Nobody Expected This by Saiah Tagoe
Nobody expected this A pandemic we all had to face but it’s crazy that through this sickening virus racism still took place our black and brown communities suffered and we … Read More
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My Senior year by Ahmaya Singletary
my senior year is almost here and i’m not feeling any cheer i’m starting at home all alone no activities to celebrate my grind now i feel like i’ve wasted … Read More
My Healing Roots by Kalimah Phelps
My roots are deep. They are in the East, West, South and Central of Newark. They were planted in this City before the 1940s. My grandpa’s grandma raised him and … Read More
Metaphoric Ceremonies of Black Death by Mariam Ouedraogo
I’m tired of watching black people get killed by the police. I’m tired of turning black pain and grievance into a masterpiece of art. I’m tired of using literature to … Read More
Magic Soap by Mariam Ouedraogo
Momma says this soap will make you clean. But I never knew it would wash me of my melanin. Take all my pride and strip me of my royalty. My … Read More
What Do You See? by Mariam Ouedraogo
Look around you. What do you see? A home. A TV full of stories. Death. What is death? Momma will I die? I don’t want to die momma. I want … Read More
A Child, Full of Dreams by KutorKor Kotey
To you, I am a child A child of course I am. To you, I am a little Little, of course, I am. But this little child is full of … Read More
Suffocating by Ahmad Smith
This pandemic makes me feel like I’m suffocating. One moment I’m in school the next I’m not. They said it wouldn’t last but I still can’t breath and help isn’t … Read More
Where’s your mask? by Ahmad Smith
I’ve been going through some changes not even chilling with family, I’m in the house, when I could be outside. The block is hot and everybody outside, isn’t that wild … Read More
Mother and Child by Toni Paigh-Tomlinson
I won’t let my baby go Not in a world like this I fear that if I let him go, he’ll never return home That if I let him go, … Read More