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I invite all OPA members to celebrate poetry along with the publication of my book on January 29th at Artichoke Music (2007 SE Powell Blvd. Portland). Starting at 7 PM it will be a unique mixture of words spoken and sung. I have invited musicians and a few poets to join me. Tickets are FREE […]
Book Release Event for ‘The Bob Sterry School of Burglary’ Read More »
Deadline: March 1, 2019 Submissions open: January 1, 2019 Limit: one poem per category. Spaces between stanzas do not count as lines. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be published on the OPA website and in OPA’s annual anthology, Verseweavers Categories Limit: one entry per category. 1) Poet’s Choice: Limit 80 lines, any subject, any
OPA Spring 2019 Contest Opens January 1st Read More »
Sign a petition led by Jim Scheppke, to prevent the Salem Public Library from purging poetry books from its collection. Jim writes: “Here is a selection of books from the list to give you an idea of what is gone: Collected poems, 1937-1971 / John Berryman Shattering air : poems / David Biespiel The man
Save the Salem Public Library’s Poetry Books Read More »
For the students and teachers in your life: The Cascadia student contest closes December 31st (postmark deadline). Check here for details.
Cascadia Student Contest Deadline Coming Up Read More »
the mountain in the evening by Brad Canfield my grandfather had a black mountain and he picked asparagus in his garden just in front of the mountain he pulled each stalk from the dirt with his thick dirty fingers and dropped it gently into an old coffee can shunk. shunk. shunk. each stalk was a
2018 Fall Contest, Theme – Harvest, 1st Place Winner Read More »
Payday by Joshua Boettiger I figured I was a forever henchmen, slinging clay one handful at a time from an endless bank of red earth. But now, look— it’s late Fall and I got pockets lined with loot. I’m thick in the right places. The trimmers are back in town with their sticky fingers and
2018 Fall Contest, Theme – Harvest, 2nd Place Winner Read More »
Living Room, Circa 1965 by Colette Jonopulos Gold drapes laced with nicotine. Mother says smoking keeps her hands busy. Father knocks the burning end of his cigarette into the ashtray I made in school. Clay animal head and tail, hollowed-out body filled with spent ashes. Doorbell rings, all our sins are gathered and stored in
2018 Fall Contest, Theme – Harvest, 3rd Place Winner Read More »
Honorable mentions: 1st Honorable Mention: “The Sugar Cane at Harvest Bears Witness” by Nancy Flynn, Portland, OR 2nd Honorable Mention: “A Little Thanksgiving” by Leah Stenson, Portland, OR 3rd Honorable Mention: “Fruit Preserves in Glass Jars” by Nancy Christopherson, Baker City, OR Judge’s comments Sixty-odd poems. Some I surmise were written specifically for the contest.
2018 Fall Contest, Theme – Harvest, Honorable Mentions and Judge’s Comments Read More »
In Flanders’ Yard by Dan Kaufman In Flanders’ yard, Ned blesses weeds with Rod and Todd, his Christian seeds, while neighbor Homer, his boy Bart, mow moral corners, belch and fart. “Okily dokily,” Ned concedes. The Simpsons conflict mostly leads to bedlam at cartoonish speeds. Yet here dwells peaceful counterpart in Flanders’ yard. Ned’s live-and-let-live
2018 Fall Contest, Traditional Form – Rondeau, 1st place Read More »
