Name: Salem Poetry Project featuring John Miller
Start: 2026-05-14T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Salem First Presbyterian Church

Salem Poetry Project featuring John Miller

John Miller’s chapbooks Andes and Olympic have been published by The Poetry Box. His poetry has featured on KBOO’s The Talking Earth, published by the Connecticut Poetry Festival, placed with the Oregon Poetry association, and appeared in various anthologies and journals. John is a founder of Portland Ars Poetica, a literary poetry collective.
April 30 through June 11 the Salem Poetry Project will be temporarily housed at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel near the Oregon State Capitol, 770 Chemeketa St NE. Their parking lot is one-way, with the entrance on Chemeketa St and the exit on Court St. There is also a fair amount of street parking. Enter through the west entrance, the one that faces the parking lot and YMCA. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at [email protected].