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“No me digan que cambie”

This past week at Lawndale the 6th grade continued to explore the world of odes and similes. They wrote in appreciation of everything from erasers to themselves, with similes as dynamic as they are. […]

The World Is A Home Run

For our 3rd session with Waters 6th graders, we dove into the wonderful world of metaphors. They’re all around us, like in the Katy Perry song “Firework” (which we listened to and watched the […]

Bigger Table: Write & Give Back Series (Virtual Workshop)

The Chicago Poetry Center Board invites you to join us at Bigger Table: Write & Give Back – a thematic writing fundraiser series to support poetry programming at Chicago Public Schools. Theme: The theme for the workshop on Dec […]

Blue Hour January 15

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena. Our January featured readers are Christian J. Collier and Maya Marshall. […]

“She smells like oatmeal”

This week at Lawndale we talked odes and similes. While 6th grade was sabotaged by a broken down bus, they still enjoyed exploring Pablo Neruda’s “Oda a los Calcetines”/”Ode to My Socks.” I can’t […]

50 for 50: Help Us Create 50 New Residencies With Your Donation!

Let’s make it 50 for 50! With Your Support We Can Fund 50 Residences Next Year As we head towards the end of the calendar year and launch our annual campaign, the Chicago Poetry […]

Turn On A Rhyme

Week two at Lawndale was all about rhyme. After a classic game of Concentration 64, students used their rhyming skills to write poems about their city, the good and the bad, the happy and […]

ICYMI: A Bigger Table Closing Screening

In September, the Poetry Foundation hosted a closing event for CPC’s 50th anniversary exhibition. The afternoon included a screening of A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center, a short documentary about […]

What’s Your Name?

This past Monday kicked off Lawndale Community Academy’s Poetry Residency with Ms. Barker’s 6th and 8th grade ELA classes. Our first session was an opportunity to get to know each other; thus, the day’s […]

PACBI and BDS at CPC

PACBI and BDS at CPC In 2024 Chicago Poetry Center conducted a community process and vote to formally adopt the guidelines of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) […]

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