OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION board meeting Thursday March 15, 2018 (SKYPE attendees: Lisa, Shirley, Joy, Lynn, Diane, Bruce, Erik, Charles) President’s Report: OPA’s Gmail account offers a membership box, conference box and the regular general business box. An Oregon Poet Outlook Account still exists and will be the contact spot for the OPA President. Katie […]
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2 POETRY WORKSHOPS!! Saturday, May 12th Morning session “ANOTHER WAY IN” with Miles Frode 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Medford Public Library /Adams Room Pre-Registration required: Click here Frode will invite participants to explore deeper connections and meaning in their poetry through energetic “word work”. He will use auditory, visual and tactile examples—as
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OPA member John Miller has lived in Portland Oregon with his wife, Nicole Denham, since March of 2012. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and he has a degree in English from Amherst College (Amherst, MA). Upon arrival in Portland, he initially wrote poetry alone, but soon felt the need for community
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Poet’s Choice — Armin Tolentino, Judge 1st Place: “Knowledge of Good and Evil” by Penelope Scambly Schott, Portland, OR 2nd Place: “Fishing Indian Creek” by Marri Champié, Kuna, ID 3rd Place: “Persephone” by Carol Clark Williams, York, PA 1st Honorable Mention: “Monday after Rain” by Michael Hanner, Eugene, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “Fourth Wave” by
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Before Dreaming by Arn Strasser Budding Branch Books, an imprint of Asher & Merriman Publishers ISBN# 978-0-9841874-1-6 2015, 89 pp., $19.95 www.buddingbranchbooks.com Before Dreaming almost is correct; Between Dreaming would be accurate. Arn Strasser’s collection investigates the interaction between the dream state and wakefulness. He approaches the enigma of the dream world with
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OPA Reads Poetry Multnomah County Library Central Library US Bank Room 801 SW 10th Avenue Portland April 17th 5:30-7:30
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Erik Muller is one of OPA’s representatives on the Oregon Poetry Collection’s governing committee. Check out new OPC material at https://oregonpoets.org/resources/oregon-poetry-collection/ Here he writes about public poetry in Eugene. One: Poems Inscribed on Steel Plenty of poetry books right at home and more than I’ll ever get to at the Eugene Public Library. But still
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Willa Schneberg (back row, center) after reading and interaction program with “Gunjan” members During her stay in Kathmandu between Feb. 4 and Feb. 12, Willa Schneberg taught at the Dharmakirti Vihar before a large group of Nepalese Theravada Buddhists, lay and monastic. She also taught at a number of other venues. In an interview
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Spring 2018 Issue 3 is now “live” and ready for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy a wealth of fine art from Leslie Green, Judith Sander, Kathy Jederlinich and others. Poetry abounds from near and far: South Africa, Wales, Australia, and 14 states in the US. You will find several NW poets including Paulann Petersen, Sue Fagalde
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OPA President Lisa Baldwin and member H. Ni Aodagain, both members of Applegate Poets, lead a workshop. Read more for details. [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/18_03-Poetry-Alive_New-Beginnings.pdf”]
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