“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
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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
My Escape As I look through the reflective glass I think I think of all the pain it’s caused me I think of how my thoughts have overpowered the true image I could see The obsession over how I looked kept running through my mind So I did too I ran to get slimmer I… Read on
Friends, there is a miracle for praise to be! For the Goddess of Justice can finally see! With the balancing scales in her right hand, Will my people finally be able to stand? I think of all of my killed people, six feet under they are found, Justice not delivered to them, because of the… Read on