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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 […]

One Lawndale Voices

The poets from Latino Youth High School finished writing their poems for the One Lawndale Project. Each poet recorded their poems. Their voices and text will be displayed with other forms of visual art […]

One Lawndale Part 3

Here are some of the poems from the final stage of the One Lawndale project. Enjoy!   Mayra M.   In the summer When I was waiting for Mom to get back home from […]

One Lawndale Part 2

Check out some of the progress on the poems written by the poet from Latino Youth High School for the One Lawndale project.   Leslie R.    7 a.m. already up looking to see […]

One Lawndale: Part 1

The poets from Latino Youth High School started the first part of their poems for the One Lawndale Project. The multimedia installation aims to connect both the North and South Lawndale neighborhoods, which are […]

One Lawndale

The poets from Latino Youth High School will embark on a new project for their final 4 weeks. They were selected by a multi-disciplinary project that aims to unite North Lawndale and South Lawndale. […]

Freestyle: Do You

The poets from Latino Youth High School were asked to bring in some their own pieces they’ve worked on outside of our weekly meetings. In a change of pace from our usual class, we […]

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