Teens, Share your Story at LEI’s Summer Teen Open Mics
Inspire, and get inspired! Share your poetry, prose or music with a live audience. Food provided. Friday, May 31, 2018 @ B-Side Lounge (Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights) 6:30 pm Roots + Branches book release party, reception, and open mic to follow. All are welcome! Friday, June 15 @ Piccadilly on Coventry 6:30 pm […]
Cleveland Museum of Art and Lake Erie Ink bring together writing and art for a poetry workshop 4/21
April is National Poetry Month, an annual celebration of poetry spearheaded by the Academy of American Poets that celebrates poetry’s vital place in our culture. We invite youth ages 8-15 to celebrate National Poetry Month with Lake Erie Ink this April, and let art be your inspiration. Lake Erie Ink, together with the Cleveland Museum […]
Celebrate National Poetry Month this April with Lake Erie Ink
Celebrate National Poetry Month this April with Lake Erie Ink with Poetry FEST Saturday, April 8th and our Poetic Justice Open Mic Friday, April 21. Open to all ages.
Me
By Destiny C., from Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland They call me the money spender The respect giver the baby face Assassin it you will I play ball like Curry, manipulate My parents to the point where they Wanna hurt me but I sit back and Laugh. I do me to the point where […]
I Am
By Dajanaé B., from the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland I am a singer and smart. I am not what people think I am. I am the player of my favorite basketball team making a shoot one hand. I am Jenal Monae with the weird style. I am the breakfast you sit on your table […]
An Interpretation of the Jabberwocky
The Search for the Gabernaple (Inspired by “The Jabberwocky”) by Tait M., 5th Grade Once there was a girl who went on a search for a gabernapple. First she went through the flugknock forest, then she came across a gurplepurple. She then noticed a tree, there was a hole in it. It was a […]
Fall Renga
When I think of fall I think of the taste of sweet potato pie with whipped cream I can hear the sound of kids laughing and playing The ginger snap smell annoys me, and the wind is cold Leaves are shaking above my head I hear the crickets and frogs in the wind I see […]
Fall Renga Poem
Cold weather -it’s fall Lots of kids for now Breeze coming across The taste of cold The red apples fall Leaves falling-time to rake Bright green grass for now The air smells like straw The smell of burning firewood Playing in the leaves Red, yellow and orange leaves Raking up everything Smell of pine trees […]