Who We Are
Milkwaukie Oregon Poetry Community
Founded in 2007 with support from the Ledding Library and Clackamas County Arts Alliance, the Milwaukie Poetry Series brings poetry to life in our community. Held on the second Wednesday of each month from September to June at 6:00 p.m., our readings feature established local poets, fostering connection through the power of spoken word.
With ongoing support from the City of Milwaukie, the series has expanded to include workshops, open mic nights, youth events, bilingual readings, discussions, and summer poetry in the park. Poetry strengthens community—it helps us tell our story.
Explore poet bios, videos, and past readings on the Ledding Library YouTube channel.
Latest From This Season
These celebrations are held during January in Oregon and the nation in honor of poet William Stafford who taught for many years at Lewis and Clark College and was Oregon Poet Laureate from 1975 through 1989. The event will be hosted by Tom Hogan and Greg Chaimov. Our Featured Readers will be David Filer, Stephanie Lenox, Sue Reese, and Doug Stone. They will be reading poems by William Stafford and…
Charles Goodrich’s new book of poems, Watering the Rhubarb, is just out from Flowstone Press. Previous books include the poetry collections A Scripture of Crows; Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden; and Insects of South Corvallis, along with a collection of essays, The Practice of Home, and two co-edited anthologies, Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest and In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens. Following a long career as a professional…
Wendy Willis has published two books of poems, a book of essays, and a textbook. Her last two books, These are Strange Times, My Dear, and A Long Late Pledge were finalists for the Oregon Book Award. Wendy is also the founder and director of Oregon’s Kitchen Table, a statewide community engagement program housed at Portland State University. She lives in Southeast Portland with her family
David J.S. Pickering is a native Oregonian, having grown up and lived much of his life in the working-class culture of the North Oregon Coast. He received the 2020 Airlie Prize for his first poetry collection, Jesus Comes to Me as Judy Garland (Airlie Press, 09/2021). His poetry is published in a variety of journals including Reed Magazine, Pine Row, Raven Chronicles,and Gertrude Journal. David never aspired to have his…
Contact Milwaukie Poetry Series
Tom Hogan
Milwaukie Poetry Series President
