The Poetry Group

Register and join us in person or on Zoom and immerse yourself in verse with fellow poetry lovers in a casual and welcoming environment.

September

Japanese-American Immigrant poets

October

Special Guest Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda Del Valle. A passionate arts educator, Mayda has taught poetry in schools, colleges, and youth detention facilities we well as served as Program Director of Street Poets Inc. in Los Angeles. She is currently a Poet-in-Residence with The Chicago Poetry Center. In 2024, she was awarded the Letras Boricuas Fellowship from the Flamboyan Arts Fund and the Mellon Foundation, and in 2025 was a Dark Matter Artist in Residence at Elastic Arts. Most recently, Mayda was selected as the second Poet Laureate of the City of Chicago and began her two-year tenure in January of 2026.

Mayda Del Valle will be speaking in person at Lake Forest Library. Registrants may attend in person or on Zoom.

November

Triumph

December

No meeting