Editors Note: Cleave Poetry is an experimental form of poetry that allows the reader to look at a poem in parts or as a whole. Both
Don’t Bat an eye. Fly In the face of the place From which you ascended. Curtsy and smile As though you never attempted to flee,
There’s much to say but I’d rather sit in silence with myself
Because even if I was talking, you wouldn’t hear
But this
i want a home without death without fear //
the house i live in struggles with welcoming me //
it doesn’t accept my
I am brown/Brown, dirt is brown/They think I am dirt, dust/
They clean me out from underneath their fingernails/Wrinkle their noses in disgust/
I am girl/and girl does not mean/“Sexualize me”/“Pry me apart”/“Look me up and down.”
Events like this remind everyone that teens do a have a voice — a loud and creative one at that.
Because we are teens, we can speak to the difficulties of making the mental shift from summer vacation mode to back-to-school mode. Especially when you
I have no clue why she would be dressed up this nicely at a train station but that is non of my business/ The point
Five talented teens from Atlanta head to Washington D.C. for the international Brave New Voices slam poetry competition. Meet them and their poetry.
Slam poet and Spelman student Nia Lundkvist, 18, brings powerful original poetry to Brave New Voices this month as part of the Atlanta Word Works
As the Atlanta Word Works team goes to Washington D.C. to compete in Brave New Voices, July 12-16, we are proud to share their work. Ninel Nekay,
