Poetry

Free Range Poetry presents Gary Anderson, Jessica Pierce, Bob Sterry Monday, June 3, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland An open mic will precede featured poets. Open mic readers limited to two pages of material. Sign up for open mic at 5:45 pm. Reading 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Gary Anderson was raised near the mouth of the Columbia River. He has been moderator for spoken word events at Finnish-American Folk Festivals in Naselle, Washington and Finn Fest USA events nationally. In the fall of 2017, Gary led a Nature Conservancy poetry-in-place presentation in a 240 acre preserve in Onota, Michigan. A one-off book was prepared for the event and featured poems for those places visited on a hike through the preserve. Gary’s…