These are the creative expressions of the individuals here at the Lincoln Park Community Shelter. Guests have submitted art ranging from poetry to drawings, creative-nonfiction to photography. Guests have chosen to share this work with the larger LPCS community as a way of expressing their unique and diverse perspectives.

By Nicole

The Tree

I am strong and old
I can survive the heat and cold
But the battering of the winds of time wear me down.
Sometimes I wish I was a sapling again
Able to bend against the gale force wind,
But no longer can that happen for I feel brittle.

The oak is thick and strong, it's branches reach far.
How many swings have hung from my limbs!
How many children have climbed me with gee going further and further!
How many leaves have I shed and grew back to shade one
From the hot sun!

I'm getting tired now…
And I feel my branches bowing.
No longer able to hold strong the children
That swing from me

How much longer do I have to wait to be cleared away
To make a new house to fill with
Happy sounds?

-Jude

By Krzys

May/June 2008 Featured Art
April 2008 Featured Art

*Please note: All featured artwork was submitted on a voluntary basis. The Lincoln Park Community Shelter does not necessarily endorse the views represented here.

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