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The Summer of Hot Classroom @ Manley High School

Last week we wrote poems inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Knoxville, Tennessee” which examines her childhood memories of summer—food, activities, family parties, etc. We revisited our childhood associations with summer as well and then […]

PCC Dreams with Summer in The City

The Poetry Center of Chicago visited St. James Episcopal Cathedral yesterday to write poems inspired by Langston Hughes famous poem, “Harlem.”  Because we’re young and still have time to achieve our dreams, we reinvented […]

Because My Cat Found A Unicorn & Other Reasons Why @ Manley High School

Last Thursday, Mr. Peterson and Ms. O’Neal’s classes read and discussed an English translation of the poem “Because” by Greek poet, Yannis Ritsos. The poem offers ten lines of explanation, each depicting a new […]

I Remember Eating a Whole Stick of Butter & Other Memories @ Manley High School

Last week Mr. Peterson and Ms. O’Neal’s classes reviewed and discussed an excerpt of Joe Brainard’s autobiographical long poem, “I Remember.” Brainard’s litany of memories investigate his childhood, his neighborhood, his family, their holiday […]

I Wish the Microwave Had Legs & other poems @ Manley High School

During the second portion of our class at Manley High School’s summer credit recovery program we wrote “I Wish” poems. I asked the students to write 10-15 wishes and to consider blending the real, […]

Cars Driving on Clouds in the Sky— Exquisite Corpse Poems @ Manley High School

Hello, readers. I am serving as the summer Poet in Residence and I’ll be reporting on poems created at Manley High School’s summer credit recovery program until the end of July. For our first […]

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