All posts in Poetry Center

CPC student poet wins Illinois Poetry Out Loud 2021

The Chicago Poetry Center is now in its 4th year as Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the national youth poetry competition, Poetry Out Loud. In February 2021, teens from Chicago area city and suburban […]

Poetry Programs Spotlight: Student Poems Inspire Visual Art

For Chicago Poetry Center Poets and Students, Inspiration is an Exchange At the Chicago Poetry Center, we’re constantly in awe of how inspiring our Poets in Residence are. Whether they’re connecting with students via […]

Poetry Programs Spotlight: Honoring Black Poets For Black History Month

The Chicago Poetry Center Celebrates Black History Month with Intrinsic Schools Throughout Black History Month, Chicago Poetry Center Poets in Residence have honored Black writers through their lessons for In-School Poetry Residencies. This week, […]

Poetry Programs Spotlight: Celebrating MLK with Milwaukee Students

The Chicago Poetry Center Honors Dr. King in Milwaukee   On January 15th, we celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary in Milwaukee, WI. Our […]

Poetry Programs Spotlight: Blues Poems & Season’s Greetings

Singing the Blues with the Chicago Poetry Center!   With the dark, chilly days of winter upon us, it’s only natural to feel a little blue. During a recent lesson at Avondale-Logandale Elementary, Poet […]

December Reading Series Spotlight

December Spotlight: The Lights That Never Went Out   2020: What a year. To close it out, the Chicago Poetry Center asked our team–Board members, Poets in Residence, Interns, Curriculum Designers, Programs Manager, and […]

Donate Today!

  Invest in Chicago’s Students Support the Chicago Poetry Center   The Chicago Poetry Center is closing out a successful Fall semester in classrooms across Chicago during this pandemic, our second virtual semester of […]

November Poetry Programs Spotlight

A New School Year at the Chicago Poetry Center!   This month, CPC launched its 2020-21 poetry residencies. While there’s nothing quite like being in classrooms with students, the Poets in Residence are thrilled […]

November Reading Series Spotlight: Jyreika Guest

NEWSLETTER VERSION HERE. November Spotlight: Detox   “Proximity” by Jyreika Guest chronicles the experience of the past eight months of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the poem’s speaker uninfected by the virus biologically, but […]

October Reading Series Spotlight: Frankiem Mitchell

NEWSLETTER VERSION HERE. October Spotlight: Miss America It isn’t known how many tens or hundreds of millennia ago humans created language to wrestle the chaos of thought into shapes that could be separated, spoken […]

Donate

Support our student poets today!

CONNECT WITH US!

Twitter Facebook-f Instagram

STUDENT POETRY

Click on a school name below to browse student poems from current school partners.

POETRY ARCHIVE

Click on a school name below to browse student poems from our archive.

RECENT FACEBOOK POSTS

TESTIMONIALS

“Writing poetry makes me feel like I can see myself, like I can see my reflection, but not in a mirror, in the world. I write and I know I can be reflected.”
-Oscar S.

“Writing poetry makes me feel free.”
-Buenda D.

“Writing poetry is like your best friend.”
-Jessica M.

Search

CONTACT US

General Inquiries
info@poetrycenter.org

Programs (School & Organizational)
programs@poetrycenter.org

Reading Series and Events:
curator@poetrycenter.org

The Chicago Poetry Center is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
FEIN: 23-7400515

SEND US A POSTCARD

Chicago Poetry Center
1448 E. 52nd St, #256
Chicago, IL 60615

I’M FROM THE CITY LIGHTS / STREAMING OUT IN THE NIGHT / AND HUGE SKYSCRAPERS / TOWERING OVER THE LAKE – MELISSA E., 7TH GRADE POET