Leslé Honoré

Red tulips bloom near the corner of 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on April 26, 2023. The previous year, 100,000 tulips were planted as part of Chicago artist Amanda Williams’ project "Redefining Redlining" that calls attention to the effects of redlining, the practice of systematizing discrimination based on where someone lives. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago 2050: Poet Leslé Honoré envisions an ‘Emerald City’ in our future

April 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicagoans are working hard to plant the seeds of hope that will be harvested by other people they may never meet.

For the Dorias of the World

May 23, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

Editor’s note: Chicago poet Lesle Honore posted this poem on social media Sunday, May 20, 2018. By Tuesday afternoon, it had been shared more than 26,000 times on Facebook alone....

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