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A Letter To The President of The United States
From an Indigenous Girl
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Dear President Biden, (Or whomever is reading this letter before the President) My name is Shaelee Irene Singer and I am 20 years old….
What Now!?
An invitation. Imagine and then celebrate. Fellow Warriors on Campus
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Imagine with me. You are going to a club on Friday night. You’re on top of the world. After a few drinks, you narrow…
Surviving Seasonal Struggles
Coping with Living on Campus or Family Turmoil During The Holidays
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at the end of the day A poem by: Shaelee Singer in the morning i see a text from you and i smile but…
Culture
Poetry as a Second Language
“Time Is a Mother” by Ocean Vuong Review
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Reading Ocean Vuong’s most recent poetry collection, “Time Is a Mother,” was the most beautiful way to break my heart. Vuong is a Vietnamese-American…
Verselandia! and the Poetry throughout Portland
Uplifting the voices of young writers
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Move to TrashNational Poetry Month has come and gone, but Portland keeps the spirit of poetry alive as we continue into spring. Literary Arts…
Lady Bird
A Love Letter to Mothers Everywhere
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“Don’t you think they’re the same thing? Love… and attention?” Sarah Joan says, smiling at Lady Bird. Lady Bird feels her heart sink a…
Opinion
Spring Cleaning
Reset Edition: Ins and Outs
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Instead of New Year’s Ins and Outs—the new habits we invite in, and the old ones we say goodbye to—we deserve to have our…
Confessions (and opinions) of a Former Enemy-Combatant (and POW) in the “War on Drugs”
byOn April 1, 2024, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law a bill re-criminalizing drug possession, making it a misdemeanor to possess small amounts…
Poetic Synesthesia
Cadence Video Poetry Festival is Coming to Portland
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I’ve attended countless poetry and film festivals over the years, but this was my first experience at a video poetry festival. The moment I…
Politics
How to Dismantle a Bomb
What can Portland learn from the Ohio train derailment?
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Late in the evening on February 3, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Of the 141 railcars, 38 derailed, and 14 were carrying…
Measure 110 & the Roadblocks of Negative Perception
Countering dominant narratives that seek to reverse progress
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Turn on the TV to watch the local news and you will likely see stories on gun violence, crime, dysfunction in City Hall, and…
A Very Modest Proposal
A Letter to the Mayor
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To the honorable Ted Wheeler, respectable heir to Willamette Industries, upstanding Police Commissioner, Pontifex Maximus, & Mayor of Portland in His Second Remove, …