OPA Board Minutes March 18, 2024 Call to Order 6:30pm PresentBob Sterry, presidentAaron Erhardt, treasurerKate Ristau, vice-presidentJuan CervantesDavid GoodrumSharon JohnsonDebra Elisa Wöhrmann, secretary New Board Member: Elisa Carlsen Resigned: Sherri Levine A Reading by Debra Approve minutes of the last meetingDave moves to accept the minutesAaron seconded it – and all approved President’s reportPlanning retreat
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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 – registration is open now! We’ll connect over workshops, listen to keynotes, and gather together in community. Online participation is also available. To
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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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2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POETS CHOICE, JUDGE DAN BEACHY-QUICK 1st Place: Crystal Willer, “The Arsonist Speaks of Her Beginnings” 2nd Place: David J.S. Pickering, “Zsa-Zsa Eva Magda, Pray for Us in Our Time of Need” 3rd Place: Sarah Rohrs, “A Woman Alone” 1st HM: Paul Telles, “Ham Salad” 2nd HM: Ted Virts, “Sonora” 3rd
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2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS MEMBERS ONLY, JUDGE JERI THERIAULT 1st Place: Given Davis, “Catch and Release” 2nd Place: David A. Goodrum, “My Middle Brother Bleeding” 3rd Place: Nancy Flynn, “provenance” 1st HM: Jone Rush MacCulloch, “I Dreamt of Crows” 2nd HM: Jennifer Rood, “Shooting Star Cento” 3rd HM: Rachel Barton, “A Willamette Valley Solstice”
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NEW POETS, JUDGE ALEX DANG 1st Place: Steve Slemenda, “Memorial” 2nd Place: Savannah Busby, “Months Poem” 3rd Place: Nicholas Denning, “Grow” 1st HM: Zachary Paul, “Hello” 2nd HM: Jill Flores, “Commonwealth Lake Park” 3rd HM: Mark Fryburg, “Family Vacation – Memoir” Judge’s Comments: “Memorial”: Fantastic use of the epitaph looking like a gravestone! Succinct, precise,
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2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS TRADITONAL– ELEGY, JUDGE DEREK SHEFFIELD 1st Place: Steve Slemenda, “Elegy” 2nd Place: John Miller, “Help Me Finish” 3rd Place: Elisa Carlsen, “Beneath Sonoma Range” 1st HM: M.L. Lyons, “The Vanishing” 2nd HM: Davis J.S. Pickering, “Summer 2020, Portland Oregon—an Elegy (of Sorts) 3rd HM: Vivienne Popperl, “To the Members of
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2023 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS THEMED—EKPHRASIS: JUDGE JENNIFER PERINNE 1st Place: Crystal Willer, “Diptych in Black and White” 2nd Place: Connie Soper, “I and the Village” 3rd Place: Nancy Flynn, “Learning to See” 1st HM: Louise Barden, “Pieta: 1964 World’s Fair” 2nd HM: Keli Osborn, “A Certain Constellation” 3rd HM: Suzy Harris, “To Marc Chagall’s
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Our annual election for the OPA board of directors is in progress now. This is an especially important election because six out of nine board members are retiring or have completed their terms. We have nine wonderful candidates to choose from. Members should have received an email linking them to the election poll. There were
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