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• Read Winning Poems from the OPA 2024 Poet’s Choice Category
  2024 OPA Adult Contest – Oregon Poets Choice Category –… Read more: Read Winning Poems from the OPA 2024 Poet’s Choice Category
• 2024 – Oregon Poet’s Choice First Place – Connie Soper
  Chiaroscuro Of course I remember Firenze-outside and in. And I… Read more: 2024 – Oregon Poet’s Choice First Place – Connie Soper
• Lines in the Sand Workshop Descriptions
  Workshops for the OPA Annual Conference, Lines in the Sand,… Read more: Lines in the Sand Workshop Descriptions

Poet’s Spotlight

• SMALL FEATHER by Jade Rosina McCutcheon, reviewed by John Van Dreal
  Finishing Line Press, 2020, 40 pages, $14.99ISBN: ‎ 1646622901Available at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/small-feather-by-jade-rosina-mccutcheon/https://www.amazon.com/Small-Feather-Jade-Rosina-McCutcheon/dp/1646622901 The cover of Jade Rosina McCutcheon’s chapbook immediately caught my eye. Within a kaleidoscope of doodled line and color, a thought bubble speaking for the soul of the work declares, I AM Still Here. Within a few hours, I was at the book’s end, where… Read more: <em>SMALL FEATHER</em> by Jade Rosina McCutcheon, reviewed by John Van Dreal

Book Reviews

• The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley Marc
  Reviewed by Shirley Marc The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation, a psychedelic memoir and narrative verse by C. Steven Blue Sunset West Publishing Group, 2023, 642 pages, $24.99 ISBN 978-0997997507 Available at: amazon.com Facebook author page: www.facebook.com/cstevenbluepoet Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/cstevenblue C. Steven Blue’s The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation is… Read more: The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley Marc
• My Kindred by Paulann Petersen, Reviewed by Melody Wilson
  Reviewed by Melody Wilson My Kindred by Paulann Petersen  Salmon Poetry, 2023 Available: Powell’s Books, Broadway Books, Annie Bloom’s Books, Amazon Paulann Petersen’s My Kindred might seem to be about family, but it’s much more. The book invites us into a much broader exploration. The first poem, “Inhabited,” teaches us how to read the book… Read more: My Kindred by Paulann Petersen, Reviewed by Melody Wilson
• Ramadan in Summer by Bruce Parker, reviewed by Melody Wilson
  Finishing Line Press, 2021, 42 pages $14.99 ISBN  978-1646627240 Available at Amazon Bruce Parker’s Ramadan in Summer transports us to physical and emotional places with spare authenticity. The first example is in the title poem, “Ramadan in Summer,” when the speaker watches a worker listlessly picking things up and putting them down on the fourth floor of an unfinished apartment… Read more: <em>Ramadan in Summer </em>by Bruce Parker, reviewed by Melody Wilson
• Small Matters Mean the World by David Memmott
  reviewed by George Vennredbat books, 2022, 73 pages, $16ISBN 978-1-946970-08-4Available at www.redbatbooks.com, Ingram, Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, Powells.com To appreciate David Memmott’s achievement in Small Matters Mean the World (2022), readers might start with the front cover. Memmott’s colorful digital collage suggests a kaleidoscope preparing the reader to celebrate and explore the magic of natural, organic, and… Read more: Small Matters Mean the World by David Memmott
• The ground at my feet: Sustaining a family and a forest
  by Ann Stinson Reviewed by Melody Wilson Oregon State University Press, 2021, 144 pages, $21.95 ISBN-13978-0870711466 Available at Annie Bloom’s and Broadway Books When I say I love a book, maybe I mean it meets my expectations or it’s better than other books I’ve read. Maybe I mean I learned a lot without working too… Read more: The ground at my feet: Sustaining a family and a forest