- BY: Poetry Center
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Application Open: April 1 -24, 2024 Click here for application The Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce an open call for new board members. We are seeking individuals with a passion for connecting […]
- BY: Joy Young
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Last week on Friday, 5th and 6th graders didn’t just have their 2nd week of poetry, but it was also Spring Picture Day. Students were dressed to impress in vibrant colors: pinks, yellows, blues, […]
- BY: Mayda del Valle
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What’s more important, the answer or the question? This week we read excerpts from Pablo Neruda’s “The Book of Questions” and talked about all the questions we’ve always or never knew we wanted to […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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¡En celebración del mes nacional de poesía los estudiantes de Sabin están decorando tablones de anuncio con su poesía e imágenes de poesía! In celebration of National Poetry Month students at Sabin are decorating […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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Con la llegada de la primavera estamos leyendo Nayyiryh Waheed y hemos estado hablando sobre el futuro, lo que venga y a dónde estamos yendo, en la vida y en nuestras imaginaciones. Estás poemas […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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¡Leímos un poema que no tenía un fin, pues tratamos de imaginar un fin para el poema por escribir el fin en forma de poesía; aquí están algunos poemas que hemos escrito! We read […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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Durante leer este poema escrito por Maya Angelou hemos hablado sobre la naturaleza y la personificación. ¡Mira lo que pensamos! While reading this poem by Maya Angelou we’ve been thinking about nature and personification. […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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¡En celebración del mes nacional de poesía los estudiantes de Sabin están decorando tablones de anuncio con su poesía e imágenes de poesía! In celebration of National Poetry Month students at Sabin are decorating […]
- BY: Maya Odim
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Con la llegada de la primavera estamos leyendo Nayyiryh Waheed y hemos estado hablando sobre el futuro, lo que venga y a dónde estamos yendo, en la vida y en nuestras imaginaciones. Estás poemas […]
- BY: Ola Faleti
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Last Friday, we kicked off a short and sweet residency with 6th graders at Jordan Elementary! I talked about what students can expect over the course of our time together, experiences students have with […]
- BY: Ola Faleti
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How do we paint a picture of ourselves with words? that’s the question that guided our last session at Waters elementary. First, students drew cartoon versions of themselves. Then, we read “Self Portrait” by […]
- BY: Timothy David Rey
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Students imagined life as a party and wrote poems using that metaphor based on Jason Shinder’s poem, ‘The Party.’ Lesson Note: “Find some humility, or it will find you.”― Jason Shinder, poet Mrs. McClain, 7th […]
- BY: Timothy David Rey
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Students wrote memory list poems based on Joy Harjo’s poem, ‘Remember’. Lesson Note: Harjo’s work is often autobiographical, informed by the natural world, and above all preoccupied with survival and the limitations of language. […]
- BY: Timothy David Rey
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Blackout Poetry: A blackout poem is created when a poet takes a marker (usually black marker) to already established text–like that from a newspaper–and starts redacting words until a poem or image is formed. […]
- BY: Joy Young
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For their 6th poetry session Hamline 6th graders explored persona poetry. I asked students to imagine seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. The word persona refers to the mask actors wore in ancient […]
- BY: Leslie Reese
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I was so inspired by Swift students who put so much effort into using their senses to write and re-write their color poems this week! Bravo! Ms. Urquiza2nd Grade Yellow Isby Ethan R. Yellow […]
- BY: Teresa Dzieglewicz
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We continued talking about the purpose of art and poetry today, while reading several poems of Naomi Shihab Nye. We listened to her perform “Gate A-4” and then we read “Red Brocade.” We decided […]
- BY: Russell Price
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This week the young viking writers were tasked with writing nature poems. The students read “Earthly Meditations” by Robert Wrigley, “Dear One Absent This Long Time” by Lisa Olstein, and “Today” by Billy Collins. […]
- BY: Teresa Dzieglewicz
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This week, in 8th grade, we read one of Eve L Ewing’s “Retellings.” We discussed the role of poetry in standing up to injustice and the ways that poetry can help us imagine different […]
- BY: Michelle Alexander
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At this session the Sayre students brightened my day with their inquisitive capacities. We asked “What are questions like? What are they not like? How does it feel to ask a question? How does […]
- BY: Joy Young
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For our 4th week of poetry, Twain 6th graders explored ideas about technology and its positive and negative influences on our daily lives. Students mentioned positive things about technology such as phone alarms to […]
- BY: Leslie Reese
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Today, 4th grade students tapped into their senses. We read a poem written by Noah – 6th grader – called “The Memories of South Troop,” and noticed how the poet described details of their […]
- BY: Leslie Reese
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Last semester I had the pleasure of working with 3rd grade students at Twain, and this Wednesday I returned to begin a residency with 5th graders. It was an inspiring day. Between the four […]
- BY: Leslie Reese
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This Tuesday, I met with some third, fourth and fifth grade students at Dubois Elementary School for the first time. Their ideas and energy were infectious! Some students made an impression on me when […]
- BY: Poetry Center
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The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop hosted and facilitated by Marty McConnell. The Blue Hour reading includes a brief open mic followed by […]
- BY: Ola Faleti
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For our last session, Waters 6th graders discussed how to give good instructions. First, we did an activity where one student instructed another stuent on how to draw an animal. How is that different […]
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