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Poetry Center Executive Director serves as Blue Ribbon judge for ICHV youth poetry contest - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. Poetry Center Executive Director serves as Blue Ribbon judge for ICHV youth poetry contest. Our Executive Director, Elizabeth Sampson, served as a Blue Ribbon Panel Judge for the Annual Student Voices Contest through the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. Congratulations to Alejandra Velasco and Morgan Zajac, two poetry winners from Division 2 (5th – 8th grade)! We’re thrilled to encourage the creative expression of young people about struggles in the Chicago community.
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I Wish the Microwave Had Legs & other poems @ Manley High School - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. I Wish the Microwave Had Legs and other poems @ Manley High School. During the second portion of our class at Manley High School’s summer credit recovery program we wrote “I Wish” poems. I asked the students to write 10-15 wishes and to consider blending the real, “I wish I had a dog,” with the surreal, “I wish a unicorn served me breakfast.”. Here are a few examples of the student’s work:. I wish for a dollar. I wish to make fire. I wish for a better day. I wish for falling candy. I wish ...
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Fred Sasaki & Dolly Lemke to read August 6 - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. Fred Sasaki & Dolly Lemke to read August 6. Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The reading will take place on August 6th from 6-7pm. This month, we’re pleased to feature Fred Sasaki and Dolly Lemke! Curated and hosted by Danielle Susi. Is the author of two chapbooks,. DoubleCross Press, 2012) and. I’m so into you. Is the art director for.
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The Summer of Hot Classroom @ Manley High School - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. The Summer of Hot Classroom @ Manley High School. Last week we wrote poems inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s poem Knoxville, Tennessee which examines her childhood memories of summer food, activities, family parties, etc. We revisited our childhood associations with summer as well and then contrasted it with our summer right now in Chicago. Here are a few examples of their work from Mr. Peterson’s class:. I always like summer. You can wear shorts. And go to the beach. And the family picnic.
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PCC Dreams with Summer in The City - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. PCC Dreams with Summer in The City. The Poetry Center of Chicago visited St. James Episcopal Cathedral yesterday to write poems inspired by Langston Hughes famous poem, “Harlem.” Because we’re young and still have time to achieve our dreams, we reinvented Hughes’ famous line “What happens to a dream deferred? 8221; into the celebratory “What happens to a dream achieved? Here are some of the things Chicago youth from all over the city are dreaming about this summer:. And watching hula movies.
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Cars Driving on Clouds in the Sky— Exquisite Corpse Poems @ Manley High School - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. Cars Driving on Clouds in the Sky Exquisite Corpse Poems @ Manley High School. Hello, readers. I am serving as the summer Poet in Residence and I’ll be reporting on poems created at Manley High School’s summer credit recovery program until the end of July. Summer U.S. History. Dearl B., Kwantina W., Stephanie W., Brandon D. Tekia M., Paige B. Special discount items last forever. At the Mega Discount Mall. They have all different types of shoes and clothes. Red, yellow, blue and more. Turn ...
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News & Events. Help Us Fund Hands on Stanzas Scholarships! Holly Amos, Mairead Case, and Dan Magers To Read August 10th. Kevin Coval and Jac Jemc To Read July 20. H Melt and Kush Thompson To Read. Students answer the question, “If life is a game, are we wining or losing? Views from our fathers…. The Sound Of Summer: Where We’re From. Melocoton & Enfrijoladas: Where We’re From. A Book From Pájaros: Where We’re From. I Used To Be A Monday / But Now I’m A Friday. But Now I’m a Rainbow. In 2016 […]. We are s...
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How to Fund Your Chicago Reading or Workshop: Friday at the Cultural Center - Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. How to Fund Your Chicago Reading or Workshop: Friday at the Cultural Center. Friday, June 19. 2015. 3:30 – 5pm. Garland Room, 1st Floor. Interested in getting funding for your reading or workshop in Chicago? Poets and Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, will be conducting a free informational meeting about grant programs for writers and presenters of literary events. Posted in: News and Events. Writing poetry makes me feel free. SEND US A POSTCARD.
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Paige Blair, Author at Poetry Center of Chicago
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News & Events. The Summer of Hot Classroom @ Manley High School. Last week we wrote poems inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s poem Knoxville, Tennessee which examines her childhood memories of summer food, activities, family parties, etc. We revisited our childhood associations with summer […]. PCC Dreams with Summer in The City. Because My Cat Found A Unicorn and Other Reasons Why @ Manley High School. I Remember Eating a Whole Stick of Butter and Other Memories @ Manley High School. Hello, readers. I am s...
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News & Events. All posts in News and Events. Help Us Fund Hands on Stanzas Scholarships! Our 2nd annual crowdfunding campaign is live! Will you help us bring poets into Chicago classrooms? Hands On Stanzas scholarships are funded through a combination of grants and personal donations–and that’s […]. Holly Amos, Mairead Case, and Dan Magers To Read August 10th. Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Mars Gallery for the August installment of the Six Points Reading Series on August 10th at 7pm! One student p...