HeyJaredThe Work Poetry Newsletter by Christopher Luna
The Work is a monthly newsletter for poets and poetry lovers in Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.
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The Work Poetry Newsletter October 2026 (opens the original)
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We have lost another one of our poet friends. Mary Slocum has passed away after living in an adult foster care home after suffering a number of health crises including a series of strokes. Here is the message Brittany Baldwin posted regarding Mary Slocum: “Our friend Mary L. Slocum /Misel passed away Saturday at noon. She’d been slowing down for a while. I’m sure she’s much more comfortable now and is hopefully being met by animal and human friends alike. The family will be holding a celebration
The Work September 2026 (opens the original)
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The Work August 2026 Poetry Newsletter (opens the original)
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Hope your Summer has been fun and restful. Let’s keep making the world safe for poetry, democracy, peace, justice and freedom.I will not be leading The Work poetry workshop on the second Saturday of this month because I will be out of town. However, you can join us at The Arts Centered from 9-12 on April 22 for the fourth Saturday edition of the workshop. Thanks for reading Th
The Work Poetry Newsletter July 2026 (opens the original)
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I am very proud to have been included in Laurence Lillvik’s Anti-Fascist issue of Skullcrushing Hummingbird. After a fellow American citizen was sentenced to “30 years in prison for moving a box of anarchist zines,” Laurence decided that “The Prairieland protest sentencing is them telling us they’ll throw anyone in jail who speaks out. Zines are dangerous. I’m restocking Issue 6 and all proceeds (after shipping) will go to anti-fascist legal defense funds”:<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODl
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