UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! SORRY!
Poetry Discussion (and a Couple of Fun Writing Exercises!)
Tuesday July 8
Kennedy School
1:00-2:30
We are going to read and discuss a diverse group of poems that are about, set in, or dependent on Summertime.
The discussion will be casual, so even if you have never read a poem before, you will have no trouble joining in the discussion!
We will also do two fun poetry exercises that will get your creative juices flowing--again, no experience necessary!
Participants will leave with a packet of poems, a bonus short story, and two poems.
This is a Connections Cafe event, sponsored by Thrive Guides. You can learn more about Thrive Guides and what they do for seniors and their caregivers here.
I will post the cost and how to sign up soon.
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, February 27, 2025: Poems of Childhood (Generative Workshop)
Online
Thursday, January 16, 2025: Writing with Carl Sandburg (Generative Workshop)
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Virtual Workshop
Online
Friday, October 18-Sunday, October 20, 2024: The Astoria Creative Writing Festival
Astoria, OR (Workshop and Reading)
Sunday, September 8, 2024: Reading with Judith Montgomery
Ross Island Grocery and Cafe
Friday, April 19, 2024: Beyond the Ekphrastic Free Poetry Workshop
Oregon City Public Library
Saturday, December 16, 2023: Connections Cafe Poetry Discussion--Winter Poems
Rose City Book Pub (Sponsored by Thrive Guides)
Saturday, August 12, 2023: Find Your Voice Through Persona Poems Free Poetry Workshop
Oregon City Public Library
Sunday, February 19: Love Is Strange Online Poetry Workshop
Another fundraising online workshop. Benefits For Goodness Cakes, PDX Chapter
Sunday, May 15, 2022: Food, Glorious Food! Poetry Workshop
Fundraising online workshop. Benefits For Goodness Cakes, PDX Chapter
2009: Poet in the Schools
Pratum and Butte Creek Schools in the Silverton, OR area
October 2021: All Month
I was a 30/30 poet this month, which meant that I wrote one poem each day and raised money ($500) for Tupelo Press, where the poems by each month's poets, are posted.
Previous Readings
Portland, OR
Oregon City, OR
Salem, OR
Vancouver, WA
Lexington, KY
Richmond, KY
Seaside, OR
Grand Forks, ND
West Islip, NY
Previous Workshops
Roseburg, OR
Oregon City, OR
Hillsboro, OR
Lake Oswego, OR
Richmond, KY
Grand Forks, ND
Huntington, WV