#averyryoung

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THURSDAY, DEC. 4. 2025 join Chicago Poet Laureate, @avery_r_young, at the Poetry Foundation for live performances and a screening of 31 videos from poets who submitted poems to young's project, Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together, many of whom appear in this video!

The in-person option is sold out online, but walk-ins are welcome, and you can also join us via livestream! Learn more and register for this FREE event via the bio link.

Thanks to our partners, @avery_r_young, @chicagodcase, @poetsorg, and @stompinggroundslai!

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poem in process.

1st draft

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From the page of @raychjackson

grateful to be a part of @avery_r_young Chicagos inaugural poet laureate project Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together! @Poetry Foundation @chicagodcase @stompinggroundslai #chicago #raychjackson

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We cover more ground than we

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Kwanzaa Principle #7 Imani (Faith)

June 27, 2024

Sonic Bodies - Chicago Black Listening Event

[& THE Sterling Plump was like 6 feet away from me to my right blk!]

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People write about what’s outside their window or what’s in the room with them.

#PoetryMonth #averyryoung #Chicago #chicagopoetlaureate #tbt

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Kwanzaa Principle #2 Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

You can! Whatever the task is.

#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia #SelfDetermination

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avery r. young, ekphrastik poem 1 [police brutality must go by parks] , 2024

Gordon Parks, Untitled, New York, New York, 1963

Gordon Parks’s 1960s Protest Photos Reflect the Long History of Police Brutality in the U.S.

Gordon Parks’s photos of protests during the Civil Rights Movement over five decades ago resonate with the hundreds of protests happening r