Because that’s where I am spending most of my day. Well – Portland Oregon. Mine may become a checklist poem – its a very typical Portland winter Day.It may take 33 lines to capture the layers of gray completely.
You can write about the other Portland’s if you like. Or of a land of ports. However you wish to interpret it; a promot is a start, a jumping off point. Jump eith your muse …
I identify myself as a Pacific Northwest poet. I have been writing poetry since 1976- and yes - I have been using the pen-name Ariel all this time! I can often be found writing in the Willamette Valley, in Pacific forests or along the Coastlines on Oregon.
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Ariel, Pacific NW poet 
Let me know what you think ...