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Colors

by Ajanee Suber What is color? Is green a blade of grass or a bright shiny apple. What about red, the color you said you see when you...

Darkest Night

by Grant Sowels The darkest night is defined by the sharpest light. Amidst the capricious Maryland climate On a highway shrouded by...

Who and What Gave You the Right

by Tedria Smith Who told you to claim my body? You tower over me with your masculinity Taking control. Does no not mean no to you? You’re...

Can I Breathe?

by Tedria Smith They want my advice, but I don’t have any. They want me to listen to their stories and respond. They want to call me at...

Ode to Mary Jane

by D’Asia Smith Oh, Mary who I so happen to call Jane Hell, honestly you go by so many names You can be contained in framed and they’ll...

Than Words

by Branson Neuman I feel the earth quake Beneath my actions and my Actions speak louder

Samson

by Branson Neuman Some may think me vain. Although I loved the attention of the fairer sex, my texture was why I was proud of my crown....

Master Splinter

by Branson Neuman What is that? A sort of creeping… It's a haunting, Somber, Feeling. It's a creeping, crawling, Teething, closely down...

Quickly Fading

by Danielle Geter I am quickly fading Tired of breathing Moving Thinking I am quickly fading Lost in the feeling Of Hope Depleting I am...

I forgive you self

by Lakendra Elliott I forgive you self, for all the years I neglected you With the hurtful things that I put you through I forgive you...

Said the Little Black Boy to the Little Black Girl

by Sha-Keiya Culzac We are all victims of violence and fear Struck down on our backs Because they fear you, they want you to be broken....

Untitled

by Jovan Cole It’s always a tough ride for me man… Try traverse through the sand, and I’m searching through this dust land. Life, what is...

Look Beyond

by Kristynn Bryan Look beyond my black eyes Where tears fall like Stormy days with black skies. Hear truths from my plump lips From which...

Poetry Within Modern Hip-Hop Music with Kendrick Lamar

by Branson Neuman Kendrick Lamar is one of my personal favorite artists, so I’m very excited to delve into his work and how he has...

Sans la Tour Eiffel

by Stacy Benson Thanks to the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, I had a plane ticket to Paris. After the long transatlantic...

Ignorance is Not Bliss; Take Care of Your Own

by Damaris Murillo Critical Essay Honorable Mention, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States...

Jaylaan Have A Dream

by Jaylaan Bell Colley Critical Essay Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Ahhh… “Martin had a dream. Martin had a dream!” (Lamar) …...

What Happens to a Black Girl

by Sha-Keiya Culzac Creative Nonfiction Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 As I sat in my room and pondered on the many different...

Chase Scene

by D’Asia Smith Short Fiction Honorable Mention, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Based true to life EXT. GATEWAY 2 RESIDENT HALL FRONT –...

Speak Now…

by Dillon Armstrong Short Fiction Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 How do you tell your best friend that you are in love with...