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Breaking
News!
Poetry has a
place on the
web in
Oregon!
OREGON
POETRY. COM
Steven
Robert Heine
is a Salem
resident and
native
Oregonian.
Oregon
poetry.
com will try to feature information about poetry events in Oregon. We welcome your news about poetry events. You can send them to: Steve Heine or mail them to: PO BOX 7574, Salem, OR 97303.
This site is a public service by Oregon poet, Steven Robert Heine.
THINGS TO DO TODAY:
Contact your school to help set up a poetry contest for students!
OREGON POET'S SITES:
WEB CAMS: Portland Mountain Rescue | Links | Live Cameras Crater Cam, Live From Crater Lake National Park YOUR NEW PROJECT: Contact the grade school, middle or high school nearest you and offer to help put on a poetry contest for the students. You and teachers can judge. Students will put in a fine effort and be proud of their work and you will have helped promote poetry! Keep classes simple, perhaps free verse and rhyme. OREGON COLLEGE LINKS: COUNTY FAIRS DESERVE THANKS! Several county fairs in Oregon have added poetry to their exhibits. Oregon poets now have many more places to exhibit their work and get it read. If your county fair doesn't have a poetry contest, tell them to contact me and I will help them to set one up. A portion of the proceeds from this site will fund prizes for poetry at county fairs throughout Oregon! Steven Robert Heine Official Web Site OUR FAVORITE LINKS! (Some of these may be under construction, check back soon). DREAMER Look far away for a little while, and tell me the dreams that you see. From the fountain of love that flows from your heart, great things will soon come to be. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine. A REQUEST You cannot see the silver seeds, my restless soul hunts after. But hold me now, inspire me with love and pain and laughter. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine. OASIS You were first to fill my glass.
Sparkling love you freely shared.
Thousands passed my wretched way.
But none till you, reached down and cared. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine SUNSHINE
You are in my heart and there to stay. Like the sunshine you warm me, in a special way. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine MARGE There came one cool, crisp Halloween, a princess I had never known. Who led me to a World I had not yet seen, but long had hungered to be shown. Her eyes were like the Autumn moon, her voice like the Autumn air, and I feared my dream would end too soon, as I drew her close and held her there.
Like tiny, precious drops of gold were the moments that we shared. Embraces were exchanged and secrets told, but real love was never dared. For she was destined to become but a memory and I knew I'd soon have to go. So I told her that she'd always be a part of me... and she always will, I know. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine THE LOST KING Frog eyes, mud pies and days gone by. When I was a boy each day brought new joy and I never knew how to cry. Up a strawberry hill I'd climb for the thrill and pronounce myself a king. I'd wave my hand across the land and command the earth to sing. And the earth would obey and the plants would sway and rubies would appear at my feet. Then I'd smile with pride, feeling hungry inside and choose a strawberry to eat. But those days flew past and I grew old fast and now live in crumbling health. Though I still recall being king of all and living in infinite wealth. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine SUNSHINE You are in my heart and there to stay. Like the sunshine you warm me, in a special way. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine LOOKING AHEAD I talked pollytics with a pollywog who glowed with great ambition.
He said: 'I can't wait to become a frog, in the throat of a politician'. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine ALONG THE WAY Fame and fortune don't amount to too much. For what matters most is the lives that you touch.
HARVEST OF LOVE I believe in God and He believes in me. And He provides the inspiration for my poetry. I didn't ask for this gift; it was quite a surprise. But by the sweat of my brow it will bloom in full, before His eyes. My life is short and my goals are many. And I fear I might die before I accomplish any. But I hope He may find when my life is done, a harvest of love, that my labors have won. © copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine "If you have family, tell them you love them every day. You never know when you might not get another chance." srh
"In eternity we are young!" srh
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BREAKING
NEWS!
