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Celebration of National Poetry Month — at Chicago Public Library- Back of the Yards
Today at noon a few of us gathered to share some poems we've written and read.
It was an intimate gathering. We kept the door open to the rest of the library where lots of children were reading, learning, taking in all sorts of information, and enjoying the computers on a lovely spring day.
Poetry? In the middle of the day on a Saturday? Yes, oh yes. A woman named Rosa read some Neruda in Spanish and in English. Virginia Rice Smith read several of her own poems from her new collection When I Wake It Will Be Forever. Her husband Phil read at least one of hers, too.
Lucas Sifuentes, who organized the event, read several poems, as did I. It turned out there were a few buried in 2000 Deciduous Trees.
We read at the podium, from our chairs, passed anthologies around, found new pieces and ones we've long loved. We heard works by several poets including Mark Strand, Sandra Cisneros, and Wallace Stevens.
Here are a few pictures from our time together.
It was an intimate gathering. We kept the door open to the rest of the library where lots of children were reading, learning, taking in all sorts of information, and enjoying the computers on a lovely spring day.
Poetry? In the middle of the day on a Saturday? Yes, oh yes. A woman named Rosa read some Neruda in Spanish and in English. Virginia Rice Smith read several of her own poems from her new collection When I Wake It Will Be Forever. Her husband Phil read at least one of hers, too.
Lucas Sifuentes, who organized the event, read several poems, as did I. It turned out there were a few buried in 2000 Deciduous Trees.
We read at the podium, from our chairs, passed anthologies around, found new pieces and ones we've long loved. We heard works by several poets including Mark Strand, Sandra Cisneros, and Wallace Stevens.
Here are a few pictures from our time together.
