Open Mic

Open Mic
My Poetry Readings

 
 

101. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Freedom"  Freedom
100. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Haiku 0067"  Haiku 0067
99. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Sacred Calling (Haiku 0007)"  Haiku 0007
98. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Memoirs"  Memoirs
97. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Haiku 0066"  Haiku 0066
96. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Haiku 0008"  Haiku 0008
95. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
94. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Haiku 0091"  Haiku 0091
93. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Haiku 0068"  Haiku 0068
92. 04/15/15 Bloomsbury Books. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
91. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Freedom"  Freedom
90. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Haiku 0067"  Haiku 0067
89. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Ten More Steps"  Ten More Steps
88. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Haiku 0008"  Haiku 0008
87. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
86. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Sacred Calling (Haiku 0007)"  Haiku 0007
85. 04/12/15 Live Poet Society. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
84. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Ask Me   by William Stafford
83. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Freedom"  Freedom
82. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Haiku 0067"  Haiku 0067
81. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Ten More Steps"  Ten More Steps
80. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Haiku 0008"  Haiku 0008
79. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
78. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Sacred Calling (Haiku 0007)"  Haiku 0007
77. 04/09/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
76. 04/08/15 Exclamation Poets Group. Rough draft of a new poem inspired by Ten More Steps
75. 04/08/15 Exclamation Poets Group. Self Portrait   by David Whyte
74. 04/08/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Ten More Steps"  Ten More Steps
73. 03/29/15 Live Poet Society. "Ten More Steps"  Ten More Steps
72. 03/29/15 Live Poet Society. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
71. 03/29/15 Live Poet Society. One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII   by Pablo Neruda
70. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. Ask Me   by William Stafford
69. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
68. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event.  Touched By An Angel   by Maya Angelou
67. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. "Freedom"  Freedom
66. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
65. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. "Memoirs"  Memoirs
64. 03/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. The Way It Is   by William Stafford
63. 03/17/15 Rogue Poetry Slam. "Freedom"  Freedom
62. 03/15/15 Live Poet Society. Petals   by Amy Lowell
61. 03/15/15 Live Poet Society. Poem written from prompt about rosemary.
60. 03/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
59. 03/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Freedom"  Freedom
58. 03/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Chaos"  Chaos
57. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Ask Me   by William Stafford
56. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. The Way It Is   by William Stafford
55. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
54. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Freedom"  Freedom
53. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Enough by David Whyte
52. 03/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Self Portrait   by David Whyte
51. 03/01/15 Live Poet Society. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
50. 03/01/15 Live Poet Society. "Freedom"  Freedom
49. 03/01/15 Live Poet Society. The Cremation of Sam McGee   by Robert W. Service
48. 03/01/15 Live Poet Society Ask Me   by William Stafford
47. 02/25/15 Exclamation Poets Open Mic. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
46. 02/25/15 Exclamation Poets Open Mic. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
45. 02/25/15 Exclamation Poets Open Mic. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
44. 02/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. Self Portrait   by David Whyte
43. 02/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
42. 02/22/15 Step Forth Talent Event. Ask Me   by William Stafford
41. 02/21/15 Poetry Critique Group. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
40. 02/18/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
39. 02/18/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
38. 02/17/15 Rogue Poetry Slam. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
37. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Into the Night"  Into the Night
36. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Memoirs"  Memoirs
35. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. Enough by David Whyte
34. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Tempest"  Tempest
33. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
32. 02/15/15 Live Poet Society. Ask Me   by William Stafford
31. 02/14/15 Valentine's Day Sonnet Workshop. "Sonnet 0001"  Sonnet 0001
30. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Ask Me   by William Stafford
29. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Haiku 0066"  Haiku 0066
28. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Haiku 0069"  Haiku 0069
27. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Haiku 0067"  Haiku 0067
26. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Long Lost Friend"  Long Lost Friend
25. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Memoirs"  Memoirs
24. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
23. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Tempest"  Tempest
22. 02/12/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
21. 01/29/15 William Stafford Birthday Reading. Ask Me   by William Stafford
20. 01/28/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Haiku 0094"  Haiku 0094
19. 01/28/15 Exclamation Poets Group. Ask Me   by William Stafford
18. 01/28/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Tempest"  Tempest
17. 01/25/15 The first Step Forth Talent Event. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
16. 01/25/15 The first Step Forth Talent Event. "Silences"  Silences
15. 01/25/15 The first Step Forth Talent Event. Ask Me   by William Stafford
00. 01/23/13 I was a Judge for the SOU Poetry Team Selection Slam. There were open hearts at this Poetry Slam. Estimated approximately 95 in attendance.
14. 01/21/15 Exclamation Poets Group. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
13. 01/20/15 Rogue Poetry Slam. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
12. 01/17/15 Poetry Critique Group. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
11. 01/08/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. Ask Me   by William Stafford
10. 01/08/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Cast Off"  Cast Off
09. 01/08/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Upon My Drum"  Upon My Drum
08. 01/08/15 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Silences"  Silences
07. 12/20/14 Poetry Critique Group. "Silences"  Silences
06. 12/17/14 William Stafford Event. A short poem “Directions” I wrote during this event.
05. 12/16/14 Rogue Poetry Slam. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
04. 12/11/14 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Warrior Spirit"  Warrior Spirit
03. 12/11/14 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Tempest"  Tempest
02. 12/11/14 Downtowner’s Talent Poetry Open Mic. "Human Rights"  Human Rights
01. 11/18/14 Rogue Poetry Slam. "Into the Night"  Into the Night

 
 

    
 

    
 
 

William Stafford was the Poet Laureate for the State of Oregon from 1975 to 1990.

Read about William Stafford and his poems at the following links.

http://www.williamstaffordarchives.org/about/
http://www.williamstaffordarchives.org/
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/william-e-stafford
http://www.williamstafford.org/