I really enjoyed being a part of the workshops! Meeting new people and listening to their stories in their writings each week. —La’Drina Sweeney La’Drina Sweeney participated in our Spring 2018 workshop at Rose CDC, Lents Village Apartments for seniors living in affordable housing. Her uplifting poem below, “At the Beach,” was published in our […]

It was fun to get into my own brain and say what came to the forefront. If you’ve never done [a workshop], I’d say do it at least once. —Pauline Long Pauline Long participated in our fall 2020 by-mail workshop with Friendly House in partnership with Home Forward’s Congregate Housing Services Program—a program that helps seniors and […]

Write Around Portland helped me reengage with the community, during a time when I leaned into my isolation. I felt free to write and express myself with other wonderful writers. My creative side came alive and alongside my Art group; it allowed me to be me. —Myranda Harris Myranda Harris participated in our fall 2020 remote […]

My time writing with Write Around Portland has awakened a renewed burst of creativity for me. —Hasan Chop Hasan Chop participated in our fall 2020 remote workshop at Multnomah County HIV Health Services Center for adults living with HIV/AIDS. Read his poem “Journey of the Mind’s Eye (30 light years)” below. Journey of the Mind’s […]