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Writing Workshops Begin June 5!

14 May 2018

Back by popular demand: the Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to announce a suite of summer writing workshops, taught by some of Chicago’s fabulous poets, including: Tara Betts, Timothy David Rey, Daniel Woody, Laura […]

Extra! Extra!

14 May 2018

For regular readers of the Hands on Stanzas blogs, you may have figured out that the poems published are those written and completed during each session, which are usually confined to one class period! […]

Entering a New Voice!

14 May 2018

In 7th workshop, explored persona poetry! The students wrote poems from the perspective or in the voice of an object, place, character, or person! * * * Ms. Dydo 8th Grade * * * […]

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24 Apr 2018

We are Chicago Poetry: Chicago student writers, Chicago poets, poetry readings across Chicago neighborhoods, and poetry in schools across Chicago. We’re Chicago poetry archives online, the proud legacy they share, and Chicago broadsides. What’s […]

Dubois gets a taste of sampling!

2 Apr 2018

In 6th workshop, by built our poetic device detector muscles by listening to the famous “I Have a Dream” speech by Dr Martin Luther King Jr! We then talked about, sampling,noticing and and picking […]

We’re Changing Our Name, But Our Mission’s the Same!

28 Mar 2018

Introducing: The Chicago Poetry Center! Have we got exciting news! We’ve changed our name to the Chicago Poetry Center. Why? Because our programs: Support the careers and showcase the work of Chicago poets […]

MLK Academy welcomes Poets with Class!

11 Mar 2018

We’re so humbled to be invited to the Martin Luther King Jr Academy for Social Justice to perform a special assembly for some of the highest achieving kiddos in the school! For more information […]

Positive Poetry at DuBois!

1 Mar 2018

By exploring the way Nomi Shihab Nye uses imagery, descriptive language, metaphors, and similes in her poem Kindness, in our 4th workshop, the students thought about positive traits that they look for in friends, […]

Lists For Our Families

1 Mar 2018

The 3rd workshop we explored our connections to family, our life timelines, and how they’ve made us who we are! * * * Ms. Dydo 8th Grade * * * The Day Tamia R. […]

DuBois uses poetry to honor and celebrate those lost!

1 Mar 2018

In our 5th workshop we used poetry as a means to honor and celebrate those we’ve lost by having the students write poems in the form of letters and odes to those they miss. […]

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