OLYMPIA POETRY NETWORK
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Fostering and encouraging poetry in Olympia and the South Puget Sound
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it, and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
MAYA ANGELOU

Laureate LoveFest 2021


Watch the video of the webinar with readings by poets laureate from Canada, Ireland and across the United States.
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OPN 2019 LaureateFest

View photos from the 2019 LaureateFest featuring all five Washington State Poets Laureate: (left to right) Claudia Castro-Luna, Tod Marshall, Elizabeth Austen, Kathleen Flenniken and Samuel Green.
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An Appreciation for Poetry


PLEASE, during the pandemic, only join OPN online. It's easy, secure and safe.

The Olympia Poetry Network is a nonprofit/charitable organization dedicated to increasing literary awareness and an appreciation of poetry for folks living at the south end of Puget Sound (Thurston, Mason, Gray's Harbor and Lewis Counties).
OPN Membership $18/ One Year — $36/ Two Years

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General Meetings

OPN holds general meetings at 6:30 pm on the third Wednesday of every month on Zoom during the pandemic. All readers are asked to limit their readings to 5 minutes. If you have one or two short poems you'd like to share with us, come early (6:00 pm is open mic sign-up) and put your name in the chat window. After the open mic and a short intermission, a featured reader reads most months for 30-40 minutes.

Members only receive the Zoom link for the meetings.They may invite one guest.  If you'd like to join us, you can find information about joining on our Membership page.
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When we get through the pandemic, meetings will (hopefully) resume at New Traditions Fair Trade Cafe
300 5th Ave (5th and Water Street)
Downtown Olympia, WA
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Scheduled Special Events

April
A P R I L
During the month of April (National Poetry Month) we feature the work of "Dead Poets" read by our  members.
August
A U G U S T
August is All-Open-Mic month, devoting the entire meeting to anyone who cares to read. Come participate!
December
D E C E M B E R
December readings are "Poems of the Season," a non-denominational celebration of this special time of year.
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PO Box 1312
Olympia WA 98507-1312
Olypoetrynet@gmail.com
design @ 2019 Debi Bodett 

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MONTHLY READINGS
In person at New Traditions
5th and Water Street, downtown Olympia, WA
3rd Wednesdays / 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST
Open Mic sign ups begin at 5:30pm

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  • About
    • Board of Directors
  • Membership
  • Events
    • Featured Readings
    • OPN Scheduled Workshops
    • OPN Writing Group
    • Special Events >
      • Laureate LoveFest 2021
      • LaureateFest 2019
  • Poetry/ Publications
    • Featured Poems
    • Current Event Poems
    • Monthly Exercise
    • Essays
    • OPN Member Publications
    • Links
  • Photos & Videos
  • Contact