Registration is Now Open for Poetry Out Loud 2026 !!!
The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…

The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
May Six Points Reading with Gabriel Ojeda-Sague & Davon Clark May 17th 7-8pm Pilsen Books Please join us for the…
Congratulations to our Douglas Park Poetry Contest Winner, Aniyah Orr Howard for her poem, “Douglas Park.” Our final two poems…
Congratulations to the three poets whose poems have made it to the final shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural…
April Six Points Reading with Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c. doan April 26th 7:00-8:30 Women & Children First …
Congratulations to our four poets whose poems have made it to the final four shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry…
The MLK after school program is primarily for the 6th-8th graders but a few 5th graders that are wise beyond…
HOW TO DUMBLEDORE CLAP a poetic adaptation of a brilliant-but-anonymous 3rd grader’s advice with both palms facing the floor gingerly…
The Poetry Center is happy to be a partner to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Through this partnership, we’ve…
Today’s theater games were centered around building trust and communicating with their body language and eye contact. The youth had…
Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took FIRST PLACE at the Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals! Next stop…
Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce that Taisaun Levi from from the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic…
It’s official, the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took 1st Place at the Louder Than A Bomb Quarter…