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David Guterson

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

Most outdoor enthusiasts understand the phrase “turn around time” as that point in an adventure when you must cease heading out in order to have enough time to safely return to camp or home. For novelist David Guterson, it is also a metaphor for where we find ourselves in the middle of our lives, and his new narrative poem, Turn Around Time (Mountaineers), explores this idea through a lyrical journey along a trail, much like those in Washington’s mountain ranges he hiked while growing up.

Free

The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition

Niche Wine Bar 1013 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

“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) Join us on Saturday, December 14 for The Work, a monthly poetry writing workshop at Niche Wine Bar led by Christopher Luna. 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. I look forward to sharing my passion for poetry with you. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. We will read and discuss poetry, and write several new poems together from 11:30-2:00. Doors open…

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Free – $20

Wordlights Poetry ft. Nastashia Minto

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 December 14th, we'll have a feature from Nastashia Minto, mini-features from Matan Gold & Maryam Gabriel-Imam, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Nastashia Minto Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents. She grew up in poverty and around drugs, alcohol, and family violence. Her life experiences led her to obtain an associate’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has been writing since she was nine years old and has found that her writing offers her another way to help people. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon her debut book…

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“The Magnificent Field” reading: Poetry by Phoebe Wayne, James Yeary, & Sam Lohmann

1122 Gallery 1122 SE 88th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Part of 1122's Second Annual Holiday Makers Pop Up A launch celebration for Sam Lohmann's new chapbook In a Saint's Ashtray from Jen Tynes' Magnificent Field press, with three local Magnificent Field authors. About the readers:  Phoebe Wayne’s most recent chapbook, Transit, was published by Magnificent Field in the summer of 2019. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her family, in a house situated between two maples, a hawthorn, a plum tree, and a dogwood. James Yeary is interested in the mitigation of personality for the sake of Martian influence. The new my day is cut and ready to be pasted. His most recent chapbook is Hawai’i (violaceous euphoRia, 2019). Sam Lohmann is a librarian and poet in Vancouver, Washington. His small prose book called In a Saint's Ashtray is just out from The…

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WoWPS Finals feat. Leyna Rynearson and Robyn Bateman

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

Join us for the Women of the World Poetry Slam finals! We will determine who is representing the Portland Poetry Slam at WoWPS this March in Dallas, TX! There is a 8 dollar suggested donation for this event, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. We will have featured performances from Leyna Rynearson and Robyn Bateman! For the competition, the top six poets from our qualifying season are competing! They are: Meghan Bell Julia Gaskill Brianna Grisby Sage Lilac Red O’Hare and Chelsea Sieg Do not miss out on this amazing competition! 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…

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Free – $8

Oh Word!?

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

Drop in any 1st or 3rd Sunday for a collaborative workshop/workspace for collage & found poetry creation. Each week will have a centering exercise & in the spring participants have the option of contributing to a zine & group reading! this workshop is for Black, Indigenous POC who identify as Queer/Trans/Non-binary! facilitated by dovesong labs

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Third Monday Poetry at Wildwood

Wildwood Saloon 1955 W Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

Last Stand at the Wildwood Saloon poetry reading Signup at 8pm and reading starts at 8:30

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Future Prairie IX: In Repose

NM Bodecker Foundation 2360 NW Quimby St, Portland, OR, United States

Put on your jammies and call in an ending at our final show of the year. Guided meditation by Kady Monroe Dance by Amy Leona Havin Poetry by Anna Suarez Sound bath and tea ceremony by Brianna Sas This winter solstice variety show is inspired by the chautauquas of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where people from all walks of life came together to experience education, entertainment, and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, and entertainers. Founded in January 2018 by Joni Renee Whitworth in Portland, Oregon, Future Prairie is a non-profit organization and artist collective led by women, femme, queer, transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. We develop and showcase emerging and under-represented artists. We believe artists have an opportunity to design…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Ken Yoshikawa

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, December 21st, we'll have a feature from Ken Yoshikawa celebrating the release of Ken's book Monster Colored Glasses (Lightship Press, 2019) and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Ken Yoshikawa Ken Yoshikawa is a shin-issei/first generation half-Japanese American poet-actor from Portland, OR. He has been active in the Portland spoken word community since 2014. In his theatre career he’s appeared at Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, NW Children’s Theatre, Oregon Adventure Theatre, and Portland Playhouse. Ken graduated from Reed College with a B.A in Theatre Arts. In 2019 he released his first spoken word album Quiver (Lightship Press), and performed his autobiographical poetic solo play…

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Slamlandia January Rocking Frog Slam ft. Igor Brezhnev

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

Join us on JANUARY 2 for our first Poetry Open Mic and Slam of the year at our new first Thursday location - the Rocking Frog Cafe! This show is also a qualifier for our 2020 Grand 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 wondrous Igor Brezhnev! Igor Brezhnev is a poet and a book designer among his other sins. He has first-hand experience of confronting depression,…

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