Capillary Action: Verse in a Light Vein Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 715 SE Grand Avenue, Portland Sunday, April 19, 3:00PM One thing is certain in this troubled world: Laughter beats the pants off gloom and doom. As poet David Hedges, a master rib-tickler, informs the reader in his title poem: “Gravity is for the grave.” In the […]
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Join us for a four-day gathering for people who care about poetry! The Stafford Challenge Conference is an invitation to slow down and show up together. Rooted in the legacy of William Stafford and inspired by the practice of daily writing, this four day gathering brings together poets, writers, and lovers of language for
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The title of Allan Peterson’s seventh full-length book, Amid This, vividly describes the astonishment of being alive and surrounded by a world in which there is no ordinary. Nature intersects thought and language in surprising and revealing observations. The fact that life has term limits invests everything with poignancy. Using illuminating language, poems often arise
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Pepper Trail’s new collection of poems, “Wild/Flower: Poems of the Oregon Flora,” has just been released by Painted Thrush Press. From spring wildflowers to autumn foliage, from delicate columbines to carnivorous cobra lilies, these poems illuminate the varied and beautiful flora of Oregon. In the words of Charles Goodrich, “Trail’s spacious poems invite us to
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To celebrate National Poetry Month, work by poets Claudia Luna Castro, Kara Briggs, Kelly Lenox, and artist Speakthunder Berry will be displayed in the pop-up Celebration of Words and Vision along the Columbia River Gorge. Poetry and art will be placed along two car-free trails of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The work will be
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I will be reading at The First Thursday Writers & Artists Series, a monthly event designed to bring together writers, painters, photographers, poets, and people who appreciate them, in the inspiring setting of Helvetia Winery. This series will provide a welcoming space for people to connect, share their creative work, and build lasting artistic and
My new chapbook, Marriage: A History, has been released for advance sale from Finishing Line Press. Widowed, divorced, widowed again, yet in age finding love once more, the author of Marriage: A History explores loss, grief, struggle, and love in lyrics that are by turns penetrating and tender. In poignant lyric poems Bruce Parker traces
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Announcing: Dan Liberthson’s latest poetry book, A Carnival of Cats Lovers of cats and poetry, prepare to be amazed and entertained! A Carnival of Cats features 63 poems and 12 watercolor paintings that explore the author’s love for and admiration of cats—their beauty, grace, and inscrutable character—and his bemused surmises as to what motivates their
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READING ANNOUNCEMENT! You are invited to attend a virtual poetry reading featuring Margaret R. Sáraco, Ken Holland, and Guy Reed on Calling All Poets, Friday, 11/7/ at 4 pm PST (7 pm EST). Follow the instructions on the website to register (callingallpoets.net).. There is a $5 admission fee ($4 if you are a member.) The
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The beauty of Earth enriches life beyond mere survival. The pursuit of fleeting riches has led to a path strewn with destruction ignoring that prosperity is meaningless on an inhospitable planet. We have the power to restore, protect, and renew Earth’s beauty and hospitality. We choose every day whether to build a world where prosperity
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