• About
    • Contact
      • Editorial
      • Advertising
      • Distribution
    • Who We Are
    • Supporters
    • Policies
    • Jobs
  • En español
  • Sections
    • Best of the South Side
      • 2025
      • 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2020 — In Memorarium
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Immigration
    • Housing
    • Police
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Community Organizing
    • Art
    • Music
    • Sports
      • South Side Sports Roundup
    • Lit
    • The Exchange
    • Public Meetings Report
    • Opinion & Editorials
  • Investigations
  • Become a Contributor
  • Newsletter
  • Store
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
Skip to content
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly

Chicago Local News

Donate
  • About
    • Contact
      • Editorial
      • Advertising
      • Distribution
    • Who We Are
    • Supporters
    • Policies
    • Jobs
  • En español
  • Sections
    • Best of the South Side
      • 2025
      • 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2020 — In Memorarium
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Immigration
    • Housing
    • Police
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Community Organizing
    • Art
    • Music
    • Sports
      • South Side Sports Roundup
    • Lit
    • The Exchange
    • Public Meetings Report
    • Opinion & Editorials
  • Investigations
  • Become a Contributor
  • Newsletter
  • Store
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Donate

Poetry

Posted inLit Issue 2018

The Pleasure and The Pain

by Luz Magdaleno Flores August 9, 2018August 9, 2018
Posted inLit Issue 2018

Time Travel: J.C. Penney Photo Studio, 1994

by Diane O'Neill August 9, 2018August 9, 2018
Posted inLit Issue 2018

a sudden spring (Nichols Park in May)

by Lauren Franzen August 9, 2018
Posted inPoetry

Descent

by Tara Betts August 9, 2018
Posted inPoetry

kid i don’t know

by Asha Futterman August 9, 2018
Posted inArts Issue 2018

Words, Pictures, and Gestures from Louder Than a Bomb

by Kiran Misra March 28, 2018March 29, 2018
Posted inArts Issue 2018

Living in the Blankest of Times

by Mari Cohen March 28, 2018April 4, 2018
Posted inPoetry

Holiday Poetry

by South Side Weekly December 6, 2017December 6, 2017
Posted inRadio

SSW Radio: Patricia Frazier, #GivingTuesday, and More

by Erisa Apantaku, Bridget Vaughn and The Weekly Read November 14, 2017March 24, 2018
Posted inLit

A Narrative That Has No Holes

by South Side Weekly November 8, 2017December 4, 2017

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 13 Older posts

Recent Comments

  • Jim on Cook County Jail’s Deadliest Year in Decades Reveals Repeated Lapses and Failed Oversight
  • cristal on Op-Ed: How Undocumented Chicagoans Are Ensuring a True Sanctuary City
  • Ahmad Abubakr on King David and Boss Daley
  • Mary Frances Seeley on A House of Memories
  • Denisha A Banks on Growing Up in the Robert Taylor Housing Projects
  • C. Maria Macon-Lampkin on A Family Affair
  • Ritchie Bazzell on A Space of His Own
  • elijah on Back of the Yards Students Declare #MyHoodMyHeadline

Recent Posts

  • The Exchange: ATLAS COMPLEX
  • Demystifying the Cook County Board
  • Who Bears the Cost of War?
  • The Future of The 78 is Soccer
  • Frontrunners Kelly, Krishnamoorthi and Stratton Vie for Senate Seat
  • Public Meetings Report — March 12, 2026
  • Chinatown Celebrates the Year of the Fire Horse
  • Baby, It’s Cold Inside
© 2026 South Side Weekly. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram