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The June issue of the OSPA newsletter neglected to include the following winners from the Spring 2008 Poetry contest. My apologies!! A complete winners list is online. (They'll be printed in the next issue, due out in September.) |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 June 2008 )
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Moonstruck Reading on June 29 features OSPAers |
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Poets Jane Glazer, Colman Joyce, Joan Maiers, Daniel Skach-Mills, author of THE TAO OF NOW, and guitarist Peter Zisa will present at Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe, 45 South State Street, Lake Oswego, on June 29 at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. Free will offerings are welcome and support a Haitian orphanage. The Moonstruck Series will include poetry and music on the last Sunday evenings of July and August. |
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Bridge Walks With Poetry June 21, July 4, and more |
WALKING BRIDGES USING POETRY AS A COMPASS: Six Poetry & Bridge Walks Along the Willamette River, sponsored by Portland Parks & Outdoor Recreation. Featured poets in 2009: Amy Minato (May 24), Kim Stafford (June 21), Ed Edmo (July 4), Marilyn Johnston (Aug. 2), Jonah Bornstein (Sept. 27), and Barbara Drake (Oct. 25)
Join OSPA member Sharon Wood Wortman (author of The Portland Bridge Book) for the 2008 season of monthly Poetry & Bridge Walks for Portland Parks & Outdoor Recreation. Each walk, about a mile long and easy-paced, features an Oregon poet. See eight bridges in all and tour the operator's tower in the Morrison or Burnside bridges, the state's largest mechanical devices. NO PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. All walks begin at 8:30 a.m. and meet at the corner of NW 2nd and Everett in Old Town/Chinatown, Portland's oldest neighborhood. Finishes at noon with a no-host lunch (extra $). Fee: $15 for adults and $10 for students 14 and under. Guide's cell: 503 330-0900/www.bridgestories.com, or Outdoor Rec, 503 823-5132/www.portlandparks.org/register |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 )
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Marys Peak Poets to Host DaVinci Poetry Slam in Corvallis on July 20 |
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Marys Peak Poets will host a DaVinci Poetry Slam for DaVinci Days in Corvallis on Sunday, July 20th from 2-3:30 at the Mangiano Stage. Three minutes. No props. All ages. For more information contact Linda Varsell Smith at
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. Come read. Come listen. Be Davison Herrera and Linda Varsell Smith are coordinating the event. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )
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Donna Henderson reads July 23 at Looking Glass |
OREGON WRITERS Presents! features poet Donna Henderson, July 23, 7 p.m., Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 S. E. 13th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202.
Poet Donna Henderson will discuss “What the Poem Knows.” Henderson’s chapbook , Gazpacho, contains a sequence of poems on the final illness and death of her mother, together with watercolors by her sister Darcy V. Henderson. |
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Three Oregon Poets with New Chapbooks from Finishing Line Press to Read July 13 in Stayton |
The July reading in Stayton’s Second Sundays Series of Poetry Readings will feature three Oregon poets who have new chapbooks published by Finishing Line Press, a Kentucky-based poetry publishing company. The three poets are Nancy Flynn of Portland, Gary Lark of Coos Bay, and Laura D. Weeks of Portland. Their new chapbooks will be for sale at the reading, which will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. , Sunday, July 13, in the studio of artist Paul Toews at 349 N. Third Ave., Stayton.
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Third Annual Friends of William Stafford Poetry & Potluck on Sept 14 |
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The Friends of William Stafford announces its third annual Poetry & Potluck for FWS members. This year’s celebration will be held Sunday, Sept. 14, from noon to 5 p.m. at Foothills Parks, 199 Foothills Drive, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The event is free. Participants are asked to bring a main dish to share, one or two poems to read (yours or someone else’s), a lawn chair, and a friend or family member. The FWS Board of Trustees will be on hand to answer questions and provide coffee, sodas, paper plates, eating utensils, and welcome mat. There will also be a drawing, and Stafford broadsides will be available for sale. A new broadside, courtesy of Paper Crane Press, located in Half Moon Bay, CA, will be introduced. The featured poet in 2008 is Ingrid Wendt, author of five books of poems, including Surgeonfish, winner of the 2004 Editions Prize. This year’s Poetry Pilgrim is Joseph Green, of Longview, Washington, and singer, guitarist, and songwriter Paula Sinclair will be performing. Rich Wandschneider and Jim Hepworth will emcee. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 )
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Ongoing Call for Book Donations to Oregon Poetry Collection |
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It's not too late! Oregon State Poetry Association and the Oregon State Library are still seeking donations of books for the Oregon Poetry Collection, an inclusive collection of books by Oregon poets, housed at the State Library and open to the public. Part of the collection will circulate, and part--including signed first editions, rare books, and second copies of circulating books--will be non-circulating for the purpose of long-term preservation. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 May 2008 )
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