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“Your voice, your choice. It’s you” Poetry Books with South Loop Poetry Club!

For our last week of South Loop Poetry Club, our talented poets continued to work on and finish our individual poetry books. Some students revised and reminisced on old poems we wrote in class, […]

“The Poetry Vault” Poetry Books with South Loop Poetry Club!

Today at South Loop Poetry Club, our poets got to work on our own handmade poetry books. Some of us paired up, while others worked on themed poetry. Some wrote new poems, and others […]

“Unique in its own way” Poetry Reflection and Centos with South Loop Poetry Club!

Last week at poetry club, we finished up our unit on poetic forms and took some time to reflect on our work in the past few weeks. Then we used lines from our previous […]

Pantoum Practice Poems with South Loop Poetry Club!

In our pantoums studies, our poets wrote some free poems based on the structure or about ideas that came up during brainstorming. Please enjoy some extra poetry from South Loop Poetry Club! South Loop […]

Pantoums with South Loop Poetry Club

For the past two weeks at South Loop Poetry Club, our poets have been working hard to write pantoums! I shared an example of a pantoum I wrote, and explained the pattern of repeating […]

“cryptic snatches of wisdom / spotlighting” Blackout Poems from South Loop Poetry Club!

Last week at South Loop Poetry Club, we read Austin Kleon’s “Newspaper Blackout.” Some students were already familiar with the form, so we talked about how the source of a blackout poem can affect […]

“Crystal skies, spring comes” Haiku with South Loop Poetry Club

In honor of our last week of Black History Month with South Loop Poetry Club, we read a selection of haiku from Richard Wright to begin our unit on Poetic Forms, starting with haiku. […]

“What leaf / Who I am / My life / my soul / A garden” Sensory Reflection with South Loop Poetry Club!

Last week at South Loop Poetry Club, we looked over the various sensory poems we wrote in class together. Across our poems, we used sights, textures, sounds, tastes, and smells to describe our experiences […]

“Their last scent / was trembling” Smells with South Loop Poetry Club!

Last week at South Loop Poetry Club, we finished our Senses chapter by talking about scents. A lot of poetry, and a lot of humanity, does not acknowledge scent except as supplement, especially to […]

“Taking a bite is like eating heaven” Taste with South Loop Poetry Club!

Last week at South Loop Poetry Club, we continued our study of the senses and read “Fried Chicken” by Kwame Alexander to inspire us to write about how tasty our favorite foods are. Please […]

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