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The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
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Students wrote elegies on lost people, places, things, and feelings. Lesson Note: “…research reveals the role of elegy writing in…
Students wrote elegies on lost people, places, things, and feelings. Lesson Note: “…research reveals the role of elegy writing in…
Blackout Poetry: A blackout poem is created when a poet takes a marker (usually black marker) to already established text–like…
Monday March 17th was a magnificent day for the Poetry Out Loud 2025 Illinois State Competition. In Illinois this year,…
What were our favorite TV shows when we were young? What did they teach us? What makes a hero (both…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House,…
Students read Langston Hughes’ poem, ‘Motto,’ and then wrote their short poems using modern slang. “Motto” by Langston Hughes I…
Students participated in a short meditation and breathing exercise. I read them. I Close My Eyes by David Ignatow. After…
*** UPDATE: We’re no longer accepting applications. Thank you to all who have applied! We will follow up with all candidates.…
*** UPDATE: We’re no longer accepting applications. Thank you to all who have applied! We will follow up with all candidates.…