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EPISODE · Sep 9, 2026 · 48 MIN

How do you enjoy poetry in Chicago?

from Say More with Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith

What is the one poem you keep returning to, the poem that reaches off the page to speak with you as if it’s an old friend offering sage advice? If you haven’t found yours yet, the Printer’s Row Lit Fest this weekend is your chance to discover the poem – as well as the poet. Say More waxes poetic with Chicago’s very own poet laureate.Poetry suggestions from Say More listeners:The Creation by James Weldon JohnsonIf by Rudyard KiplingOn Children by Khalil GibranThis Be The Verse by Philip LarkinAbsolution in the New Year by Judith Ortiz CofferOutwitted by Edwin MarkhamNow We Are Six by A.A. MilneThe Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower by Dylan ThomasLovers of the Poor by Gwendolyn BrooksPrimer Lesson by Carl SandburgHow To Be A Poet by Wendell BerryGUEST: Mayda del Valle, Chicago poet laureate

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