Sony o sony could you please hurry up Been waiting on the 5 now I heard I’m in luck Sony o sony could you please hurry up Mama ain’t gonna buy ya just my luck Sony o sony could you please hurry up Knew she wasn’t gonna buy ya, so I already started saving up… Read on
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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
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 Sky spoke of home like my frontal lobe ain’t his front door like he is cramped in a space of endless possibility always there, even when I wanted to be… Read on
VOX ATL staff writer Christina Norris shares a poem about going from grade school to college. 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
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 lake no black woman tears no time lapsed years no plot twists. ain’t no love between the tread grooves of a tire no finger-laced walking, no laughter, sweet-talkin just dust… Read on