Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Night features Pattie Palmer-Baker

The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Night at 7 p.m. July 14 will feature Pattie Palmer-Baker at Art at the Cave gallery, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd. in downtown Vancouver. For more details email Christopher Luna at printedmattervancouver@gmail.com. There is 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.

Nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize, Portland resident Palmer-Baker has been published in many journals including The Poeming Pigeon, VoiceCatcher, The Best of VoiceCatcher, Ghazal Page, Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, Calyx, and Phantom Drift. Her chapbook, The Color of Goodbye, was recently published by Kelsay Books at kelsaybooks.com/products/the-color-of-goodbye.

After years of exhibiting her artwork – a combination of paste paper collages and calligraphic poetry – Palmer-Baker was surprised to find that people, despite what they may believe, do like poetry. She now concentrates on writing. Learn more about Palmer-Baker at pattiepalmerbaker.com.