She prodded the window, letting the illusions flicker and glitch — dance a little jig across her outstretched palm. Chained to this ornate prison she
As summertime sadness begun and inundated me, It caused me look at the time I had with you As the evergreen tree blew in the
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
I Am Black Afrikan American, and nothing will change that Kinky coils in my hair, black and sometimes nappy Brown skin, chocolate charm, dark and
I named him sky, the golden boy Skin bright, beams bouncing off my hippocampus cold-hearted and hot-headed So high my eyes turned red for him
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
I feel like that box cutter has legs It moved from pocket to nightstand yesterday I’ll take it back to work tomorrow Yesterday my chest
If my math is correct then if I write a thousand poems in my head the moment I think about killing myself then the thought
ain’t no music in the grave but the rattlin of bones the resonance of moans the silence. ain’t no films in the bottom of the
Willow When I first said I love you you smiled mimicked me and ran away. When you came back I dropped everything to hold your
Nathan Wallace is the 2019-2020 Atlanta Youth Poet Laureate. In such a short amount of time, he has become an integral part of Atlanta’s poetry
2019 Atlanta Youth Poet Laureate Nathan Wallace brought his audience to tears when he performed this piece dedicated to his mother. Watch the video for
