The Work: September 2014 Poets and poetry lovers: Join me for The Work, my monthly workshop at Niche, which begins again Saturday, September 13 at noon. We will listen to spoken word recordings, read and discuss poetry, and write four or five new poems together. Niche Wine and Art Bar is located at 1013 Main Street, right next door to the historic Kiggins Theatre. $20 suggested donation; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. This year’s 100 Thousand Poets for Change reading on September 27 will feature local authors from the recently published World of change anthology as well as a celebration of William Stafford’s Centenary with George Thomas. See item 6 below for details. Congratulations to my life partner, fiancée, and co-host Toni Partington for taking home the first prize in Auburn Days Contest. Toni will also be a featured reader at Barnes and Noble Vancouver this month when they showcase photographer Ray Klein’s gorgeous art book Visions of Light, which includes poems by Toni, Lori Loranger, and others. See item 7 for more details. Summer is gone, although we may be fortunate enough to enjoy a few more sunny, warm days before the long winter of the PNW sets in. I had so much going on that the summer seemed to go fast for me. I really enjoyed reading at CouvFest. Thanks to Andy Harmsen, Mo Duncan, and the rest of the bands and volunteers for a great festival. Highlights included smoking sets from Tony Smiley and Atlas and the Astronaut, and the mindblowing multimedia spectacular that is Brizbomb. I also really enjoyed watching Kumoricon cosplayers boogie to Lincoln’s Beard. I am very grateful to Stu Jackson, Quetzel Herzig, and Brendan for the solid, funky sounds they laid down to support my words. If you missed it, check out this link to Tiffany Burba-Schramm’s video of the set. Christopher Luna and Five Guys Playing Jazz at CouvFest NW August 28, 2014: https://youtube/watch?v=MElcisbU6G8 I also want to thank everyone who participated in the Magic & Power of Words at North Bank Artists Gallery. We had more than 450 people at the opening reception, and good attendance throughout the month as well. It was truly an honor to have been asked to be the guest juror for this show. Here is a sampling of the readings from the reception, also by Tiffany: Toni at First Friday reception: https://youtube/watch?v=ucSikPVxvYo&feature=youtu.be Christopher at First Friday: https://youtube/watch?v=QF-YKXBmAso&feature=youtu.be Thanks to Tiffany Burba-Schramm for these videos from Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic on August 14: Part One: youtu.be/oarAozaCYUY Part Two: youtu.be/yo6P7STE_88 Part Three: youtu.be/eCn2mv_5FNM Part Four: youtu.be/lisevCtXTqA Part Five: youtu.be/XbD0nEX6I3M Don’t forget to join us for GHOST TOWN POETRY OPEN MIC Hosted By Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna And Printed Matter Vancouver Publisher Toni Partington 7pm Thursday, September 11 Cover to Cover Books 6300 NE St. James Rd., Suite 104B (St. James & Minnehaha) Vancouver, WA 98663 LGBTQ-friendly, all ages, and uncensored since 2004 printedmattervancouver Featuring Risa Denenberg: Risa Denenberg is an aging hippie living a solitary life in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula. She earns her keep as a nurse practitioner, having worked for many years in end-of-life care and more recently in chronic pain management. She is a moderator at The Gazebo, an online poetry board; reviews poetry for the American Journal of Nursing; and is an editor at Headmistress Press, dedicated to publishing lesbian poetry. She has three chapbooks, what we owe each other (The Lives You Touch Publications, 2013); In My Exam Room (The Lives You Touch Publications, 2014); and blinded by clouds (Hyacinth Girls Press, 2014); and a full length book, Mean Distance from the Sun (Aldrich Press, 2013). Please share these links with your friends and contacts: https://facebook/events/1667201290171000/ printedmattervancouver/2014/08/21/ghost-town-poetry-open-mic-featuring-risa-denenberg-september-11-2014/ Hope to see you there! Here’s to a Fall filled with joyful transitions and words that fall like leaves all around our feet. See you out there on the scene, Christopher THE WORK POETRY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Upcoming Mountain Writers Series Writing Workshops (Portland, OR) 2. The Reading at Tony’s featuring Nathan Tompkins + open mic at Tony’s Tavern (Portland) September 8 3. Upcoming Readings and Workshops with Paulann Petersen 4. The Milwaukie Poetry Series featuring Paulann Petersen at the Milwaukie Ledding Library (Milwaukie, OR) September 10 5. Tiger Talk featuring Jim Martin + open mic at Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters (Vancouver, WA) September 17 6. 