Portland poet David Cooke , the winner of the 2010 West Coast Eisteddfod Live Poetry Competition will be returning to defend his title this year. Think you can beat him? Come and 'ave a go if you think you're 'ard enough

About David

"DAVID COOKE writes his poems in Portland, Oregon. His debut poem Edges won the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize and was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize. His poem Meat Puppet won second in theWinning Writers War Poetry Contest. Most recently his work appeared in Toe Good Journal of Poetry . Additional work appears in Flatmancrooked , Hunger Mountain , A River & Sound Review , Heavy Hands Ink , Neglected Ratio and in performances at the Blackbird Wine Shop , Show and Tell Gallery , Stonehenge Studio , and KBOOs Talking Earth . Find him on Facebook at David Cooke or Poetry Box . He is also known as The Lawn Guy throughout Portland and Lake Oswego for his lawn maintenance business. Much of his current work is included in his forthcoming chapbook, Discretion."..more HERE

West Coast Eisteddfod 2012 Live Poetry, Storytelling and Comedy Competitions

The 2012 West Coast Eisteddfod will be held at the Multnomah Arts Center in Portland on Saturday October 13th between 5 and 11pm. More details of the program can be found HERE Meanwhile anyone interested in the Story-telling, Poetry or Comedy competitions should contact americymru@gmail.com for more details asap. At the moment the WCE is planned as a one day event with satellite events at other locations but this may change as our plans evolve. Keep checking back for further details.

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