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Louise Erdich Chicago

Birth
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A black and green poster features an excerpt from the poem The Family Tree by Laurence Lieberman.

Laurence Lieberman Chicago

The Family Tree (an excerpt)
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Yehuda Amichai Chicago

To My Love, Combing Her Hair
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A poster in shades of blue features the poem Roundstone Cove by Marie Ponsot. Above the poem, a sun peaks from behind clouds.

Marie Ponsot Chicago

Roundstone Cove
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A poster is decorated with scenes of trees, bodies of water, lightning, and clouds. The poem, A Poem for Jessie by Sonia Sanchez is written in white text beside the profile of a man.

Sonia Sanchez Chicago

Poem for Jessie
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A grey poster features the poem In Order to be Happy, I Get Depressed by Paul Breslin. The lines of the poem alternate between white and yellow text.

Paul Breslin Chicago

In Order to be Happy, I Get Depressed
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A grey and white poster features the poem A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux. To the right of the poem is half a face glancing down.

Thomas Lux Chicago

A Little Tooth
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A poster features a colorful illustration of a nature scene. A bird perches on a tree branch, an insect flies against a yellow sun and a hedgehog walks in the foreground. The poem, Hedgehog by Chu Chen Po, is written in red text at the top.

Chu Chen Po Chicago

Hedgehog
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Fanny Howe Chicago

You travel a path on paper
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Langston Hughes Chicago

Luck
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Robert Hayden Chicago

Those Winter Sundays
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Federico García Lorca Chicago

Variations / Variación"
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Gabriela Mistral Chicago

Wall
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Sandra Cisneros Chicago

You Called Me Corazón
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Sappho Chicago

Thank You, My Dear
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H. D. Chicago

Heat
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Galway Kinnell Chicago

Blackberry Eating
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William Carlos Williams Chicago

This is Just to Say
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Lady Otomo No Sakanoe Chicago

"You Say 'I Will Come'"
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Gwendolyn Brooks Chicago

Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward (Among them Nora and Henry III)
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Lucille Clifton Chicago

Let there be new flowering
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Marilyn Chin Chicago

Autumn Leaves
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A white poster decorated with yellow taxis features the poem Taxi by Elise Paschen.

Elise Paschen Chicago

Taxi
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Emily Dickinson Chicago

“Hope” is the thing with feathers
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