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Slamlandia July Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

Picnic PDX 1305 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on JULY 25TH for our **FOURTH** Thursday Poetry Open Mic! Normally a third Thursday show, we are pushing our Picnic PDX open mic back one week, since The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam is taking place the previous week - don't want to overwhelm everyone! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic! Show begins at 7:00 PM Picnic PDX 1305 NW 23rd Avenue Portland, OR 97210 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. $5 suggested donation at door. This show will not have a poetry slam or a featured poet. We ask for just poetry on this mic, no music or stand up comedy. ★…

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Free – $5

Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday July 27th, we'll have a feature from Sam Preminger, two mini features from Morgan Paige & Donovan James, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Sam Preminger Sam Preminger is a non-binary, Jewish poet based out of Portland, OR. They serve as the Managing Editor of Nailed Magazine and hold an MFA from Pacific University. You can find more about Sam at sampreminger.com. ~ MINI-FEATURE: Morgan Paige Morgan Paige is a creator, morbid optimist, business owner and cannabis lover residing in Vancouver, WA. Her poetic cadence is not her own. Rather, an expression of the ever unfolding spiral of nature manifesting itself through her selection of…

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Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat Bri G and Kate Leddy

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Bri G and Kate Leddy on their “Eat Your Heart Out” tour! Come see Kate and Bri before they hit the road on their tour!! We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for instances of hate-speech. Please also note that we start a little earlier then at previous venues. Accessibility info: Tiny's is on the 6 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and…

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Free – $5

The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Join us on Monday, June 15 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop at Angst Gallery led by Christopher Luna. “Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.” ― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights) The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change. The Monday Night Edition of The Work takes place at Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street, Vancouver) from 6-8:30 pm on the second and fourth Monday of each month, unless…

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Free – $20

Poetry Practice Space

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Poetry Practice Space is a monthly gathering for poets and writers. Writing materials, readings and prompts for generative writing will be provided. Come share a space to talk about your writing practice, and current writing projects, bemoan rejections, celebrate acceptances, share writing resources— and write together! Consider Poetry Practice Space the calisthenics for your poetics. Suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds Free for members

Free – $5

Submission Deadline: Windfall

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

Windfall looks for poems of place, especially those related to the PNW. Up to 5 short poems, not exceeding 50 lines each. No previously published works considered. They do not mention simultaneous submissions on their guidelines page, so, please reach out to confirm. See website for a detailed description of the kind of poetry they’re looking for.

Free

Slamlandia August Revolution Hall ft. Stephen Meads

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our AUGUST Poetry Open Mic and Slam - at our first ever show at Revolution Hall! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the poetry open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM. Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark Street Portland, OR 97214 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $10 cover fee at the door. First place of the poetry slam walks way with $50 and the Slamlandia trophy! We will have an spotlight performance from the incomparable Stephen Meads! Stephen Meads (he/him), originally a Bay-based poet, has been living and performing in Portland for over seven years. He has featured at…

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$10

Other People’s Poems!

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Come recite someone else's poem from memory, or just listen. First Fridays 7pm sharp

Free

Nigerian poet Romeo Oriogun: The Story of Our Lives

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Nigerian poet Romeo Oriogun is the winner of the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, with the judges calling him “an urgent new voice in African poetry.”  Author of the chapbooks Burnt Men (Praxis) and The Origin of Butterflies (APBF and Akashic Books), he was shortlisted for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets in 2017 for his manuscript My Body Is No Miracle.  His poems have appeared in the literary magazine Prairie Schooner as well as on-line at the Dissident Blog, Connotation Press, and Brittle Paper, among others.  He is the Spring 2019 Scholars-at-Risk Fellow at Harvard University, an Artist Protection Fund Fellow at the Institute of International Education (IIE), a W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute Fellow, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University, and Summer 2019 Visiting Artist…

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Free

Gallery Closing Party

Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR, United States

Roll-Up Gallery is closing and we're moving! Closing Party Saturday, August 3 3-8 pm We're celebrating 5 years, packed with: • Transforming a warehouse into a gallery & a junkyard into a garden • 22 exhibits featuring 87 artists • 8 poetry readings with 25 writers • 5 live music performances • An eclectic array of happenings and community gatherings On Saturday, August 3rd, we invite you to come one last time to celebrate and raise a glass to 5 vibrant years of creative community at Roll-Up. We'll have food & libations and art available for purchase, along with some other odds & ends. Come find out what's next. If you're interested in renting the warehouse, let us know and we'll put you in contact…

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