100 Thousand Poets for Change/ William Stafford Centenary Reading Featuring George Thomas, Eileen Elliott, Christopher Luna, and Toni Partington + open mic at Angst Gallery (Vancouver) September 27 7. Last Tuesdays Poetry featuring Toni Partington, Lori Loranger and Daedra Pfeiffer with photographer Raymond J. Klein + open mic Barnes & Noble Vancouver September 30 1. From Sandra Williams: Upcoming Mountain Writers Series Writing Workshops: Cindy Stewart-Rinier, Poetry Writing Workshop, a bi-monthly 6-session workshop, Wednesdays: see web site. Annie Lighthart, Starting Here: A Poetry Workshop of Many Beginnings, one Saturday, October 11, 2014. Peter Sears, Fall Poetry Writing Workshop, a 6-week poetry workshop, Tuesdays, Oct. 14 - Nov. 18, 2014. Andrea Hollander, The Poetic Sequence, an 8-week poetry workshop, Wednesday mornings, Oct. 29 – Dec. 17, 2014. Annie Lighthart, Dickinson and Whitman for Writers, two Saturdays, February 21 & 28, 2015. Register now! Visit the web site, mountainwriters.org/events/workshops.html for time, cost, location, registration details. 2. The Reading at Tony’s Hosted by Tommy Gaffney 8:30pm Monday, September 8 Tony’s Tavern 1955 W Burnside St, Portland, Oregon 97209 Im bursting with fruit flavor over the September edition of The Reading at Tonys. Our feature is none other than Nathan Tompkins. Nathan Tompkins was forced upon this unsuspecting world in a small town hospital in North Idaho. Nine days later, and in response to this dire threat, the Kootenai Tribe declared war upon the United States. While their aims in destroying the antichrist were unsuccessful, they were given many important concessions, so he survived, to spread his misdeeds all over the west coast. In order to keep his mischievous imagination occupied, his mother taught him to read, and gave to him a love of the written word, including poetry. By age nine, she had introduced him to Noyes, Poe, Frost, Coleridge, Dickinson, and many others. In his freshman year of high school, he began writing poetry...from then on he was screwed, and the world saved. His poems and photographs have been/or will be published in two anthologies, Ghost Town Anthology II and Keeping It Weird, as well as several magazines, including, but not limited to, Alchemy, NonBinary Review, and Angle. He is also the author of two chapbooks: Junk Mail of the Heart and The Dog Stops Here. Bring your words. Bring your friends words. Bring your livers. Bring your friends livers. 3. From Paulann Petersen: I have some events coming up this next month, and I’m hoping you’ll join me for some of them! Wednesday, September 10, 7 pm Pond House Series Reading Milwaukie I’ll give a reading of new poems to kick off the 8th season of the Milwaukie Poetry Series. ********* Saturday, September 20 Workshop and Reading Tillamook I’ll give a 1 to 4 pm workshop at the Tillamook Library, and then the workshop participants and I will give a 7 pm reading that evening at the Tillamook Pioneer Museum. The workshop is free. If you want to participate, please contact Carla Albright at the Museum. [email protected] ********** Sunday, September 21, 7 pm Reading for Honoring Our Rivers Holy Names Heritage Center Lake Oswego I’ll be part of a reading for Honoring Our Rivers, a publication that features student writing. ********* Sunday, September 28, 2 to 4 pm Reception for the Calligraphy Exhibit Celebrating the Stafford Centennial Collins Gallery, Multnomah Central Library Portland I’ll read some of the Stafford poems included in the gorgeous exhibit of lettered art works created by the Portland Society of Calligraphy members. ********** Monday, September 29, 7 to 9 pm Conversations with Writers Presentation Hillsboro Main Library (Brookwood) I’ll give an interactive presentation about William Stafford’s craft. Here’s a description: CRAFTY: WILLIAM STAFFORD AND THE ART OF ARTLESSNESS Was William Stafford “crafty?” Was he “skilled in underhandedness, deviousness, or deception?” Yes, but only in the sense that he was able to make his art seem artless. Join Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita, in an interactive exploration of a few aspects of William Stafford’s art. We’ll look at a number of Stafford poems and discuss them in terms of the craft that might have gone into their making. We’ll be alert to the ways in which we might apply such craft to our own work, ways we might become “craftier” too. 4. From Tom Hogan: The Milwaukie Poetry Series The Eighth Season! The Pond House in Milwaukie 2215 SE Harrison Adjacent to the Ledding Library Second Wednesday of each month beginning Sept. 