The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic features william erickson at Art at the Cave, 108 E Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, at 7 p.m. Sept. 12. There’s a $5 suggested donation to attend. Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal account (christopherjluna@gmail.com). Include a memo stating that the money is for Ghost Town Poetry. erickson’s work appears or is forthcoming in “Poetry Daily,” “Sixth Finch,” “West Branch” and “Denver Quarterly. erickson is the author of several chapbooks, as well as the full-length collection “You Don’t Have to Believe in the World.” Learn more at facebook.com/GhostTownPoetryOpenMic/.