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Poetry and Meaning

In this week’s Poetry Club we discussed Poems and Meaning with a special focus on observation/reflection. The poem we read together was “MI PROBLEMA” by Michelle Serros. We talked about the Author’s use of […]

Black Out & Patchwork Poetry

In this week’s Poetry Club we discussed Black Out and Patchwork Poems. The poems we read together were “How to be a Ghost on Earth” and “Nopal En El Frente” by Karla Cordero. We […]

Love Poems

In this week’s Poetry Club we discussed Love and Poetry. We began with a heart chakra exercise to get in tune with our emotions. The poems we read together were “Love Poem Beginning with […]

I Am…

For the first Poetry Session at Latino Youth High School I introduced “Casi Gato AKA Carnedechivo née Ricardo Sánchez (Sometimes!)” written by Ricardo Sánchez in 1985. We explored the history of our nicknames, thought […]

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