Did you know that as a member of OPA, you are also a member of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies? Read about your member benefits on our website: go to RESOURCES above and look for “NFSPS and Strophes,” or click here. Also browse the NFSPS newsletter, Strophes: the most recent issue is January […]
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“Love Is Strong As Death,” a concise opera with music and libretto by Silvertonian Christopher M. Wicks, will be premiered at 2 PM on February 3, 2018 at the Mount Angel Abbey Library Auditorium at One Abbey Drive, St. Benedict, Ore. A repeat performance will take place on February 10, also at 2 PM. The
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veRONIca Jackson’s poem God of the Beetle won 3rd place in the Humorous category of the Fall 2017 Ina Coolbrith Circle, (California) poetry contest in November. Other poems published in November issue of Brevities A Mini-Mag of Minimalist Poems, editor Joyce Odam, 2432 48th Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95822-3809, where short poems contributions are welcome. Poem
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Elizabeth Woody is a poet, artist and advocate of understanding between the people of her Native American culture and those of the majority culture in America. Read more
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OPA members may be interested in “Finding Purpose: Honing the Practice of Making Meaning in Medicine,” an article about using poetry to facilitate discussions among physicians, among “interprofessional health care teams,” and between healthcare practitioners and patients. It’s just been published by The Permanente Journal (Permanente is a medical journal akin to JAMA or the
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Honorable mentions: 1st Honorable Mention: “Memorial Day” by Joanna Rose, Portland, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “Fostering a Better World” by Jennifer Rood, Grants Pass, OR 3rd Honorable Mention: “After Midnight” by Stephanie Striffler, Portland, OR Judge’s comments I thought a lot about meaning as I read these poems. I thought about how language
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I Went to School Today Salvador Dali was instructing, painfully, the concept of relativity. “Everything is relative to something else… this chair is relative to that corner. And the corner is relative to the clock on the wall as well as the room down that hall.” Einstein was sweeping up after the children’s lunch
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George Venn’s new book, Lichen Songs (Kelsay Books), is in the running for a 2018 Pulitzer Prize. Winners and finalists will be announced in April 2018. Watch this space for more! George Venn was formerly Writer in Residence at Eastern Oregon University. He has served on the editorial boards of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, Oregon
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Painted Thrush Press, 2015, 65 pages, $12 ISBN 978-1508484356 Available via Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Cascade-Siskiyou-Poems-Pepper-Trail/dp/150848435X The Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California are what writers of stories of the west, both historic and fictional, call “rough country.” It is in fact about as rough as anyone might ask for in the lower 48 states,
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November 19, 2017 Oregon Poetry Association board meeting (done by SKYPE) participating: Lisa Baldwin, Lynn Otto, Shirley Marc, Joy McDowell, Erik Muller, Charles Castle, Stella Jeng Guillory, Bruce Parker, Diane Corson, Dale Champlin ELECTION OF OFFICERS (2017-18): Lisa Baldwin elected president of board. Joy McDowell elected as secretary. Lynn Otto elected treasurer. Shirley
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