THIRD THURSDAY POETS have moved to: The Blue Pepper Gallery 241 Commercial St NE 503-371-4600 Hosted by Maureen Clifford. maureen@thirdthursdaypoets.org
Congratulations to Maureen and this fine group! (Now if they can just convince the Mayor of Salem to appoint one of their members as Salem's Poet Laureate). Allison Collins with the Ink & Paper Group reports that " Our imprint Sofa Ink is launching a second compilation of poetry November 16th at our office at 1825 SE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. R. E. Smith's The Window Ledge is the follow-up to A Sweeter Understanding, a collection of short, beautiful vignettes that reflect on a life well-lived. The first book, a 5 x 7 hardbound gift book, has sold well, far exceeding industry standards. And with Rick's charm and charisma, we are looking forward to the readings he will be giving in the near future".
Allison
Collins
VP of Marketing & Sales Ink & Paper Group, LLC EDITORIAL: Now that Oregon has a State Poet Laureate, it is time for Portland, Eugene and Corvallis to create CITY Poet Laureates. (Salem is way too backward to have a Poet Laureate, I know I led the fight to have a Salem Poet Laureate in 2000. Salem is willing to follow the leadership of other cities but not to lead). Ok Salem, prove me wrong! Organize your poetry group and write to your city officials in Oregon. Suggest a poet laureate and offer to help in the process. Maybe help select finalists for the position to be recommended to the mayor. IT CAN BE DONE! ACT TODAY! PLEASE SUPPORT THIS SITE!
For more than 3 decades Steven Robert Heine has been a pioneer in bringing poetry to State & County Fairs and to the World Wide Web. Yet he has worked without grants or private funding. The time may be running out for him to bring free sites like this to your state. Please purchase from the catalog below or make a donation to these sites. Let us all go forward in poetry together.
CATALOG:
BEYOND THE FRONTIER - collected poems of Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, hardbound. $34.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303 shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $10.00 other countries.
A WINTER'S HARVEST - 50 poems by Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, paperback. $9.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $6.00 other countries.
AUTUMN MAGIC - 50 poems by Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, paperback. $9.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $6.00 other countries.
SPRING RAIN - 50 poems by Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, paperback. $9.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $6.00 other countries.
OF SUMMER'S LOST - 60 poems by Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, paperback. $9.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $6.00 other countries.
THE CARPENTER - 60 poems by Steven Robert Heine. Autographed 1st edition, paperback. $9.99. To: Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. shipping paid in US or Canada. Add $6.00 other countries.
LETTER FROM STEVEN ROBERT HEINE: This matted collectable letter is handwritten to you or your designee. Ask what you want and SRH will try to respond. (letters are 2 to 3 paragraphs). This is something your family may cherish for generations to come. $99.00. Native Publishing Company, PO BOX 7574 Salem, OR 97303. Oregon State Poetry Association contests and events for poets. Contact OSPA for more details! .
Literary Arts - Check for events!
THINGS TO DO: Call you county fair and ask about poetry rules and dates! PROFESSIONAL WRITER: resumes, press releases, articles, advertising copy, books, publications. Fees by project. Send e-mail describing your project and I will send you a free estimate.
CHECK WITH YOUR FAIR NOW FOR A POETRY CONTEST THIS SUMMER! Here are a few. Check with the fair office for dates and rules. Official Site of the Oregon State Fair County Fair Dates Click for info. Lincoln County Fair Polk County Fair Tillamook County Fair Coos County Fair Click & try this site! It is a lot of fun! John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"
“Keep me safe, O
God, for in you I
take refuge. I said
to the Lord, 'You
are my Lord; apart
from you I have no
good thing.'”
Romans 8:28 "and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and who are the called according to His purpose". Psalms 37 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart." God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure He will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again. Philippians 1:6 Acts 13:47 I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. PSALM 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
PSALM 2 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters." The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, 'You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." Therefore, you kinds, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
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THE OREGON STATE FAIR DESERVES THANKS FROM OREGON POETS! The poetry contest at the Oregon State Fair recently completed its 19th year. The contest has served as a model for dozens of county fair poetry contests and poetry contests around the World! It remains one of the BIG EVENTS in Oregon poetry! WRITERS RESOURCES State of Oregon: State Library REGULAR OPEN MIKE READINGS EUGENE:
THIS JUST
IN FROM
EUGENE:
"We (Laura LeHew and myself) have a reading under the title of Uttered Chaos every second Sunday of the month at Mother Kali's Books. It would be wonderful if you would include this venue in your listings.
