July 18, 2014, 3:51 pm Petersen, Paulann In late May, I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a reading with Annie Lighthart at Daedalus Books in NW Portland, a marvelous bookstore owned by Jeremy Breedlove. Jeremy and the lovely Zosia Wiatr (who works there) had Carla Girard of Mercuria Press create a letterpress […]
At the 2014 NFSPS Convention, held June 26-29 in Salt Lake City, OPA’s immediate past president, Eleanor Berry, was elected President of The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). She will serve a two-year term. Eleanor first became involved with NFSPS in 2006 when another OPA past president, David Hedges, recommended her for chair of
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO August 26, 2014. Oregon Poetry Association Conference Bandon, OR, October 3-5, 2014 “Stafford by the Sea – and More…” We are offering three days of 12 – 15 Poetry Workshops, Panels, Presentations, and Readings, each one hour, plus 2 Open Mics. Please submit a one-page proposal with Title and Poet(s): Workshop: include examples and writing
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July 17, 2014, 2:32 pm Martin, Carolyn The fifth edition of VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions is now live online (www.voicecatcherjournal.org). Enjoy the work of 14 poets, 6 prose writers, 5 artists and 5 young voices. http://www.voicecatcherjournal.org/
Information about the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2014 poetry contest has been posted on the Adult Contest page. The deadline is September 1, 2014. Categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, Dueling Judges, Traditional Form (Litany), New Poets, Themed: Fences, and Experimental Poetry. Please check the Adult Contest page for complete information or download the Adult Contest rules
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Review by Penelope Scambly Schott The Parachute Jump Effect by Judith Arcana Uttered Chaos Press (www.utteredchaos.org) ISBN 978-0-9823716-9-5 2012, $10.00 Unless you are of a certain age and grew up in Chicago, you won’t understand the title of this chapbook until you get to the final poem, a shared recollection of a long-gone ride in
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May 5, 2014, 4:14 pm LeHew, Laura Wild Age Press, www.wildagepress.com, an independent literary publisher, is proud to announce SALT. This single poem by OPA member Laura LeHew is about wounds visible and invisible, about illusion and disillusion, about running into truth. The poem is presented as a 6 1/2” x 8” broadsheet printed on high-quality 120 lb
Article posted: You Are Someone And Have A Right To Your Life–Richard Hugo by Larry Tyle [See all Mid-Valley Poetry Society articles.] Units: now it’s super-simple to submit your Unit News for posting on the OPA web site, just use the new web form to Submit your OPA Unit News!
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Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2014 Contest Winners OPA congratulates all the winners below, and thanks them and all the poets who entered for sharing their work. Poet’s Choice – John Sibley Williams, Judge 1st Place: “Dear Any Soldier” by Tess Thiringer, Oceanside, California 2nd Place: “After Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, Georgia O’Keefe” by Michelle Morouse, Macomb, Michigan 3rd
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Review by Penelope Scambly Schott Controlled Hallucinations by John Sibley Williams FutureCycle Press ISBN 978 – 1938853227 2013, 78 pp., $14.00 http://johnsibleywilliams.wordpress.com This book is well-titled. It contains the poetry of allusion. Williams’ go-to symbols are such elements as the sea, mirrors, birds, or even gravity itself. These appear frequently in this poetry of transparent mystery.
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