Early Readers Create A Visual Poem
With the help of Poet in Residence Philip Berezney, 1st graders in CPC’s Early Readers pilot program created an eye-catching collage. Phillip worked with these students over 10 weeks, culminating in a collaborative piece that includes multi-lingual lines and hand drawn illustrations.
Residency Students Erase for Charity
Students at the South Loop Poetry Club learned about blackout poems by reading Austin Kleon’s “Newspaper Blackout” and “Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry” by Carol Rumens. Discussion focused on how the source of the text can impact its subject. Here’s a poem entitled “Nature” by residency student Annabel G.
Love,
Nature,
sweetly
You see
the
green grass and
ancient trees
dark night with sparks of stars
on fire so its love may be seen
by her beautiful eyes
Celebrating 50 Years of CPC
We’re preparing to celebrate the Chicago Poetry Center’s 50 year anniversary by planning a lot of fun things. We’re looking through archives, making a mini-documentary, and gathering folks from CPC’s past and present. Stay tuned for more details, and in the meantime, explore our archives.
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