
If These Tears Could Talk — Reflections on Grief as a Mental Health Issue
Kate’s Club teens speak up about their grief journey.

Kate’s Club teens speak up about their grief journey.

I go up to the stage
My hands are clamming and my heart is thumping loudly against my ear drum
I keep my

A Wednesday night, during a dinner date with procrastination
Scrolling through YouTube aimlessly when a Buzzfeed video
in my recommended reads, “People Try

this is addressed to the grown man who rolled down the window of his beat up 2004 impala upon seeing me jog down atlanta road

Dear Self, When you stand in front of a mirror, your hands slide over your skin. Your fingernails never dig into your flesh, but make

Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! Welcome to the African-American Freakshow! Where you learn my African-not-“American” name, Ogechi And you pause… then you

Twenty-five teens share slam poetry to become semi-finalists, sharing their art to become Atlanta’s Brave New Voices 2017 Team.

This poem is for the broken combs and blue magic For pink lotion and just for me texturizers I sat for 5 hours In a


The line to sign up for this poetry slam was filled with more than 20 teens anxious to take the opportunity. I realized teens are

Over the past 8 years, I have gathered that legends don’t explain themselves.
Over the past 8 years, I have seen black pride spread

Flowers must first crack through their seeds in order to reach the light, and that takes effort, but it happens naturally as a cycle of