VOX ATL writer Maya shares a new poem, "Feathers." Read on
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"Being stripped of our rights and everything we have ever loved / But even still, we remain the best creatures known to love," writes VOX ATL staff writer Salena Cleveland, "Our black is beautiful. " Read on
VOX ATL teen poet Zakai Beck debuts with his poem "Human." A piece about our differences that make us all alike. We make up earth. We are Human. Read on
managing my cold sweats and nightmares is quite a task By quite a task I mean extremely difficult, seemingly impossible, and nonetheless necessary so I split myself in two for help just to manage. I sit in my own lap, rocking in a chair a rocking chair. We sleep on a mattress on the floor… Read on
This is a disappearing act. It is strange how phone calls sound like alarms How alarms ring of tornado warnings How tornado warnings mirror evacuation sirens. I am often victim to surround sound. Resounds like high-frequency tinnitus It penetrates Rattles my bones. Pans and echoes until my palms are molded to my ears. What do… Read on
y’all think God would take me to heaven tonight? and keep me safe for a week? and then let me back down. do y’all think God would do my greedy ass one more favor? cause I’m in that kinda pain that you can’t sleep off, I’m in that pain you can only sleep on– but… Read on
