About Hands on Stanzas

Hands on Stanzas, the educational outreach program of the Poetry Center of Chicago places professional, teaching Poets in residence at Chicago Public Schools across the city. Poets teach the reading, discussion, and writing of poetry to 3 classes over the course of 20 classroom visits, typically from October through April. Students improve their reading, writing, and public speaking skills, and participating teachers report improved motivation and academic confidence. You can contact Cassie Sparkman, Director of the Hands on Stanzas program, by phone: 312.629.1665 or by email: csparkman(at)poetrycenter.org for more information.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Someone Puts an Artichoke Together

Students read an excerpt from Wallace Steven's "Someone Puts A Pineapple Together" and used their mind's eye to see an artichoke in new ways.

THE OBJECT
Aya A. (Grade 6)

A porcupine crawls in the forest
A cactus stays immobile in the Savannah
A bunch of bananas hanging in
a tree in the Bahamas
A man lifting weights
A fiesta people are watching maracas
A pine cone on the ground
A bush, two roses on that bush

UNTITLED
Jason M.

I see a volcano
a person with spiky hair
The flower I see out in O'Hare
Roots of a flower
gravity, which flows through them
I see dead flowers that hang over a tree
Puppy ears with dragonflies
Which magic seperates
and spiky trees producing great food

THE STREAM
Neopatra T.

How hard on the out
side soft on the inside
stands for me it's weeping
down on the land and
back up into the sky
lays high with many
layers
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