The Eugene/Springfield Unit of OPA presents their Spring Poetry Reading on Tuesday April 1, 2013, 7:00 p.m., at the Springfield Public Library, 225 Fifth Street, 97477. The readers will be: Daniel Anderson, Anita Sullivan, and Stephanie Lenox.
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Submissions are now open for the adult poetry contest of spring 2014, under the able chairmanship of board member A. Molotkov. For the first time, OPA is offering an online submission option to our poetry contest. This will save our contest chairs and judges a great deal of work, and reduce the risk of entries
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Review by A. Molotkov Iron String by Annie Lighthart, Airlie Press ISBN 978-0-9821066-7-9 2013, 77pp, $15 http://airliepress.org/iron-string Now I understand that there are two melodies playing, one below the other, one easier to hear, the other lower, steady, perhaps more faithful for being less heard yet always present. Annie Lighthart’s exceptional collection contains some
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December 7, 2013, 11:13 am Barton, Rachel Rachel Barton’s poem, “This is not a Drill” will be published in the next issue of the Oregon English Journal. She has also been approved to teach a poetry workshop at LBCC, Benton Center, beginning Jan. 9. It will run Thursday afternoons, 1:-2:50, and will finish on March
LAUNCH OF THE NEW OPA PAGE: MEMBER WEBSITES Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit their website information for the launch of the new OPA Member Websites page! I just clicked through to all the websites and I can tell you there is a lot of information and a lot to think about.
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Review by Larina Warnock Willingly Would I Burn by Laura LeHew MoonPath Press ISBN 978-1-936657-08-7 2013, 57 pp., $10 http://www.lauralehew.com/ On a surface level, mathematics and poetry couldn’t be more different. Mathematics comes to conclusions using logical reasoning; poetry uses emotional reasoning. Mathematics adheres strictly to universal rules; poetry subverts rules believed to be universal.
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As we approach the 4th anniversary of the Figures of Speech reading series, we will be celebrating the Stafford Centennial on January 7th at In Other Words by hosting the book launch for Ooligan Press as they present We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford, an anthology of student poems in response to the
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On Tuesday, October 22, the Eugene-Springfield chapter of OPA presented poets Karen Holmberg, Frank Rossini and Amanda Powell as part of their Arts, Culture and Education Series at the Springfield Library. It was an absolutely wonderful reading, and as always, we were warmly welcomed by the Springfield Library. Reported by Cathy McGuire (for Sharon Munson)
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Marys Peak Poets meet the last Sunday of the month for critiquing. We do plan events supported by individuals attending. We average 8-12 poets. We meet at Linda Smith’s from 7-9. Everyone is welcome. In September members helped judge the Fall Festival Youth Contest and read at the open mic reading of young and older
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OPA’s Rogue Valley unit has held a super workshop! Dave Harvey, former teacher of many years, now poet, OPA secretary, and facilitator of the Downtowners (the monthly open mic in Talent), informed, inspired, and entertained Saturday afternoon Nov. 9 at the Medford Library. Dave is also an incomparable singer/guitar player. The topic of the workshop
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