Chicagoetry

News of travel to Chicago:

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News while in Chicago:

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Poetry Slammed

Pictured left to right: the Green Mill Lounge, home of the Uptown Poetry Slam; Jim Asher was the 8 p.m. "featured guest"; inside the Green Mill; reading the poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).

Poems Featured at the
Uptown Poetry Slam

All of the featured poems are from Vol 1 of Great American Poems ~ REPOEMED

The encore selection is in Volume 2.

For more information on Great American Poems ~ REPOEMED, click HERE.

By Emily Dickinson:

* After great pain, a formal feeling comes
* Because I could not stop for Death
* I lost a world -- the other day
* There is no Frigate like a book
* This is my letter to the world
* Wild nights! Wild nights!

By E. E. Cummings:

* anyone lived in a pretty how town
* i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

By Robert Frost

* Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Encore selection by E. E. Cummings:

* dying is fine)but Death

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

* After formal feedings, a great pain comes
* Because I could not stop for Debt
* I lost my coat -- the other day
* There is no Frigate like a dictionary
* This is my Twitter to the #world
* Wild rice! Wild rice!

* eminem lived in a gritty car town
* i carry your less-than-three with me(i carry it in

* Whose block is this? Prolly a homeboy.

* the darkside is fine)but Darth

The event at the Green Mill Lounge was a great success, as reported in the Chicago Tribune.

For more information on the Green Mill Lounge, click HERE.

For more information on the Uptown Poetry Slam, click HERE.

For more information on Marc Smith, the creator of the poetry slam movement, click HERE.

Forever Is Composed of Nows... and Thens

While in Chicago, the Poetry Foundation provided a private tour to Dickinson scholar Jim Asher.

Far right (click to enlarge): The Poetry Foundation's exhibit "Forever -- is composed of Nows" was dedicated to Asher.

Poetry Foundation Slide Show (at the left):

1. Approaching the Poetry Foundation
2. The sidewalk out front
3. Approaching the courtyard
4. The courtyard
5. The lobby
6. Looking out to the courtyard
7. Stairway to the Emmett Lee Dickinson Auditorium
8. Carol Andrews, Poetry Foundation receptionist
9. Meriwether Cattermole, the Public Relations Director for Public Relations & Public Events for the Poetry Foundation
10. Coot Riddington III, the Minister of Rhymes for the Poetry Foundation

Pictured at the right: Jim Asher reads the poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) to a standing-room-only crowd in the Poetry Foundation's Emmett Lee Dickinson Auditorium. Click the image to enlarge.

Pictured at the left: Following the event at the Poetry Foundation, Asher enjoyed a Chicago hotdog and fries.

Chicago legend has it that Emmett Lee Dickinson invented the Chicago hotdog!