Workshop Samples

Carter G. Woodson
Regional Library
NAP* 2011 Workshop

Barren wombs for pain
Thrust in chilled breath, warm
      tears stream
Branches mourning death
-- Nyssa Bolden

Indian summer
was to bring a joyful warmth
instead it brought you
-- Judith Bowden

kisses, hugs, mrs.
heart-shaped relations entered
weakened no pity
-- Raymond Collins

street perfection shines
giggles flow from summer
      smiles
reaching sky-blue land
-- Vanessa Ellis

in the summer rain
hail covers lawns and
      sidewalks
alley free of cats
-- Renée K. Moore

whispering echoes
October secrets released
sharps never frost lips
-- Stephanie Shanks

* This project was supported by a Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP) grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

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

Harold Washington
Library Center Workshop

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

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