshops, listen to keynotes, and gather together in community. Online participation is also available. Workshop submissions are accepted here. To […]
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The Oregon Poetry Association is proud to announce the 2024 OPA Contests! Poets are invited to submit to the following contests: Youth, Adult, and Spanish Language. The Cascadia Youth Poetry Contest is now open. Full details are here: https://opa.submittable.com/ More information will be available on our Submittable Page when each contest opens. We look forward
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Reviewed by Melody Wilson My Kindred by Paulann Petersen Salmon Poetry, 2023 Available: Powell’s Books, Broadway Books, Annie Bloom’s Books, Amazon Paulann Petersen’s My Kindred might seem to be about family, but it’s much more. The book invites us into a much broader exploration. The first poem, “Inhabited,” teaches us how to read the book
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Dear Oregon Poets, A Confession I cannot imagine a world without poets and poetry, and I am sure you all feel the same. Some literary gurus claim that poetry preceded prose, and one can easily see how that could be. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa was written during the 25th century BCE. I
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