Be Part of the PDX Bridge Festival

Bring a bridge poem, and take your place at the microphone.
Sunday, July 25th, 4pm
Powell's on Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd

Paulann Petersen will begin this event with a few words about poems as bridges Then the Powell's stage is open to you. Here's your chance to pick your favorite Portland bridge and write a poem to or for it. Sharon Wood Wortman, the Bridge Festival organizer, says that at this reading,"metaphors are welcomed and encouraged! This is an opportunity to expand the definitions and limits of the roles bridges play in our
lives."

"Aerial photo of bridges radiating like spokes." For more information, see the PDX Bridge Festival website.