Uttered
Chaos
Readings
2:00 every
second
Sunday
Mother
Kali's Books
in
the Meridian
Bldg.,
1849
Willamette
Blvd.
Eugene
Following
will be a
read-around.
Contact
person:
Colette
Jonopulos,
541
543-5453
Also, I
co-edit
and
publish a
small
press
poetry
journal,
Tiger's
Eye.
This is
out web
site:
http://www.tigerseyejournal.com/
We are now
based in
Eugene,
after
being
based in
Sacramento
since
2001. "
Colette
Jonopulos
Eugene
PORTLAND: PORTLAND: Valentines's Coffee House 2nd Thurs. 8pm-9pm, "Roadside Bomb", anti-war poetry reading and open mike. Come share your own peace and anti-establishment poems. Downtown on SW Ankeny between 2nd & 3rd Ave.
Backspace
Gallery &
Internet
Cafe
"Word of
Mouth"
poetry
open mic
Fridays,
7:30-9:00pm
Sign-up
starts at
7:15
115 NW 5th
Avenue
(between
NW Couch &
Davis)
Alberta Street Public House
Moderator:
Arlo
Voorhees
"Broken
Word"
poetry
open mic
Tuesdays,
7:30-9:30pm
Sign-up
starts at
7:00
1036 NE
Alberta
I Love Mondays hosted by Dan Raphael 7 pm Borders Books (SW 3rd & Morrison).
ALBANY: 1st Fridays, 9pm-11pm, The Orchard Cafe, 234 Lyon St., Albany
SALEM: Third Thursday Poets at The Blue Pepper Gallery 241 Commercial St NE 503-371-4600 Hosted by Maureen Clifford. Maureen Clifford; maureen@thirdthursdaypoets.org
STAYTON:
2nd Sundays, Bird & Hat Inn 717 N. 3rd Ave.3 to 5 p.m (open mike between sets by featured poets.
CAVE JUNCTION:
The
Blue Moon
Cafe
3rd
Wednesdays
Writers'
Series
and open
mic @7pm
119 S.
Redwood
Hwy,
Cave
Junction,
OR
Classifieds are $24.99 for up to 50 words, 3 months. Send payment and copy to: NATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PO BOX 7574 SALEM, OR 97303. EDITORIAL: How did this happen? How did the best choice and the most deserving poet in Oregon get to be Oregon's Poet Laureate? (Not to mention that Lawson Inada was our own choice...) We remember... those great crusades to get an Oregon Poet Laureate appointed. We charged the Legislature and press, banners waving high... only to be thrown back into the sea again and again. There was interest but no money. But again and again over the years we charged! Such a noble crusade! We knew only two things: immediate failure was certain and the job needed doing. We hope that with this success, future generations will remember our efforts. We celebrate today!!!!! DEAR READERS: I am having so much fun on: YOU MAY HAVE MONEY WAITING! STATE LANDS - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY! Click the above link to find out! This is a government site of the State Lands Dept. If you have unclaimed property, follow their process to apply for it! $29.99 Click to purchase
Click above link! 302 Collected Poems by Steven Robert Heine includes: A WINTER'S HARVEST AUTUMN MAGIC SPRING RAIN OF SUMMERS LOST A SECRET SEASON & Essays on poetry $29.99
THE CARPENTER -click to Purchase $9.99 plus s & h.
Check for book specials! Please bookmark this link. It may be the best deal you've ever found! Catalog of wines! Our Favorite Links: LINKS: Our Favorite Links: Oregonforfun.com This site features travel information on Oregon and fun things to do. America For Fun Dot Com A fun site with cams and humor. |
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