Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Night features author Zia Pollis

The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic celebrates National Poetry Month with Lightship Press author and Massachusetts poet Zia Pollis at 7 p.m. April 11 at Art at the CAVE Gallery, 108 E Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. There’s a $5 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.

Pollis is a poet and illustrator who has organized and participated in numerous poetry communities and festivals, including the Taos Verse Converse festival and the Society of the Muse of the Southwest). She also competed in the national youth poetry slam, Brave New Voices, and has been featured in MassPoetry’s U35 reading series. Her work has appeared in Nailed Magazine, MassPoetry, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Harvard Magazine, and others. Her chapbook Labors of Mercy was published by Lightship Press in 2023.