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Third Place in Poet’s Choice: “The Ballad of Chaos Nightingale” by Charles Castle My name is Chaos Nightingale. My mother christened me, but it was my father’s song I followed here. Come with me. We begin as I’ve begun, and we’ll end no differently. I am bent by age in these somber times. My back […]
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Second Place in Poet’s Choice: “Temenos” by Alicia Byrne Keane is the name of the surgery, the street is a jeweled neatness of bookshops, I know the doctor’s number off by heart and I can’t afford this synesthesia of fours and nines showing up yellow ochre or plum-bruised in the clang dread makes. Ringing the
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OPA Fall 2020 Contest Results in the Poet’s Choice Category “To all the poets who submitted to Poet’s Choice: it was a deep pleasure to read your work. It is the nature of contests that only a very few can be recognized, and I regret the disappointment felt by the many – having often experienced
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Past president, Sharon Roso, passed away on Nov 4th. Her funeral will be on Tuesday Nov 10 at 10 am at Hustad Funeral home and reception( after internment) will be at her home in St. John’s at 2pm. Please give her daughter, Liz Roso Diaz, a call. 4157302842 Sincerely, Her Daughter Liz Roso Diaz
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Congratulations to all the winning poets and poems in the 2020 Fall Contest, and thank you to each contestant who entered! The poetry was lovely! Fall Contest Chairperson – Susan Morse OPA Fall 2020 Contest Results: Poet’s Choice: Pepper Trail, judge First Place: “Rise on Up” – Mark Hammerschick Second Place: “Temenos” – Alicia Byrne
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We regret to announce that due to the pandemic, the 2021 Student Poetry Contest has been cancelled. When schools reopen the Student Contest will resume. Questions or concerns can still be addressed to the Student Contest Chair and will be answered by the OPA web master.
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The OPA Excutive Board met on October 12, wherein four new members were welcomed and we said goodbye to four members whose terms had expired. The new Board is as follows: President: Jennifer Rood Vice-President: Sue Fagalde Lick Secretary: Dan Liberthson Treasurer: Rana Tahir Historian: Jennifer Rood At Large: Dave Mehler At Large: Rayn Roberts
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Started in 1999, and organized by writer Willa Schneberg, this annual event features readings by prominent Oregon Jewish poets and writers. The writers in the 2020 program, who span a range of genres including fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and essays, will share selections from their work in a virtual reading on Zoom. October 27, 6:30pm, Jewish
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Translation of poetry from Bengali and Chilean Spanish; from ancient and modern Greek, Latin, and Welsh; from English into metal and from metal into English. All these kinds of translation will be featured in a Poetry in Performance event to be held via Zoom on Sunday, October 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. Organized
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Translation of poetry from Bengali and Chilean Spanish; from ancient and modern Greek, Latin, and Welsh; from English into metal and from metal into English. All these kinds of translation will be featured in a Poetry in Performance event to be held via Zoom on Sunday, October 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. Organized
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