
‘Confidently Insecure’: A Collection of Poems
VOX ATL teen staff writer Isley shares her latest collection of poems on beauty and anxiety.

VOX ATL teen staff writer Isley shares her latest collection of poems on beauty and anxiety.

At first, this exhibit sounded a little boring to a very busy 13-year-old with homework and a lot of videos to watch on Instagram. However,

I haven’t “overcome” anything. Nobody swooped in to save me. I saved and I am saving myself one day at a time

To be honest, when people started to call me a Koreaboo, it used to actually hurt my feelings a bit. It hurt because people were

VOX ATL was invited to create poetry about self-affirmation and love at The Villages at Carver Family YMCA in partnership with Georgia Cares, a nonprofit

Remember to check in with yourself and make sure stress due to school isn’t triggering your mental health. You got this.

I gave the lady my address — not that it was any of her business. It didn’t seem like a crime to want to talk

“I’m always searched at the airport They tell me it’s random But I guess your probability of getting chosen and having an Arabic name rise

You know what’s difficult? Being MENA (Middle Eastern North African) — specifically, noticeably MENA. Apparently, ever since 9/11, being from that region of the world

I was 6 years old when I had my first existential crisis. It was the terrifying moment when all the kids from my first grade

Kanye, this is the most open and active you’ve been with your fanbase in a very long time, however, despite that some of us still

Administrators asked, “How could your parents let you out of the house like that?” Leggings aren’t the problem. Talking to high school students in that