The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
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…
Davon Clark Davon Clark is a Philadelphia-raised artist based in Chicago who uses investigative journalism practices in his camerawork and…
Timothy David Rey Timothy David Rey is a Chicago-based poet, playwright, performer and educator. He is a 2015 semi-finalist for the…
PROGRAMS MANAGER CHICAGO POETRY CENTER Mission The Chicago Poetry Center’s mission is to connect people with poetry, equitably engage poets…
As students sheltered-in-place, the 7th, 8th, and 9th graders at Taft Freshman Academy generated beautiful poems via E-Learning. This week’s…
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…