The Way Donna Prinzmetal The way light from the window touches the dust and the dust hangs there, a promise or a threat. The way a hand hovers above a thigh but doesn’t descend and doesn’t and doesn’t and then does. The way a candle flickers, its bright conversation, sheets tangle like roots in and
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Judged by John Brehm 1st Honorable Mention: “Anticipation Spells” by Linda Ferguson 2nd Honorable Mention: “The Pleasures of Whorehouse Meadow” by David Hedges 3rd Honorable Mention: “The Things We Do to Generate Hope” by Michelle Williams
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OPA congratulates all the winners below, and thanks themand all the poets who entered for sharing their work. www.wordpress-687676-2268923.cloudwaysapps.com Contest Chair: Stella Jeng Guillory Poet’s Choice — Lynn Otto, Judge 1st Place: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” by Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX 2nd Place: “Arachnidæa: Line Drawings” by Stephen Pollock, Mebane, NC 3rd Place: “Mind
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Bee Dance by Cathy Cain The Poetry Box (June 15, 2019), 87 pp, $16 ISBN #: 978-1948461221 Available at: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/bee-dance In Bee Dance, Portland poet Cathy Cain brings a fresh take to one of the most venerable themes in modern poetry: the troubled relationship between the natural world and human society.In 51 tightly crafted
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Meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. via Skype Present: Bruce Parker (President), Diane Corson (Membership Outreach), Jennifer Rood (Vice-President), Carolyn Adams (Treasurer), Dave Mehler (Submittable and Membership List), Dale Champlin (Newsletter) Not Present: Susan Morse (Assistant Secretary) Call to Order President Bruce Parker called meeting to order at 7:17 p.m. II. Approval of March
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In celebration of National Poetry Month and International Haiku 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 virtually and celebrate the Gorge’s wonders from home by writing three
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Mortality with Pronoun Shifts by Don Colburn Winner of the 2018 Cathy Smith Bowers Chapbook Contest Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2019, 40 pages, $12 ISBN: 978-1-59948-732-8 Available at https://mainstreetragbookstore.com Mortality. It’s a mighty word that has the potential to haunt each of us on our walk through life, forcing us to face the inevitable.
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In These Voices by Sherri Levine The Poetry Box (August 29, 2018), 42 pp $12 ISBN #: 978-1948461115 Available at: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/in-these-voices True to its title, Sherri Levine’s In These Voices deftly explores personae ranging from a squirrel to an English teacher to ruminating lovers and parents. Throughout this collection of 22 short poems, Levine employs
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Division I : K-2 All poems in this division came from 2nd graders in this class: Scouters Mountain Elementary 10811 SE 172nd Ave. Happy Valley, OR 97086 Teacher—Stephenie Rhea Abbie Johnson Azam Yusuf Corbin Kassab Elsa Witkowski Scarlet Herzog Division II: 3-5 Christian Graham, 3rd grade Keating Elementary 41964 Miles Bridge Road Baker City, OR
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Saturday, October 10, 2020 Valley River Inn, Eugene, OR Submissions accepted between May 1 and June 1, 2020 Please submit a session proposal which includes the following: – Title of workshop or presentation – Presenter name – Short bio of 75 words or less (to be used, if accepted, for the program). – Your qualifications
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