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Carter G. Woodson
Regional Library
Workshop
suffer the children
to do the displacement
out in the courtyard
-- Lucas Alvarez
homeless sitting still
crowds rushing by musicians
pedway promises
-- Greg Baiocchi
Prokofiev’s beat
second fiddle concerto
promises pleasures
-- Pamela Coats
noise: aggravation
ambulances and fire trucks
interrupt silence
-- Wallace Heard
straight from the country
preying on strangers’ kindness
pickpockets prevail
-- Renée K. Moore
Harold Washington
Library Center (HWLC)
Workshop
Dull pigeons huddle
in an ice-glazed doorway still
beside fallen wings
-- Will Cooper
mountains scratch the moon
while a sleeping lion dreams
of leaping red deer
-- Will Cooper
Say goodbye sadly,
But we'll groove another night--
Because we believe
-- Sharon F. Warner
"Diaspora Disassociated"
The blood of kings runs
Through ghetto gang bangers' veins--
And spills unknowing
-- Sharon F. Warner
Conrad Sulzer
Regional Library
Workshop
barbecue party
it was delicious and fun
wait a while to swim
we walk in the fall
we can get wet in the rain
we can jump in leaves
Korean American Community Services After School Students
Sulzer Workshop Participants
