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♦ ♦ Page 14 Street Roots • March 2-8, 2018 Poetry Feral is as feral does Oregon Humanities Think & Drink 2018 by j.mccurdy I’ve heard irreverent Witnesses And cackling hens Whisper ’Bout my life Its decisions Its twisted moments And soaring peaks Were never Yours to define Its epic cliff dives Were never your Risk to calculate Truth be told I wouldn’t trade These scars Or that rain-soaked smile For even one moment Of your Persian carpet Or comfort zones Success is defined By the author And it’s my story to tell Not yours to edit I threw caution to the wind In favor of discovery I found Woulda coulda and shoulda Too heavy to carry So I left them WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Criminal Justice Alternatives A CONVERSATION WITH Rene Denfeld, novelist and former chief investigator at Metropolitan Public Defender Aiberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., Portland 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. with snacks and conversation to follow $10 general admission. No-cost tickets available. On the side of the road Right next to regret These days Success looks Like laugh lines Lounging in Well lived-in Wind kissed skin Deep belly laughter Takes the sting Out of gotta act right My eyes are full Of the sight Of my grandbabies’ smiles And for me That’s all the success I ever needed So yes you can Take all that Supposition on my “frequent sins” Put it on that mantle Next to your saint See if it sits right And you can have All the “keeping up with the Jones’s you like Meanwhile Me? I’ll take feral over fear Anyway M inors welcome when accompanied by an adult oregonhumanities.org 'ULTORA PARTNER Need health insurance? Enroll in Oregon Health Plan (OHP) I Dental, Mental and Physical Health Plans for income eligible Oregonians CLACKAMAS COUNTY MULTNOMAH COUNTY B EA V ERC REEK H EA LTH C E N TE R 110 Beavercreek Rd Suite 100, Oregon City Mar 1 4 ..... 9-11 a.m. Mar 2 8 ....... .................... 9-11 a.m. CLACKAMAS SERV IC E C E N TE R 8 8 00 SE 80th Ave, Portland Mar 1 3 ..................10 a.m.-12 p.m. CLACKAMAS CO M M UNITY CO LLEG E Community Center 19600 S Molalla Ave, Oregon City Mar 7 ............................... 9-11 a.m. Mar 21 ............................. 9-11 a.m. COLUMBIA COUNTY SACAGAWEA H EA LTH C E N TE R 1060 Eisenschmidt Ln, St Helens Mar 5 .................... 9 a.m.-12 p.m. PCC CASCADE Student Union 705 N Killingsworth St, Portland Mar 1 5 ............................. 9-11 a.m. D E P A R TM E N T OF HUM AN SER V IC ES 50 SW 2nd Ave, Portland Mar 6 ................................9-11 a.m. Mar 13.............................. 9-11 a.m. Mar 2 0 ......... 9-11 a.m. PCC SYLVANIA College Center 12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland Mar 1 4 ............................ 12-2 p.m. Mar 2 8 ........................... 12-2 p.m. JOIN 1435 NE 81st Ave, Ste 100, Portland Mar 8 ............................. 12-2 p.m. PO RTLA N D R ES C U E M ISSION 111 W Burnside, Portland Mar 0 8 ........................... 8-10 a.m. Mar 2 2 ........................... 8-10 a.m. M EANING FUL CARE C O N FEREN C E 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland Mar 2 9 ...................8 a.m.-5 p.m. ST. H E N R Y ’S C HURC H 346 NW 1st St, Gresham Mar 2 0 ............................. 2 -4 p.m. Do you want goMobile at your event or location? Caleb Green, Community Outreach Coordinator, greenc@careoregon.org 503-416-4883 Tamara Pedrojetti, Community Relations Program Manager, pedro|ettit@careorgon.org 503-416-1479 S T R E E T RO O TS 211 NW Davis St, Portland Mar 2 7 ....................... 8 -9 :3 0 a.m. UNION G O SPEL MISSION 3 NW 3rd, Portland Mar 2 7 ..............................2 -4 p.m. WASHINGTON COUNTY BEA V ERTO N C ITY LIB R A R Y 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton Mar 1.................... 2 :3 0 -4 :3 0 p.m. CareOregorr goM obile te a m careoregon.org
