oregonpoetry

Reviewed by Carolyn Martin Keeping It All Afloat by Ingrid Wendt Moonpath Press, 2026, 58 pages, $16.99 ISBN 978-1-970256-10-9 Available at https://www.moonpathpress.com/IngridWendt.htm and through local independent booksellers. The American poet Galway Kinnell once described poetry as “somebody standing up and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to […]

Reviewed by Paul Telles Conference of the Crows by Francis Opila Just a Lark Books, 2023, 105 pages, $15 ISBN 979-8890345523 Available at https://francisopila.com/books/ In his debut collection, Portland poet Francis Opila engages the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with an endearing intimacy that brings a fresh perspective to familiar environmental themes. Throughout the book’s