Salem Poetry Project featuring David Mehler

David Mehler studied literature at University of California, Santa Barbara, and currently lives in McMinnville, Oregon. He is the editor of the online literary journal, Triggerfish Critical Review. His chapbook, God Truck Nature appeared in the chapbook anthology, Burning Gorgeous: Seven 21st Century Poets, edited by Pamela O’Shaughnessy. He served as an administrator at the popular online global forum/workshop, The Critical Poet. More recently he served on the board of the Oregon Poetry Association. His first full-length collection of poetry, Roadworthy, was published by Aubade Publishing near the end of 2020. Bad Is Bent Good, a collection of mostly prose poems was published by Aubade in 2025. He is currently at work on a manuscript of love poems titled Cloud Street and continues to work as a driver at a landfill near Portland.

For the months of November through February the Salem Poetry Project will meet at Marco Polo Global Restaurant. The restaurant’s address is 300 Liberty St SE, Salem and the reading will be in the banquet room.

Each week the Salem Poetry Project presents a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: three poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at [email protected].