While Oregon Poetry Association represents poets throughout the state and beyond, we know numerous other groups in Oregon and southwest Washington offer workshops, write-ins, readings, inspiration, and companionship for poets. Over the past few years, between the pandemic and multiple changes of volunteers, we have lost track of some of our official “units,” along with …
ROGUE VALLEY The Down Towne Poets, a monthly reading held in Dan and Sarah Goyette’s Down Towne Coffee House, in Talent, was started in 2005 by Deborah Thornley, who moved to Tucson in 2007, leaving the program to be coordinated by Dave Harvey. Co-host Carol Brockfield and he have continued to hold it on the …
MARY’S PEAK Marys Peak Poets sponsored two workshops by Oregon Poet Laureate Peter Sears based on William Stafford’s poem “Ask Me”. One workshop was held at the Philomath Historical Museum and the other at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. The workshops were coordinated by Linda Gelbrich and Sandy Lizut. Be Davison Herrera created a William Stafford …
MID-VALLEY POETRY SOCIETY (Salem-area OPA unit) This spring the major project of the MVPS is a National Poetry Month exhibit of Oregon poets and artists’ collaborative works in the Capitol April 13-17. Works to be exhibited include artist’s books containing poems by Paulann Petersen and Ellen Waterston. Pieces from Paul Merchant and Ingrid Wendt collaborations with sculptors …
Stafford Centennial Art Exhibit in Salem Nov. 5-22 The poetry of Oregon’s beloved former Poet Laureate, William Stafford (1914-1993), has not only influenced many other poets in the Northwest and far beyond, but it has also inspired numerous visual artists. As part of the continuing celebration of Stafford’s centennial year, an exhibit of works of …
The Eugene/Springfield Unit of OPA presents their Spring Poetry Reading on Tuesday April 1, 2013, 7:00 p.m., at the Springfield Public Library, 225 Fifth Street, 97477. The readers will be: Daniel Anderson, Anita Sullivan, and Stephanie Lenox.
As we approach the 4th anniversary of the Figures of Speech reading series, we will be celebrating the Stafford Centennial on January 7th at In Other Words by hosting the book launch for Ooligan Press as they present We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford, an anthology of student poems in response to the …
On Tuesday, October 22, the Eugene-Springfield chapter of OPA presented poets Karen Holmberg, Frank Rossini and Amanda Powell as part of their Arts, Culture and Education Series at the Springfield Library. It was an absolutely wonderful reading, and as always, we were warmly welcomed by the Springfield Library. Reported by Cathy McGuire (for Sharon Munson)
Marys Peak Poets meet the last Sunday of the month for critiquing. We do plan events supported by individuals attending. We average 8-12 poets. We meet at Linda Smith’s from 7-9. Everyone is welcome. In September members helped judge the Fall Festival Youth Contest and read at the open mic reading of young and older …
OPA’s Rogue Valley unit has held a super workshop! Dave Harvey, former teacher of many years, now poet, OPA secretary, and facilitator of the Downtowners (the monthly open mic in Talent), informed, inspired, and entertained Saturday afternoon Nov. 9 at the Medford Library. Dave is also an incomparable singer/guitar player. The topic of the workshop …
