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Watch the Don Baham show!

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Congratulations to Mary Jane Erickson, who was invited to read some of her poems on The Don Baham show on Monday, June 25th.
Don is in her poetry group and invited her to share some of her poems on his show along with Louis, the facilitator for poetry at the Cedar Mill Library (Saturdays, once a month); another lady from the poetry group, and Don’s daughter, whom Mary Jane also had a chance to meet.
The show was produced in Beaverton at the Tualitan Valley Community Television on Greenbrier Parkway in Beaverton and can be found on the web on “Don Baham…..YouTube at  https://youtu.be/p4EdG2RgJPM
Don is a retired Clinical Psychologist.  His web site is “www.donbaham.com“
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Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through – notes on a talk given by Carolyn Martin

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Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through – notes on a talk given by Carolyn Martin

How do you start a poem (or a story)?

  • Put pen to paper?
  • Put finger to keyboard?
  • Write and/or change the first line of something you remember, then see where it goes.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 201711 Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through with Carolyn Martin

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 11/19/2017

Wow! What a meeting. Twenty-four of us were there to listen to, work with, and be inspired by Portland poet, Carolyn Martin, whose return visit was so popular we’re already asking when she can join us again, again. Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 201711 Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through with Carolyn Martin →

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 201707

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Writers’ Mill Minutes, 16th July 2017

  1. Are you reading this on the website? Did you receive the email? If you did not receive the email, please check your spam, deleted, update and other random folders. Try using “search” on your emails for admin@portlandwritersmill.org, then set is as a “safe sender.” And if none of the that helps, contact admin@portlandwritersmill.org
  2. Send journal entries to journal2017@portlandwritersmill.org before the end of the month! Read on to learn more details
  3. Send 100th contest suggestions to admin@portlandwritersmill.org before the 1st of August!
  4. Send What If…? Contest entries to contest@portlandwritersmill.org before the end of August 6th. Read on to learn more details.

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Writing and Appreciating Poetry with Carolyn Martin – from her talk in February 2017

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Writing and Appreciating Poetry with Carolyn Martin

Carolyn began her talk with some groundrules:

  1. Don’t believe everything you hear unless it resonates in you.
  2. Ask lots of questions
  3. Daydream – she once went to a poetry reading and became distracted by a poem she needed to write … called Purgatory!

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Writers Mill Minutes 201702

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Writers’ Mill Minutes, Feb 19th 2017

We may have started the year late but we started it in style with a wonderful February meeting where everyone participated, everyone had something to say, and everyone learned something. Carolyn Martin’s talk was such a success we’ve asked her to return in November, so if you missed this one, make sure you don’t miss the next one! Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 201702 →

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 201608

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Writers’ Mill Minutes August 21st

You may remember Jim Stewart, poet, short story writer, novelist, musician and more from our May meeting. He returned for a much-anticipated second visit in August, where he  invited and answered questions on editing poetry and how to make words count. Around 16 members of the Writers’ Mill braved the heat to attend. Notes on the questions and answers will follow these minutes. Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 201608 →