When I was 15 I learned about an all time great American film: the birth of a Nation
In that I was taught the perils of poor education
The matriculation of segregation... and how it all starts with what youth’s minds are fed... Read on
Tag Archives: teen poetry
Sleeping. it looks like you’re sleeping i wonder what you dream of as everyone around you is weeping Silence. the room is silent because your voice is what we long to hear The whispers. whispers graze the walls of this home i think we’re afraid of waking you up afraid of disturbing your… Read on
“trace the sky’s scars” I want to write a love poem to my ghost, but I do not like her. my phone case is a daily reminder that, I, am “lucky to exist” because supposedly there are people who love me; and while I don’t deny this, somehow, I don’t really feel all that lucky,… Read on
VOX ATL is celebrating the end of the school year with our annual VOX-A-Palooza event highlighting the many voices published and creating opportunities for youth in Atlanta to share their own stories about topics important to you! We’ll also be celebrating our 2022 Atlanta Youth Poet Laureate ambassadors and award one with the title of Atlanta… Read on
I said goodbye to my family, I said goodbye to my dog, I said goodbye to the home I once was a part of A house or a home a single place to stay, the perfect place to rest after a long and weary day It is time to build It is time to craft… Read on
For some time, I was ashamed of my own name. The length, the complexity It was all too much to explain. Many would call it peculiar. “Jesutomiwo, how strange,” they’d claim. Hints of disgust, always “Why so long,” they’d say Over time, The world’s comments got to me. Instead of embracing my identity, I suppressed… Read on