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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez

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!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez! More about our features: Jaz Sufi is a Kundiman fellow, a National Poetry Slam finalist, and the slammaster of the Berkeley Slam, the longest running poetry slam on the West Coast. She was the 2015 Berkeley Grand Slam Champ, and went on to place third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. She was also San Francisco's representative to the 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam, a featured poet at…

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Free – $5

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

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Lemon World 7

Lone Fir Cemetery Southeast 26th Avenue and Southeast Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

A weekly poetry reading series that takes place in Lone Fir Cemetery. Lemon World 7 features poetry by Kate Jayroe and Xesxa Despentes. *Reading site is visible from the cemetery entrance on the Morrison side across from the Belmont Apartments*

Free

Open Mic: MIND & MOUTH (all ages)

Marrow PDX 7025 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, United States

You know the deal: Performances by youth (10-24)! Folks of ALL AGES encouraged to come and listen! Performance sign-up will be available at the event! We'd love to see written and performance work of all forms shared - spoken word, slam poetry, monologues, acoustic music with written lyrics, hip hop, collections of words that can't yet be defined by category, etc. $0-5 for youth (under 25), $5-10 for adults (25+)* Friday, August 30th, 7-10pm *Enrollment and sign in are not required for this event. Enrollment (open only to folks 24 and under) is required for the majority of our programming. If you're a young person and plan to come back, you should enroll! For more details check out our enrollment page!

Free

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 August 31st, we'll have a feature from Christopher Luna, two mini features from Toni Lumbrazo Luna & Morgan Paige, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Christopher Luna Christopher Luna served as the first Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA from 2013-2017. His first full-length collection of poetry, Message from the Vessel in a Dream, was published by Flowstone Press in 2018. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press for Northwest writers which also provides writing coaching, editing, and manuscript review. He has hosted the popular…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic

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!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. 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 about a half mile away from the max. The building and stage is wheelchair accessible and…

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LEMON WORLD 8

Lone Fir Cemetery Southeast 26th Avenue and Southeast Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

A weekly poetry reading series that takes place in Lone Fir Cemetery. Lemon World 8 features poetry by Abby Castillo, Dodd, and Deep Listening with Malcolm *Reading site is visible from the cemetery entrance on the Morrison side across from the Belmont Apartments*

Free

Slamlandia Sept. Rocking Frog Slam ft. Stephanie Dogfoot

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

Join us for our SEPTEMBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our temporary first Thursday location - the Rocking Frog Cafe! This is a WOWPS qualifying slam! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:00 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 6:30 PM. Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St. Portland, OR 97214 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $1-5 suggested donation. We will have an spotlight performance from the superb Stephanie Dogfoot! Stephanie Dogfoot is a queer spoken word poet and stand up comic from Singapore (and a few other places along the way). She has won national slam championships in Singapore (2010)…

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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

Wordlights Poetry ft. David McIntire

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, September 7th, we'll have a feature from David McIntire and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: David McIntire As poetry rarely pays well, David McIntire has taken on numerous occupations over the years including printer, flooring installer, private investigator, delivery boy, factotum, retail manager, warehouse worker, pharmacy technician, Uber driver and roadie. His poetry has been translated into Swedish of all things. David lives in a converted school bus in Portland, Oregon. His first two books, Punk Rock Breakfast and No One Will Believe You are available from International Word Bank and his latest collection, Everything I Write is a Love Song to the World, is…

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