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…
Celebrating CPC Student Poets for National Poetry Month In celebration of National Poetry Month, we’re highlighting some of the wonderful…
As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s poems are composed…
As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s food-themed poems are…
The Chicago Poetry Center is now in its 4th year as Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the national youth poetry…
As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s poems are inspired…
For Chicago Poetry Center Poets and Students, Inspiration is an Exchange At the Chicago Poetry Center, we’re constantly in awe…
For our sixteenth virtual lesson Haugan 8th graders explored mirror poetry, poems all about opposite perspectives. The world is filled…
As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s poems are inspired…
The Chicago Poetry Center Celebrates Black History Month with Intrinsic Schools Throughout Black History Month, Chicago Poetry Center Poets in…
As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s poems are inspired…
“I think cultures can clash and cultures can meld.”-Martha Stewart on her cooking show and relationship with rapper, Snoop Dogg.…
No Love for Love: Quarantine Edition is next week! Thursday, February 11, 7 – 8 p.m. Join the Chicago Poetry Center for…