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		<title>November Is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you know that November is National Novel Writing Month? Well, for those of you who might not be in the know, it is. There is a great website and creative endeavor to encourage would be novelists to write their very own novel this month! It’s called NaNoWriMo. What is NaNoWriMo? Writing a novel alone [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fall For The Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centennial Plaza]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sandy Oregon Chamber of Commerce is hosting their annual Fall For the Arts auction and dinner. The event raises money for art projects for the Sandy Oregon area. The money raised last year helped purchase a giant mural that reflects into the city’s Centennial Plaza. Custom Poem For Auction I’m happy to offer a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Red Wheelbarrow Deserted By Rain Water, Chickens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rutherford New Jersey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rutherford, NJ &#8211; A nation mourns as a beloved icon has lost it&#8217;s companions. After decades of neglect, objectivity rings different for the red wheelbarrow that so much depended upon all those years ago. Local residents murmur stories about how rain water has literally dried up, and the white chickens have disappeared without a trace. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>White House Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 08:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aimee Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Knowles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Goldsmith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rita Dove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steep Canyon Rangers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House hosted an afternoon workshop on poetry, as well as played host to a collection of poets, musicians, and performers of all types for an evening of poetry last night. It does take a poetic scientist to see how beautifully awesome this is. Poetry is an important art form that ought to have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Crow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Okay, so today’s Martin Luther King Day, and it got me thinking about the books I read in college about Dr. King, and also for that matter, about Malcolm X, and it got me thinking, that true leadership takes sacrifice. Let me clarify. It is horrible that both of these men had their lives ended [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winter Solstice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So last night, on the winter solstice I was invited to a party at a friends house in Gresham, Oregon. The house is home to actually a group of friends, all of whom have become near and dear to my heart. So it’s no surprise that they throw awesome shindigs. The party served as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>William Stafford Birthday Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christi Krug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estacada Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joanna Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open mic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stevan Allred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Washington]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been chosen to be a featured reader at an Estacada Public Library Event celebrating the life and work of renowned poet William Stafford. The event is hosted by local writer Stevan Allred, and will feature readers presenting their favorite Stafford poems and reading their own works created in the spirit of Stafford. Audience members [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Author At First Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to announce that I will be joining the very talented Stevan Allred as a featured performing artist (author) at Iris Healing Arts this Friday, September 3rd from 5 – 8PM. We’ll be reading some new stuff and some standard oldies from our respective portfolios. The event is taking place as part of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Believe CD Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daffodils]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came across a nice review of the Believe CD that my poem Daffodils was the opening track for. I’ve never seen an actual review of my work in the public domain before, so this is pretty exciting. The review was by PDX Reviews, who did a track by track listing and review for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Blue Door In Hollywood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood District]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will be one of the featured poets taking part in a Blue Door Art Event tomorrow night in Portland Oregon&#8217;s Hollywood district. The event consists of live music, live painters, live poetry reading and community. Attendees are encouraged to participate in anyway possible from completing a huge paint by number, to using poetry cards [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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