Blogs Posts on "Chicago Poetry"

On Chicago: They Will Say by Chicago History on Sep 6, 2009Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this:You took little children away from the sun and the dewAnd the glimmers that played in the grass under thegreat sky,And the reckless rain; you put them between wallsTo work, broken and smothered, for...

A Springtime Poetical Interlude from "BathHouse" John by Chicago History on Apr 16, 2009April is National Poetry Month and so, in keeping with the season, I offer the following selection from Chicago's undisputed poet laureate of the City Council, First Ward Alderman John J. Coughlin. The bard, who has also penned such delights as "Ode...