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Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting of August 24, 2020

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Meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom, with Dave Mehler hosting.Meeting called to order at 7:19 due to technical difficulties. Present:  Bruce Parker (President, Historian); Diane Corson (Membership Co-Chair, Outreach Chair); Jennifer Rood (Vice-President); Dave Mehler (Membership Co-Chair); Dale Champlin (Newsletter and Verseweavers Editor); Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary, Fall Poetry Contest Chair); Stella

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The OPA Conference is Coming—October 10!

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Join us for the Virtual OPA Conference!All Day October 10, 2020Conference fee $55   Dear poets, The Oregon Poetry Association announces its 2020 Conference, an engaging and exciting LIVE Zoom conference to be held on October 10. Enjoy interactive fun, workshops, and camaraderie with talented poets from around the state. Meet President, Bruce Parker and the Executive Board and vote for new officers to serve

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Eleanor Berry seeks poems for Salem Art Center windows UPDATED

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Dear poets, Earlier this year, the Mid-Valley Poetry Society proposed to the Salem Art Association that poems be displayed on trees in the Oregon oak grove in Bush’s Pasture Park. That idea proved unworkable, but SAA;s Community Arts Education Director, Kathy Dinges, has instead asked the MVPS for poems by Oregon poets to be put

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Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting of July 23, 2020

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Meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm. via Zoom, with Dave Mehler hosting. Present: Bruce Parker (President, Historian), Diane Corson (Membership Co-Chair, Outreach Chair), Jennifer Rood (Vice-President), Carolyn Adams (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Membership Co-chair), Dale Champlin (Newsletter and Verseweavers Editor), Dan Liberthson (Secretary), Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary, Fall Adult Poetry Contest Chair), Stella Guillory (Adult

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Fall 2020 Poetry Contest Deadline: September 1, 2020

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Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any form. Judge: Pepper Trail. 2) Members Only: Limit 20 lines, any subject, any form. Entrant must be a current OPA member. Judge:  Amy Miller. 3) New Poets: Limit 30 lines, any subject, any form. A new poet is someone with no more than two poems published

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The Barbie Diaries by Dale Champlin, reviewed by Paul Telles

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The Barbie Diaries by Dale Champlin Just a Lark Books (November 17, 2019), 65 pp $14 ISBN #: 978-1708450267 Available at: [email protected] Is it possible to say anything new about Barbie? Since her introduction in 1959, the PVC fashionista has been reviled and revered, loved and loathed. Her literary footprint includes adoring preteen blogs, scathing

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