poetry Archives – South Side Weekly

The Exchange: sTREEtS

by Chima Ikoro May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

The Exchange, the Weekly’s poetry corner, offers our thoughts in exchange for yours.

The Exchange: can a broken piano still be played, or is this song over?

by Chima Ikoro April 24, 2025April 23, 2025

The Exchange: Deficit and Psalms 23

by Chima Ikoro and harlem west March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

The Exchange: magnitude and bond

by Chima Ikoro January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

The Exchange: the strength of will, and Happy BirthDay

by Chima Ikoro and Gabrielle Pickens January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

The Exchange: Dime’s Declassified School Survival Guide

by Chima Ikoro December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

Finding Your People

Best Bilingual Poetry Workshop Series to Help Get Over Writer’s Block: Brighton Park Poets

by Citlali Pérez September 27, 2024

The Exchange: “Unexpected” and The Institution of Dreamin

by Chima Ikoro and Makale Moore June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

Music

Phalair Finds His WHY

by Imani Joseph June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

The Exchange: Out South Circuit, and Chi Town Violence Steals Away the Community

by Chima Ikoro and Claude Robert Hill IV June 1, 2024June 6, 2024