She simply blurted out her response and with few edits sent it off. The author requested permission to print it in her blog. It can be read here: http://www.drewmyron.com/off-the-page/2016/10/20/thankful-thursday-thinking-of-you.html
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Nice and Loud by Lois Rosen Tebot Bach, 2015, $16.00 Reviewed by Susan Clayton Goldner Nice and Loud, a collection of beautifully crafted poetry by Lois Rosen, is authentic and yet tender. It is intimate, unselfconscious and introspective. Her story takes the reader into the world of a young Jewish girl growing up in a cramped,
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2017 Cascadia Student Poetry Contest Rules Poems accepted between October 15, 2016 and December 31, 2016 (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 Prizes: 10 unranked prizes in each Division, $10.00 each Each winner will receive a certificate and a copy of Cascadia: The Oregon Student
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October 15th is the postmark and Submittable deadline for the fall contest. Get your entries in now! Joan Dobbie chairs: see categories and additional guidelines at Contests > Adult Contest and submit entries via Submittable or OPA, Contest Entries, P.O. Box 14582, Portland, OR 97293.
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Michael Simon has had two poems published in East on Central: I Was Going To Write Heart-Stoppingly and Long Ago They Traveled Only At The Speed of Sound. Michael also has had one poem published this month in Fine Lines: Hike Miles To Taste It.
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Nancy Christopherson’s poem “Removing the Dishes” has been published in XANADU 2016 (LIPC). Print issue, $15. Available now. Send check or money order to: Long Island Poetry Collective, P.O. Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743 or email request to: [email protected]
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Nancy Christopherson’s poems “Grating Carrots” and “Finding Center” are forthcoming in the Fall Issue of Helen: A Literary Magazine, to be published October 15, 2016. “Finding Center” will be available in video poem format as well as in print. Visit: www.helenpresents.com
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Nancy Christopherson’s poem “Trekking with Berries” has been published in the Friday Night Specials blog section of Helen: A Literary Magazine, where it can be viewed in video poem format as well as in print. Visit: www.helenpresents.com
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For a full conference schedule click here Oregon’s poet laureate, Elizabeth Woody, joins us for the grand re-opening of the Oregon Poetry Collection: Saturday September 30th, 2:00 PM at the Knight Library. Come celebrate Oregon’s poetry, contemporary, historical, and everlasting. Speakers will include our very own David Hedges, the University of Oregon’s John Witte, local
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OPA members: If you submitted, or are planning to submit, to NFSPS’ Stevens Manuscript competition, please be advised that the address for those entering the Stevens with hard copies given in the contest brochure was incorrect. Manuscripts can be submitted on-line during the submission period (see http://nfsps.com/stevens1.htm) or can be mailed to Wilda Morris, Stevens Competition
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