The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
Our class began with a discussion of food and memory in preparation for studying Gary Soto’s Narrative-Style poem, Oranges. Nostalgia…
A lesson on Personification, giving human qualities to something non-human via the poem: A True Account of Talking to the…
The Chicago Poetry Center Board invites you to join us at Bigger Table: Write & Give Back – a thematic writing fundraiser series to…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House,…
Let’s make it 50 for 50! With Your Support We Can Fund 50 Residences Next Year As we head towards…
What TV shows did we cherish when we were young? What did we learn from them? What makes a hero…
Students wrote and talked about kindness before reading the poem, ‘Small Kindnesses’ by Denusha Lameris. In crafting their own poems…
Students crafted visual and then poetic Exquisite Corpses! Afterward, they were challenged to create a clay figure of one of…
In September, the Poetry Foundation hosted a closing event for CPC’s 50th anniversary exhibition. The afternoon included a screening of A…
A common household object became the focus of this lesson while studying Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps The World Ends Here. The…
Students crafted visual and then poetic Exquisite Corpses! It’s a great way to work with one line at a time,…