Celebrating William Stafford

January 13, 2015 Jessica Acevedo

William Edgar Stafford, poet, educator and pacifist. January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993.

January is the month to celebrate the life and work of William Stafford, both a National Poet Laureate and Oregon's from 1975 to 1990. Here are just some of the many events happening around Portland.

January Poems Are Here

January 12, 2015 Jessica Acevedo

Celebrate the New Year with these five poems for your Poetry Box. — Celebrate the New Year with these five poems for your Poetry Box.

Happy New Year!
We're starting off 2015 with this month's five poems for your Poetry Box.

Own the Boards Article, Part 2

December 22, 2014 Jessica Acevedo

Poetry Box at the Madeleine School. The students are wood-burning native plants onto the post the box with stand on.

In Own The Board's follow-up piece, Poetry Boxes Spark Cross-Curricular Connections: Q & A With Educator Ida Galash, Laura Keigan focuses on Poetry Boxes in Portland schools.

New: Poems for Your Box

December 11, 2014 Jessica Acevedo

Each poem is formatted for your Poetry Box's 8.5" x 11" window—just download, print and display.

We've excited about our newest feature: a host of poems for your box. We'll post five every month. Each is formatted for your Poetry Box's 8.5" x 11" window—just download, print and display.

Photographers On Display

December 8, 2014 Jessica Acevedo

From the Horse's Mouth by Jessica Acevedo. Displayed in the Dickinson. — *From the Horse's Mouth* by Jessica Acevedo. Displayed in the Dickinson.

We recently came across one of our boxes used to display photographs, and loved the idea. So, we decided to reach out to some Portland photographers, and asked them to share some of their images.

Own The Boards Highlights Us

December 2, 2014 Jessica Acevedo

Keigan focuses on Portland and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and features Q & A with our founder, David Cooke. — Keigan focuses on Portland and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and features Q & A with our founder, David Cooke.

Laura Keigan of Own The Boards—a site dedicated to literature across genres—has featured us in an article about the growing number of poetry boxes popping up around the country.