Month: March 2026

Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three Included in Time Capsule to be Opened in 100 Years

March 15, 2026

On February 20, 2026, Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic founder Christopher Luna participated in an event celebrating the burial of a time capsule on Main Street to be opened in 100 years. Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three, edited by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna, and edited and designed by Morgan Paige, was among the items included in the time capsule. The event was sponsored by the Vancouver Downtown Association’s Main Street Promise project. According to the City of Vancouver website, “Construction is underway to improve Main Street in downtown Vancouver from 5th Street to 15th Street. We are investing in making Main Street safer, more accessible, and connected for businesses, residents and visitors. That is the Main Street Promise.”

Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three is available through Christopher Luna or locally at Art At The Cave, Vintage Books, and Powell’s Books. Contact Printed Matter Vancouver at printedmattervancouver@gmail.com for ordering information.

Watch a short video of the proceedings here.

Christopher Luna poses with a photograph of Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three,
one of the items included in the Main Street Promise Time Capsule. Photo by Leeza Edwards.
Vancouver Downtown Association Executive Director Michael Walker
Vancouver Downtown Association Executive Director Michael Walker
Vancouver City Councilmember Ty Stober and Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle
Photos of some of the items included in the Main Street Promise Time Capsule
Photos of some of the items included in the Main Street Promise Time Capsule
The Main Street Proimise Time Capsule, buried at Main Street and 13th,
to be opened in 2125

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield at Art At The Cave April 9, 2026

March 13, 2026

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm
Thursday, April 9

Art At The Cave
108 E Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98660
https://artatthecave.com

ANTI-RACIST, LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, PRO-SCIENCE, ANTI-FASCIST,
PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004

https://printedmattervancouver.com/

$5 Suggested donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal (search via christopherjluna@gmail.com), Venmo (username @Christopher-Luna-66), or CashApp account (ChristopherLuna9).

Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State (2025-2027). His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Not for Luck, selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, Through the Second Skin, runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. A two-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award, his other awards include the Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year in Nature Writing and the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee. He teaches at Wenatchee Valley College and Western Colorado University, edits poetry for Terrain.org, and can often be found in the woods along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range near Leavenworth, Washington.

Send an email to printedmattervancouver@gmail.com or visit
https://christopherlunapoetry.substack.com/
to register to receive The Work, Christopher Luna’s monthly newsletter featuring news and events for poets in Vancouver, WA, Portland, OR and surrounding areas.

The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660: https://nichewinebar.com.