Spill the Poetry: A Poetry Workshop
In this family friendly event, we will stretch out our imaginations, skip the rules, and play with words to spark ideas. The facilitators will lead you in a couple of prompts,
demonstrate how to create a word bank, and provide materials to put your poem on the Poe-tree. Spill the Poetry hosted by Cup of Tea is being held in conjunction with Verse of Ages,
sponsored by Oregon Writers Colony. For more information and the April calendar of poetry prompts go to oregonwritercolony.org. Plan to share your work at OWC Verse of Ages open mic on May 3 at the Cup of Tea, Verse of Ages has been sponsored by Oregon Writers’ Colony for over 30 years.

Jone Rush MacCulloch brings her love and expertise of poetry to guide individuals to make poetry bloom. Her poems and art have been published in children’s anthologies
as well as The Poeming Pigeon. She is currently working on a novel in verse for middle graders. Cup of Tea has become her new go-to place during the week. Suz Blackaby is a chronic dabbler and a genre jumper. She has made a bouncy career of writing books for children, including picture books, poetry, biographies, and early readers. Poetry for adults—a more recent whirl—has appeared in The Gold Man Review, VoiceCatcher, and Abandoned Mine, and she was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her desk looks out over a stretch of the Columbia River on the far side of the Cascades.