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Brainstorming by Carolyn Martin, Reviewed by Candice Louisa Daquin

Reviewed by Candice Louisa Daquin Brainstorming by Carolyn Martin The Poetry Box, October 2026, 56 pages $15.OO includes S/H ISBN: 978-1-965610-36-4 Available from the author at [email protected] This reviewer met Carolyn Martin eight years ago on an anthology project, knowing nothing more than what her fluid, feeling poetry projected. In subsequent years, it became apparent,

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New Poetry Collection: Adam Oyster-Sands

My first full-length poetry collection was just published by Broken Tribe Press. Here is what people are saying: Compelling, accessible, and remarkably honest, We’re doing pretty good if we can just get out alive is filled with stark, realistic, personal yet quite universal poems that paint an intimate portrait of identity, interpersonal struggles, loss, nostalgia,

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NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR OPA’S PATRICIA RUTH BANTA AWARD

Do you know of an individual or group who deserves recognition for their contributions to the culture of poetry in Oregon? Consider nominating them for OPA’s Patricia Ruth Banta Award, which honors an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to Oregon poetry and to OPA’s mission.  Complete the nomination form online: OPA-Nomination-Form-THE-OREGON-POETRY-ASSOCIATION-PRB-AWARD

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2026 OPA National Poetry Month Contest – Results

OPA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 OPA National Poetry Month Contest: First Place: “What the gods have sent or lost” by Randy Bynum Second Place: “The Singer” by Nancy Flynn Third Place: “The Old Pond” by Pepper Trail Honorable Mentions: “Always Returning to Dust” by Keli Osborn “Collateral Gratitude” by Dan

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Allan Peterson’s book “Amid This”

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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