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Mountain Writers: Poetry Revision Workshop with Lex Runciman

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This poetry revision workshop assumes that to begin writing a poem is to initiate a unique process of curiosity and discovery, and that to complete a poem is to end that particular process. Thus, our workshop aim will be not to fix a draft or finish a poem -- though those things could happen. Rather our aim will be to intuit and explore the draft's materials, to understand its intentions (first without the writer's comment), and to identify and experiment with possible fruitful revision. Our aim will be to deep the writer's sense of possibility for that poem and become more aware of revision possibilities for other poems as well. Participants will distribute drafts to be discussed the following session. No beginners. No prompts. Meets: Thursdays,…

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$300

Slamlandia September Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

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

Join us on SEPTEMBER 19TH for our third Thursday Poetry Open Mic! 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. ★ •*´¨`*• O P E N • M I C •*´¨`*• ★ The open mic will start the show out. The open mic is a great way to share your wonderful poetry! You can share…

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Free – $5

The Half Past 40 Howling Drunk Poetry Bash

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Make no mistake. This is a birthday party, but this is not just any party....This is a birthday party for all the losers who were picked last, who never received an invitation, who was never asked out for the school dance. This is a party for us! This is the party celebrating two thing I love most in this world, poetry and music. The evenings literary and musical entertainment will be provided by some of the people I respect and admire the most in the Portland area. The very fact these special people agreed to do this with me astounds me. Remember, no gifts needed. Bring joy! Bring tears! But mostly just bring your own lovely selves! The event starts at 6:30 P.M. and the…

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Free

Atticus

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

Atticus’s third collection of poems, The Truth About Magic (St. Martin’s Griffin), builds on the pains and joys of romance explored in Love Her Wild and The Dark Between Stars – heartbreaks and falling in love, looking back and looking inwards – by taking a fresh, awakened journey outward. An adventure into the great unknown. It’s about finding ourselves, our purpose, and the simple joys of life. It’s about lavender fields, drinking white wine out of oak barrels on vineyards, laughing until you cry, dancing in old barns until the sun comes up, and making love on sandy beaches.

Free

5 x 5

Cardinal Club 18 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Cardinal Club Presents: ~5x5~ 9/19/19 7 pm with new work by: Nathan Wade Carter Spencer Pond Isabel Zacharias Sarah Cutsforth Shloimy Notik this thursday! 7pm! come out for the newest edition of 5x5, with work by @purrbot @____iz__ @shloimynotik @milhouse_rules @sarahjanecuts

Free

Submission Deadline: soft surface poetry

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

softsurfacepoetry@gmail — this week is your last chance to submit for the fall issue before I put it together :) soft surface publishes poetry and contemporary art projects by women, LGBTQIA, gnc folks, BIPOC, and/or otherwise marginalized voices. accepted contributors are paid.

Free

Comedy vs. Tragedy #19

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

Comedy vs. Tragedy is a variety competition show in Portland, Oregon. This is our two year anniversary show! A poet, a musician and a comedian bring their best performance skills to the stage and vie for audience applause. The winner features in the next show, gets a cash prize and one hour recording session at Shady Pines Media (www.shadypinesmedia.com). In the Final round the new winner competes against the reigning champion of Comedy vs. Tragedy. This month we have a feature performance from poet Julia Gaskill, the winner of Comedy vs. Tragedy #18. Julia Gaskill is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. When she’s not hosting Slamlandia, she can be found performing on the Portland Poetry Slam stage, exploring the Pacific Northwest, or walking…

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$10

Wordlights Poetry ft. Anatoly Molotkov

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 21st, we'll have a feature from Anatoly Molotkov and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Anatoly Molotkov Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken Things, Application of Shadows and Synonyms for Silence. Published by Kenyon, Iowa, Antioch, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Bennington and Tampa Reviews, Hotel Amerika, Volt, Arts & Letters and many more, Molotkov has received various fiction and poetry awards and an Oregon Literary Fellowship. His translation of a Chekhov story was included by Knopf in their Everyman Series; his prose is represented by Laura…

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Free

Matthew Zapruder in Conversation With Alana Csaposs

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The poems in Matthew Zapruder’s fifth collection, Father’s Day (Copper Canyon), ask how one can be a good father, partner, and citizen in the early 21st century. Zapruder, author of Why Poetry, deftly improvises upon language and lyricism as he passionately engages with these questions during turbulent, uncertain times. Whether interrogating the personalities of the Supreme Court, watching a child grow off into a distance, or tweaking poetry critics and hipsters alike, Zapruder maintains a deeply generous sense of humor alongside a rich vein of love and moral urgency. Zapruder will be joined in conversation by Alana Csaposs, Tin House online editor.

Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Sabrina Benaim

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 Sabrina Benaim! 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.…

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Free – $5
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