
Meet The 2021 Atlanta Youth Poet Laureate Aanika Eragam
AWW is proud to welcome the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate Aanika Eragam! Let’s hear from the amazing poet who has impacted us all with her

AWW is proud to welcome the 2021 Youth Poet Laureate Aanika Eragam! Let’s hear from the amazing poet who has impacted us all with her

singing in daylight a plum daisy fix swinging on breezes patiently waiting for the blooming of rights that were promised for hundreds thousands even of

you worshipped a divine being of which you didn’t have the foggiest idea loathed a fallen angel you’d never met longed for the ceiling that

Welcome to America where the government pays for your public school education as long as you agree to them subconsciously stripping you of your culture

He’s always at ease and calm about what’s around, But someone told him not in a voice but an unidentifiable sound, That there’s something waiting

how do you choose a life of luxury, chasing the green, or a life of passion, bringing joy to the scene pick a major, they

“Spinning” was written with inspiration from making hard decisions that put a lot of pressure on one’s self.

This poem is dedicated to both you and I in knowing that you are, always have
been and always will be, a star!
The power of self-destruction leaves a soul empty, pleading for life through gasps of air. The transformation of self-destruction hinders the mind from becoming unstoppable.

-Boy- ‘Click clack click clack’, The sound of hooves against the dirt road, ‘Click clack click clack’, The sound of gold colliding in their pockets,

Our relationship is like new shoes Clean, a little tight, and we avoid messes See, that wouldn’t be a problem but It’s been three years

excellence is subjective i’m not what they want i’m the adversary excellence is entirely subjective furthermore, nobody dare holds me you see, in each town