Lawson Fusao Inada, who served two terms beginning in 2006, is due to step down and nominations are being accepted until Feb. 15. The job is a good one: $10,000 per year, plus an activities and travel budget of up to $10,000 annually.
from Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Oregon's looking for a new poet laureate
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Kim Stafford was in his stocking feet--it's dojo policy to leave your shoes at the door--and completely in his element. He moved to a discussion of William Stafford's poem "Fifteen" and described how his father "started with the ordinary." The elder Stafford once found a rusty bike near a road and used his imagination and poetic gifts to create what his son called "a poem of great longing and promise."
from Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: William Stafford's birthday rekindles love of poetry
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