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.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Dreams

Students read Langston Hughes' poem, "Dreams" and wrote their own poems about what life would be like without any dreams.

DREAMS THAT FLY BY
Dagan D.

Dreams are sweet,
Dreams are bitter.
Dreams are summer,
Dreams are winter.

Dreams are like doves,
that come and leave sky,
they leave no word,
but a bunch of feathers
it uses to fly.

Dreams come and go,
just like snow.

NO DREAMS
Arnell M.

What would we be?
A black hole of nothing
Like a piece of guilt in your
tummy. Like a seasick crocodile.
Like no books.

BAD DREAMS
Alana P.

If dreams die life is like a
desk falling on your head but
it doesn't hurt at all. Like a fish
fin broken into twenty pieces
and blown up in the atmosphere.
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