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I “Like” you

The poets from West Park Academy used one of the most common literary devices, similes, to profess their love. Enjoy! Yahaira T. R. Tu sonrisa se parece a la de un conejo Tus ojos […]

Two Tales of the Same City

The poets from Ms. Chambers class at West Park Academy for the Fine Arts wrote about the city they live in, Chicago. After analyzing Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” they wrote about the negatives and […]

Line, Lyric, and Stanza

It was a wonderful first class with the poets from Ms. Chambers 7th grade class at West Park Academy of Fine Arts. For our first meeting we read and analyzed Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” […]

Back to the Future…

The poets from Latino Youth High School were asked to imagine their older selves visiting them from 10 years in the future. What would their future self say? Enjoy!   Bryan Z. See you […]

Alliterate This!

The poets from Latino Youth High School completed an exercise in one of the most used literary devices in poetry, alliteration. We studied some lyrics from the song “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill […]

Who am I…?

The poets from Logandale were tasked with taking on a different persona. However, they could not name their persons in the poem. Try to guess the point of view of their character. Enjoy!   […]

Can you sense this?

The poets from the Logandale use senses to describe a scene in their first stanza. In the second stanza the poets were challenged to use the 5 senses in metaphorical ways. Enjoy! Felicia B. […]

Can you please repeat that!?

The poets from Logandale created tongue twisters in this exercise in alliteration. Enjoy! Adrian E. Adrian ate avocados and apples and acts adorable and ate an alligator and slept.   Cathlyn O. Cathlyn cooks […]

“Like This and Like That”

Similes and metaphors are some of the most used literary devices in poetry and literature. They help the reader relate and measure the extent of the writers’ visual depiction in the poem. The poets […]

Let’s Get Real

One of the greatest parts of teaching an after-school high school program versus a during-school-hours elementary class is the ability to dive deeper into mature themes and issues with older students who are excited […]

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