Uptown Poetry Pop Ups and Workshops

08/31/2025

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07/24/2024

One of toughest challenges in translation is the textures and smells of local plants. Just to say a purple w**d does not capture what it was or why it caught my eye. This plant was dry. Two insects were dead clinging to its flowers. It is a very seductive plant, then it dies.

08/03/2023

I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow

10/10/2022

RECORDING OF READING WITH PROMPT
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Open notebooks on Halloween and jam some new poetry with our online group. Work on some prompts... What do you say to a black cat crossing your path? What stories do bones

08/19/2022

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UPTOWN POETS, LET'S CHECK OUT MARTY McCONNELL'S BLUE HOUR POETRY READINGS AND WORKSHOPS. I AM GOING TO REGISTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21ST AND OCTOBER 18TH EVENTS. The Chicago

08/17/2022

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Peace as hope, as wishful longing, as a new sunrise, as poetry filling the pages of generations, is the theme of this meet up. Bring your favorite poems about peace or agai

06/24/2021

CHICAGO DRAMATISTS
JENNY'S SURPRISE
A ONE ACT PLAY BY KIM REED
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FIRST DRAFT READING
Mon, June 28, 7pm – 9 pm. NO ADMISSION AFTER 7:10
Zoom in, no password required.
https://zoom.us/j/467652464

ABOUT THE PLAY
Jenny, a le***an in her early 20s is in a relationship with Rita, a local nurse in her 40s. Jenny is upset by the reappearance of John, a high school friend who fathered an unwanted pregnancy that led to adoption. He is seeking information about what happened after he abandoned her and joined the army. Jenny’s interactions with John reveal stresses in her relationship with Rita and her place in the small town. The two women confront why there are still cracks in their love affair nested in a home with a bountiful garden that Jenny must leave.

12/21/2020

Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 7:00 PM: Let's share an open poetry jam where writers engage experiences in December. I will open with reading recent poems I wrote about fudge, wax and berries, and vegetable sweet