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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

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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.

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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.

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Nov. 20, 2019
Tacoma Poet Laureate, Abby Murray

OPEN MIC READERS

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Oct. 16, 2019
​Connie Walle

OPEN MIC READERS

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Sept. 18, 2019
Kay Mullen

OPEN MIC READERS

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August 21, 2019
All Open Mic

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July 18, 2019
Karen Whalley

OPEN MIC READERS

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June 19, 2019
Sandra Yannone

OPEN MIC READERS

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May 15, 2019
Olympia Poet Laureate, Sady Sparks

OPEN MIC READERS

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April 17, 2019
​Dead Poets Readings

March 20, 2019
Thomas A. Thomas

OPEN MIC READERS

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February 20, 2019
Don Freas

OPEN MIC READERS

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January 20, 2019
Dennis Connolly

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December 19, 2018
Seasonal Readings

October 17, 2018
Featured Reader: Emily Van Kley

OPEN MIC READERS

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September 19, 2018
 Featured Reader: Carl Palmer

​OPEN MIC READERS

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August 15, 2018
All Open Mic

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May 16, 2018
Featured Reader: Christina Butcher

OPEN MIC READERS

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April 18, 2018
Dead Poets Readings

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​March 21, 2018
Featured Reader: Michael Dylan Welch

​OPEN MIC READERS

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October 18, 2017
​FEATURED READER: CAROLYNE WRIGHT

​OPEN MIC READERS