"When you are already hereand for now it seems as thoughperfect in the dew you are still summerstill the high familiar endless summeryet with a glintof bronze in the chill morningsand the late yellow petals of the mullein flutteringon the stalks that leanover their broken shadows across the cracked ground you appear to be onlya name that tells of youwhether you are present or not - To the Light of September by W.S. Merwin"
"Mother Foucault's Bookshop in Portland is holding a poetry festival fundraiser for l'école buissonnière, a new nonprofit dedicated to building and sustaining spaces for art, literature, translation, and scholarship. The festival begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, and continues through 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. It features out-of-town poets visiting Portland for the first time and special celebrity guests reading their work. Admission includes participation in a live auction, surrealist games, music, dancing, and workshops."
Mother Foucault's Bookshop in Portland will host a four-day poetry festival fundraiser Sept. 4–7 supporting l'école buissonnière, a new nonprofit for art, literature, translation, and scholarship. The festival will feature out-of-town poets, special celebrity guests, a live auction, surrealist games, music, dancing, workshops, and a Saturday performance by Portland band Sama Dams; tickets start at $28. Cannon Beach Library will present a free Local Authors Festival on Sept. 27 with thirteen published Northwest authors reading across genres, a family-friendly atmosphere, a children's coloring contest with age-category prizes, and announcement of Fall Fundraiser raffle and silent auction winners. Portland author Chelsea Bieker will read from her new novel Madwoman, exploring motherhood, loss, and secrecy.
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