Oregon Poetry Association Board Minutes of March 18, 2019 Present: Shirley, Lynn, Diane, Bruce, Erik, Charles, Stella, Jennifer, Dale. Minutes: Minutes of February 11 approved. Treasurer’s Report: The report as submitted is accepted and corrected to show the total for anticipated income in March-April as $974.64. Lynn has sent “Thank you” letters to donors. One
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A new year, new books, and new reviewers: a fertile combination to keep OPA members informed about the creative work their colleagues are doing. If you’d like to add a book to the list book review list, go to https://oregonpoets.org/submit-a-member-book/ and fill out the information. If you’d like to add “book reviewer” to your resume,
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Self-published book, 2018, 53 pages, $12.00 ISBN 978-1724418180 Available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble To write 21st century poems in the manner of 20th century English translations of Chinese poems by Ezra Pound or Gary Snyder may seem an affectation – I use this word knowing that I, too, write this way. In Doug
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The annual OPA membership meeting and Fall conference is scheduled for September 14-15, 2019. This year’s venue is the Salem Convention Center, with easy access from north and south, east and west. Please put the dates on your calendar and join us for another really good conference. Our early bird registration deadline will be August
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Main Street Rag Publishing Company will publish my book “Mortality with Pronoun Shifts,” which won the 2018 Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Chapbook Prize. Cathy Smith Bowers, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina, was the final judge. “I loved this book from the get-go,” she said of the winning manuscript. “The title itself is a brilliant
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Oregon Poetry Association Board Minutes of January 9, 2019 Present: Lynn, Allan, Jennifer, Shirley, Diane, Erik, Charles, Stella, Bruce, Dale. Minutes: Minutes were approved with addition of notice for this Skype meeting, January 9, 2019. Treasurer Report: No changes impacting the 2019 budget accepted last month. Discussion of using Submittable buttons to solicit donations beyond
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I invite all OPA members to celebrate poetry along with the publication of my book on January 29th at Artichoke Music (2007 SE Powell Blvd. Portland). Starting at 7 PM it will be a unique mixture of words spoken and sung. I have invited musicians and a few poets to join me. Tickets are FREE
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Deadline: March 1, 2019 Submissions open: January 1, 2019 Limit: one poem per category. Spaces between stanzas do not count as lines. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be published on the OPA website and in OPA’s annual anthology, Verseweavers Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any
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Sign a petition led by Jim Scheppke, to prevent the Salem Public Library from purging poetry books from its collection. Jim writes: “Here is a selection of books from the list to give you an idea of what is gone: Collected poems, 1937-1971 / John Berryman Shattering air : poems / David Biespiel The man
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Oregon Poetry Association Board Minutes of December 10, 2018. Present: Shirley, Lynn, Jennifer, Bruce, Alan, Charles, Erik, Stella, Dale. Minutes: Motion passed to approve minutes of November 12, 2018, Board meeting. President’s Report: Shirley commented on the agenda items below. Treasurer’s Report: Lynn previously circulated year to date, year-to-year comparisons, and proposed 2019 budget figures,
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