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by Capri Wise *scrolling* *scrolling* Stop! My fingertips stopping instantly “64,000 Black Women Currently Missing In the U.S.” My pupils...

Ekphrasis, a style of poetry that aims to describe a work of visual art in a way that deepens the experience of both poem and image, is a...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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