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South Puget Sound's Spot for Poetry Since 1990

One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everyone else.
BILLY COLLINS

May 21, 2025
Featured Reader and OPN Board member Chris Dahl

Open Mic Readers

April 16, 2025
Dead Poets Readings

March 19, 2025
Abby E. Murray

Open Mic Readers

February 26, 2025
Thomas A. Thomas

Open Mic Readers

August 21, 2024
Carol R. Sunde

Open Mic Readers

July 24, 2024
Sati Mookherjee

Open Mic Readers

June 19, 2024
Examined Life Book Launch

Open Mic Readers

May 15, 2024
Douglas Cole

Open Mic Readers

April 17, 2024
Dead Poets Readings

March 20, 2024
Linda Strever

Open Mic Readers

January 17, 2024
Michael Schmelzer

Open Mic Readers

December 16, 2023
Season's Readings

November 15, 2023
Olympia Poet Laureate, Kathleen Byrd

Open Mic Readers

October 18, 2023
Ryler Dustin

Open Mic Readers

August 16, 2023
All Open Mic

July 19, 2023
Farewell Reading - Sandy Yannone

Open Mic Readers

June 21, 2023
Risa Denenberg

Open Mic Readers

May 17, 2023
Joanne Clarkson

Open Mic Readers

Feb. 16, 2022
Martha Silano

Jan. 19, 2022
Lacey, Washington's Inaugural Poet Laureate
Cynthia Pratt

Oct. 20, 2021
Fusion Collective Featured Reading (Zoom)

June 16, 2021
Deborah Bacharach Featured Reading (Zoom)

May 19, 2021
Ryler Dustin Featured Reading (Zoom)

Feb. 19, 2020
Luke Salazar

OPEN MIC READERS

Jan. 15, 2020
Clem Starck

OPEN MIC READERS

Suzanne Simons announces a special event with Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna, to be held at The Evergreen State College in February. See our Special Events page for more information.

Dec. 18, 2019
Season's Readings

The evening opened with an audience-participation song "The Twelve Days of Solstice," written by OPN Board member Terri Cohlene, led by the OPN Board and MC Ed Sharp.