
VOX Teen Poetry: ‘Traps’
She prodded the window, letting the illusions flicker and glitch — dance a little jig across her outstretched palm. Chained
Ankita is a poet, social justice advocate, and musician who is beyond grateful to serve as one of Atlanta’s 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate Ambassadors. When she’s not writing, she’s composing melodies on her flute, working on political campaigns, listening to Coke Studio, performing in her school’s Color Guard, or weaving on her handmade loom.
She prodded the window, letting the illusions flicker and glitch — dance a little jig across her outstretched palm. Chained