April was truly a month of poetry and celebration. On April 27-29, student champions from each state and jurisdictions competed…
Singing the Blues with the Chicago Poetry Center! With the dark, chilly days of winter upon us, it’s only…
December Spotlight: The Lights That Never Went Out 2020: What a year. To close it out, the Chicago Poetry…
Invest in Chicago’s Students Support the Chicago Poetry Center The Chicago Poetry Center is closing out a successful…
A New School Year at the Chicago Poetry Center! This month, CPC launched its 2020-21 poetry residencies. While there’s…
NEWSLETTER VERSION HERE. November Spotlight: Detox “Proximity” by Jyreika Guest chronicles the experience of the past eight months of…
NEWSLETTER VERSION HERE. October Spotlight: Miss America It isn’t known how many tens or hundreds of millennia ago humans created language…
Luis Tubens aka Logan Lu Born in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood and raised in Logan Square, Luis Tubens, aka Logan Lu, has…
Leslie Reese Native Detroiter Leslie Reese is a Chicago-based writer, poet, and teaching artist. She is the Chicago Poetry Center…
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNSHIP Position Description We are currently seeking a creative, versatile, and hard working Social Media intern to support…
PROGRAMS MANAGER CHICAGO POETRY CENTER Mission The Chicago Poetry Center’s mission is to connect people with poetry, equitably engage poets…
The Chicago Reader covers our “Shelter in Poetry” transition to virtual support of CPS students: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-poetry-center-virtual-lessons/Content?oid=80446896 Of particular note is…
A poem written from home this past month by one of our student poets: Jaylon speaks plainly to the need…