poetry

Rick Brooks finds inspiration in a crowd-sourced poem by Rebecca Faulkner.

An Ottawa teen combines his love of technology and poetry to help other writers. His main outreach is to those who are well beyond his years.

Last week marked the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Floyd was a Black man who was killed in Minneapolis by white police officer Derek Chauvin. The…

Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's episode features Darius Jackson from FourPoets,…

Aurora’s poet laureate is making sure that poetry is in clear view in the city’s downtown. Karen-Fullett Christensen was at the starting line ready to…

To mark Black History month, Mrs. Shershen’s 8th grade choir at Harter Middle School is exploring Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Dream Keeper” through song.…

National Poetry Month isn’t until April but some Rockford high school students are preparing now for an upcoming spoken word showdown. Poetry Out Loud is…

Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.…

Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poets from northern Illinois. This week's poem is by Cheryl Sheinman. Sheinman is a teacher…

Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features Michael Lee Johnson.Johnson lives…