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. The Milwaukie Poetry Series Committee and the Ledding Library of Milwaukie are delighted to announce the Eighth Season of the Milwaukie Poetry Series! This exciting series of readings by established local poets will take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Pond House adjacent to the Milwaukie Ledding Library, 2215 SE Harrison, Milwaukie, OR, 97222. We felt that the time was right to do something a little different this year. Thus half of the readers this year will be poets who have read in the Series previously and have recent books out. The other half will be ones new to the Series. In addition we wanted to commemorate the William Stafford Centennial as we could. Paulann Petersen and Kim Stafford were our first two readers in 2007. Thus the Eighth Season will begin with a reading by Paulann Petersen on Wednesday, Sept. 10 and continue through June, 2014. Other readers in this season are: other readers are Henry Carlile, David Filer, Kim Stafford, David Biespiel, Samiya Bashir, Lex Runciman, Harold Johnson, Lisa Steinman and Annie Lighthart. The Pond House in Milwaukie is a delightful setting and easy to reach. It is located on SE 22nd and Harrison in Milwaukie. The Pond House is one block east of the library. This is an outstanding line up of local poets sharing their work and we are honored by their participation. We want to thank the City of Milwaukie for its support and all the volunteers that make it possibile. A flier of the readings is attached which you can print and post. We would encourage everyone to forward this to anyone that you feel might have an interest in the Series. If your printer doesnt print color and you would like some mailed, please let Tom Hogan know and they will be sent. For information or questions about the readings or to join the group list, please contact the Series Coordinator Tom Hogan at (503) 819-8367 or [email protected]. Please join us for these exciting readings! 5. From Joyce Colson: Tiger Prowl Issue #17 When hunger drives, the tiger prowls, When satiated the tiger howls. For the home is in the heart of rhyme, And in this the tiger eats every time. – Joyce Fiona Colson Tiger Talk Thrives! (703 Grand Blvd) Future Dates: 7pm, third Wednesdays September 17th 2014: Jim Martin October 15th 2014: April Bullard & Julie O’Mara November 19th 2014: Lori Loranger December 17th 2014: Angelo Luna Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters: Welcome, talking tigers, to the den on third Wednesdays, starting at 7pm. You can sit back and enjoy some of the finest coffee in Vancouver, as well as great desserts while we listen to the best poetry readers in the city. A Look Forward… For September we have Jim Martin. October presents two poets (April Bullard and Julie O’Mara) with their spookiest stuff! In November we have a poet veteran who has been reading at Open Mics in Vancouver since 2004 (Lori Loranger). The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree, so Angelo Luna follows in his parent’s footsteps as a featured poet for December. Tiger Talk Hostess? Joyce Colson hosts Tiger Talk, and she is owner of Eclectic Publishing. If you are looking for an outlet for your poetry collection, Joyce can help with that. Simply contact her at 360-907-4830, or email her at joyce200627@yahoo. You can also check out various websites at eclecticpublishing.wordpress; pccetrprs.webstarts; facebook/eclecticpublishing; and her network group at diversityvancouver.wordpress If Joyce ever has a situation where she cannot make it to a Tiger Talk Open Mic, she can turn it over to her able assistant, Julie O’Mara. 6. Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna Printed Matter Vancouver and Angst Gallery Present 100 Thousand Poets for Change William Stafford Centenary Reading Featuring George Thomas and local authors from the anthology World of Change Eileen Elliott, Christopher Luna, and Toni Partington Plus open mic 7pm Saturday, September 27, 2014 Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 2014 is William Stafford’s Centenary year. Around the Pacific Northwest, readings have been held in his honor. Because Stafford was a conscientious objector, interned in Arkansas and California during World War II, who wrote and spoke passionately for peace and social justice, this year-long celebration is a perfect way to contribute to 100 Thousand Poets for Change, the global movement founded by poets Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion of Guerneville, CA. World of Change, edited by David Madgalene and published by New Way Media, is a 100TPC-inspired anthology that includes poets from around the world as well as local authors Eileen Elliott, Christopher Luna, and Toni Partington. William Stafford’s writing will also be honored by Vancouver poet George Thomas. Community members who would like to read one of William Stafford’s poems, or a poem of their own concerning progressive social change, are invited to participate in an open mic. Eileen Davis Elliott writes her poetry and prose in Vancouver, WA. She is the author of two books of poetry: Prodigal Cowgirl and Miles of Pies. Her work reflects long-held interests in multicultural themes about conflict and tolerance, appreciation and bewilderment. Humankind continues to fascinate and challenge her attempts to represent situations and solutions in written and visual forms. She thinks she asks more questions than she can ever answer. Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna is the co-founder, with Toni Partington, of Printed Matter Vancouver, an editing service and small press that serves Northwest writers. Together Luna and Partington edited Ghost Town Poetry volumes one and two, featuring poems from the popular open mic poetry reading series that Luna established in 2004. Luna’s books include Brutal Glints of Moonlight, GHOST TOWN, USA and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978. Recent publications include Bombay Gin, Unshod Quills, It’s Animal But Merciful, gape-seed, Take Out, Chiron Review, and Soundings Review. Toni Partington lives and works as a poet, editor, visual artist, and writing coach in Vancouver, Washington. She is the author of two books of poetry: Jesus Is A Gas and Wind Wing. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including The Cascade Journal, VoiceCatcher (editions 3 and 4), and Perceptions. She was Co-Editor for the 2011/2012 VoiceCatcher anthology of Pacific Northwest women writers. Toni is co-founder and editor of Printed Matter Vancouver, an editing and small press imprint. George Thomas earned an MFA at Eastern Washington University. He has founded and edited two magazines and a microzine. One of those is Easterns Willow Springs. His books include Tenderfoot and Gray House by Cold Mountain. His work has appeared in publications in England and the U.S., most recently in Ghost Town Poetry Volume Two. nichewinebar/ williamstafford.org/ 100tpc.org/ printedmattervancouver 7. Last Tuesdays Poetry presents Toni Partington, Lori Loranger and Daedra Pfeiffer with photographer Raymond J. Klein: September 30, 7pm, Barnes & Noble, Vancouver, WA Dear poetry friend, Toni Partington, Lori Loranger and Daedra Pfeiffer are the featured poets at Last Tuesdays Poetry on September 30. They will be joined by photographer Raymond J. Klein as they present work from Visions of Light, a poetry and photography book on which they collaborated. Our events run from 7pm to 8.30pm at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 7700 NE Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98662. Toni Partington is a Vancouver-based poet, editor, visual artist, and writing coach, author of the collections Jesus Is A Gas and Wind Wing, and co-founder of the small press Printed Matter Vancouver. Lori Loranger, a native Washingtonian and 30-year Skamania County resident, practices mediation, meditation, tai chi, permaculture and foraging, as well as being a writer. She will read not only her own poems from the book but also those by her daughter, Zoe Loranger, who has been attending open mics since age 7 and has volunteered at KBOO radio. Daedra Pfeiffer, born in Portland, is a longtime student of theater arts, psychology and healing through creativity, and has been active in an online survivors poetry group. As they read their poems at the event, Raymond J. Klein will display his images that accompany them in the book. A retired commercial photographer whose professional career behind the lens started in 1956, he has long been interested in trick lighting effects, and has exhibited his creative photography in several local galleries. The book will be available at the store on the night. For the first few people who buy it there, Klein will provide a complimentary original print of one of the images – Moods of a Saxophone – together with an endorsement by jazz master Lou Donaldson, whose 1966 album At His Best featured the image on its cover. As usual, there will be open mic slots that can be claimed on the night. If you want to do one, please rehearse a 2-3 minute presentation. Here is the event page on the bookstore website: store-locator.barnesandnoble/event/4726731 See you at the bookstore! On behalf of Last Tuesdays Poetry - David Hill, writer (davidhill.biz) Christopher Luna Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA Publisher and Editor, Printed Matter Vancouver dtc-wsuv.org/wp/enriching-lives/ clarkcountyartscommission.org/Poet_Laureate.html printedmattervancouver christopherluna-poetry.blogspot innovatorsofvancouver/season2/christopher-luna/
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