Finding the name of the event

Write Around Portland has a fancy, fun creative writing party that generates a lot of funding for the group. In previous years they have called the event "Wordigo" but it turns out this word is trademarked by someone else. When I was at work today I was asked to keep a piece of paper by my desk to write down any clever names for the event that I could think of. I worked at Sara's desk in the office today because Sara was out sick, and I am still working on updating information on all of the Partners that WRAP has ever worked with. I spent a lot of today searching the web for addresses and phone numbers, and it was sad to find out that some organizations that used to cater to the Portland Community no longer exist now. One example is the restitution center. I came across this powerful website which has photographs of places that now no longer serve the community because of budget cuts in government funding.

In between internet searches, Beth, Dawn, and Robyn (all directors at WRAP) offered all kinds of ideas for what to name the event. My sheet of paper next to the desk was full of silly ideas. I think my best invention of the day was "poescape," mixing the word poetry (or poesy) with escape.