The Columbia River has many names:

Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu)

The April 2026 Poetry Art event was a Self Directed Pop Up Event

occurred on April 11 & April 12th (Saturday & Sunday)

Poems and Artwork were celebrated along the grandeur of the Columbia River Gorge.

Click on image to download pdf book which documents the 2026 event.

Poems & Artwork in Place

Below are a few visuals of each poem in landscape of the Columbia River Gorge.

 

Wyeth to Starvation Wind Mountain Overlook

Coyote Syncline north across the Columbia

Hole in the Wall Falls west of Starvation Falls

Mosier Scree near Twin Tunnel Entrance