The Stafford Challenge
Join a community of poets and make your commitment to writing a poem a day for a year.
The Stafford Challenge invites you to embark on a transformative creative journey: commit to writing a poem a day for an entire year inspired by the daily practice of poet William Stafford. Starting January 17, 2026 - Staffordβs birthday.
Learn more and register at staffordchallenge.com.
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Milwaukie Poetry Series, Season 18 Episode 9 featuring Richard Robbins
YouTube video by Ledding Library
I cannot praise enough the organization of the Milwakie Poetry Series, and the privilege of reading at the Ledding Library last night. And now, to add gift upon gift, the reading is up on YouTube for anyone to see. (Intro begins at 11:14.)
www.youtube.com/live/eLxKJyx...
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The Milwaukie Poetry Series
A Reading by Richard Robbins
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
10660 SE 21st Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222
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Also Livestreamed on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel.
Register with Tom Hogan at tomhogan2@comcast.net
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Time to listen to the left.
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Dream of sunrise.
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Trump did not control the DC guards, so he did not have them ready. But he did invite the riot, which is something.
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I expect him to cancel them for 2028, but this is a new thoughtβ¦
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If I appear to want to add you to a chat on FB or Blue Sky, please disregard. Itβs not me.
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Zooming with the Stafford Challenge writers.
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Working on my stick figures.
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Itβs happening!
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Let me know if you find it! Ilya himself could not even tell me where it went.
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Absolutely. Iβm sorry that he said he wouldnβt and then did, but Trumpβs pardons would further undermine the rule of law.
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The BBC did a fantastic radio dramatization of the book some years ago that I heard but did not record. The recording was not available later in the US, unfortunately.
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Brian Frink and I may be giving it another go after our amazing art/writing tour of Scotland last year. You know how to reach one of us for questions.
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That time of year.
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