Don’t Bother the Flowers When grandma told me to stop buying her flowers I didn’t know what to do with the daffodils I was holding in my hand. Should I throw them in the garbage disposal, or put them in a vase? I started worrying about flowers withering, stalks drooping, shriveled leaves, and dried […]
2017 Fall Contest Winner: 1st Place, Poet’s Choice Read More »
Why not add “book reviews” to your publishing credits by supporting OPA members’ new publications? Find the guidelines and format for reviews here (https://oregonpoets.org/opa-book-reviews-guidelines-and-policies/) and a current list of books that need reviewers. (https://oregonpoets.org/category/book-reviews/). Read some of the reviews that have already been published for models. Contact Carolyn Martin, Book Review Editor, at https://oregonpoets.org/contacts/book-reviews/.
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Riddle, Fish Hook, Thorn, Key by Kelly Terwilliger Airlie Press, Portland, OR ISBN-13 978-0989579964 2017, 79 pp., $16.00 Reviewed by Anita Sullivan When you pick up a copy of this remarkable book, stop! Look at the cover – really look at it. Across the bottom rests a narrow strip of seashore in vivid blues, whites and
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So many books… …so little time… Marialicia Gonzalez presents about haiku… …and still more books… Watch this space for the 2018 conference!
2017 Conference: You Shoulda Been There Read More »
It’s our sad duty to announce that Ralph Salisbury, long-time Oregon resident and poet extraordinaire, passed away early last week. This is not only a great loss to poetry in Oregon, but a personal blow to those who knew Ralph. Our thoughts and hearts are with his wife, Ingrid Wendt. OPA members have shared many
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OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING October 14, 2017 Portland, Oregon Retiring OPA president Tiel Ansari called the meeting to order. She thanked the membership for attending and extended an invitation to any member to step forward and volunteer since the OPA board is below critical mass for accomplishing the tasks required to remain
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OPA congratulates all the winners below, and thanks them and all the poets who entered for sharing their work. Poet’s Choice — Joe Wilkins, Judge 1st Place: “Don’t Bother the Flowers” by Sherri Levine, Portland, OR 2nd Place: “In Defense of Loneliness” by Donna Prinzmetal, Portland, OR 3rd Place: “We tried to do it
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2018 Cascadia Student Poetry Contest Guidelines Poems accepted between October 15, 2017 and December 31, 2017 (postmark deadline) Division I: Kindergarten—Grade 2 Division II: Grade 3—Grade 5 Division III: Grade 6—Grade 8 Division IV: Grade 9—Grade 12 Contest open to all K-12 students throughout the state of Oregon, including private, parochial and home school students. Each winner
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Oregon Poetry Association board minutes, September 17, 2017 (on Skype: Tiel, Lisa, Shirley, Joy, Lynn) MID-VALLEY POETRY SOCIETY AND GRANT RELATIONSHIP: This program is coordinated by Eleanor Berry. They are seeking another grant source since their previous one had a two-year limit. A motion was passed that OPA continue allowing our name and tax ID
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Thanks to all who’ve registered, and especially to those who’ve sent donations. The October conference is ON! Details, registration form, and schedule on the Conferences tab. Group rate at the hotel may still be available, depending on availability: be sure to ask!
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