About us
The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Bush Barn Annex, 600 Mission St SE, Salem. Parking for the Bush Barn and Bush House is located off of High Street and the Annex entrance is just to the left of the main entrance.
The Salem-Poetry Project is open to all poets. Please see event calendar.
Upcoming events
51
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Charles Goodrich and Pepper Trail
Salem Art Association - Bush Barn Art Center, 600 Mission St SE, Salem, OR, USCharles Goodrich’s most recent book is Knot House: New & Selected Poems, just out from Empty Bowl Press. He’s also the author of a book of narrative essays, The Practice of Home, and a novel, Weave Me a Crooked Basket. He writes and gardens near the confluence of the Marys and Willamette Rivers in the traditional homeland of the Ampinefu Band of the Kalapuya in Corvallis, Oregon. FMI: charlesgoodrich.com
Pepper Trail is a naturalist and writer from Ashland, Oregon. His poems have appeared in Rattle, Terrain.org, Catamaran, Ascent and several anthologies, including Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry and The Nature of Our Times. His collection, Cascade-Siskiyou: Poems, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and he has recently completed a new collection, Wild / Flower: Poems of the Oregon Flora.
April 30 through June 11 the Salem Poetry Project will be temporarily housed at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel near the Oregon State Capitol, 770 Chemeketa St NE. Their parking lot is one-way, with the entrance on Chemeketa St and the exit on Court St. There is also a fair amount of street parking. Enter through the west entrance, the one that faces the parking lot and YMCA. If the doors are locked to your right is a door bell button. Press it and someone will let you in. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at mrcjanssen@msn.com.
2 attendees
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Tim Hicks
Salem Art Association - Bush Barn Art Center, 600 Mission St SE, Salem, OR, USTim is a mediator by day and a writer by day and night. He is co-author of the book “The Process of Business/Environmental Collaborations: Partnering for Sustainability,” author of the novel “Last Stop Before Tomorrow” that offers a perspective on climate change and our struggle to respond, and author of what has been called a groundbreaking book, “Embodied Conflict: the neural basis of conflict and communication.”
April 30 through June 11 the Salem Poetry Project will be temporarily housed at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel near the Oregon State Capitol, 770 Chemeketa St NE. Their parking lot is one-way, with the entrance on Chemeketa St and the exit on Court St. There is also a fair amount of street parking. Enter through the west entrance, the one that faces the parking lot and YMCA. If the doors are locked to your right is a door bell button. Press it and someone will let you in. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at mrcjanssen@msn.com.
1 attendee
Past events
489
