Mayda del Valle, Author at The Chicago Poetry Center Thu, 14 May 2026 18:13:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.poetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-pigeon-32x32.png Mayda del Valle, Author at The Chicago Poetry Center 32 32 Emotions that work like machines. https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/emotions-that-work-like-machines/ Thu, 14 May 2026 18:13:53 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27983 The post Emotions that work like machines. appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> The strength comes from the love inside me… https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/the-strength-comes-from-the-love-inside-me/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:58:02 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27982 The post The strength comes from the love inside me… appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> What Does Wednesday Feel Like? https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/what-does-wednesday-feel-like/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:21:26 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27980 The post What Does Wednesday Feel Like? appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Gratitude Poems https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/gratitude-poems-2/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:21:42 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27977 The post Gratitude Poems appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Questions and questions https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/questions-and-questions/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:10:43 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27979 The post Questions and questions appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Gratitude Poems https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/gratitude-poems/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:06:46 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27978 The post Gratitude Poems appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Ode Poems https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/ode-poems-4/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:28:37 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27525 The post Ode Poems appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Self Portrait Poems https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/self-portrait-poems-4/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:51:47 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27524 The post Self Portrait Poems appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Where I’m From https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/where-im-from-7/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:26:31 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27392 The post Where I’m From appeared first on The Chicago Poetry Center.

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]]> Home is Where the Heart Is: Poems about place https://www.poetrycenter.org/poems/home-is-where-the-heart-is-poems-about-place/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:40:09 +0000 https://www.poetrycenter.org/?post_type=cpc-resident-post&p=27637 This was my first week back at Perez since last Spring and I was so excited to meet Ms. Murray’s…

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]]> This was my first week back at Perez since last Spring and I was so excited to meet Ms. Murray’s 5th grade class. I started off our ten week residency the way I always like to, by asking students what they think poetry is and some of the things it can do. Then we started by reading a poem “Where I’m From” by a former 8th Grade Perez student, Amorosa. I love starting off my workshop series with this exercise at every grade level. It’s a great way for students to see that they already have stories inside them, and that they already have the skills to write something rich with imagery and specific to their experience. This is a class FULL of writers, and I can’t wait to see what they create over the next 10 weeks. It was hard to pick this week’s poems because there were so many really amazing pieces. Congrats to Braden and Maelynn on getting your awesome poems published!

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