To celebrate National Poetry Month, Oregon Writers Colony (OWC) is once again holding Verse of Ages.

For the month of April, OWC members have been working on daily prompts, writing poems and will be sharing the fruits of the labor at the Verse of Ages Poetry Slam. The host for this event will be Susan Blackaby.

Susan Blackaby is an Oregon children’s book author, editor, and educator. Her collection, Nest, Nook, and Cranny, won the 2011 Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry. Dabbling across genres in children’s literature is familiar ground; wandering beyond those boundaries is a relatively recent and uncharted adventure. Poetry “for grownups” has appeared in VoiceCatcher, The Gold Man Review, and Abandoned Mine. She has been OWC’s Verse of Ages coordinator for, well, ages and is looking forward to yet another thoughtful, insightful, and uplifting evening.