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Old Friends
We said we’d meet up Just you and me, I got all dressed up You looked so happy, We walked down the street, The day was so clear, I took…
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Someone New
By Alissa Mollett, 17 i was bare without Your taunting laugh to clothe me with comfortable cowardice. i was cold without Your burning eyes to watch as i walked away.
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blind in hindsight
my mind is a book with illustrations color flies freely from page to page each turn more vivid than the last but when i reach your chapter i am overwhelmed…
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Wilting
Jealousy is my one “toxic” trait, and that’s what wilting is all about. I’m far from perfect; a chubby kid, with low self esteem. Needless to say, I see all…
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By Shot and Gun
Children beg for their fathers' lives At the feet of the privileged They are told they are "less than" Like a decree, a proclamation While mothers say "Black is beautiful"…
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POETS, BE HEARD!
Join us on April 16th @ 7 pm CST for our virtual open mic poetry night! This is a low-pressure, non-judgmental space to share your poetry and gain inspiration.
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Sea Sickness
Innocence is beautiful Like a simple dive Dipping in and out Of mistaken understanding Floating in blissful ignorance Untroubled by the big waves Beckoning the roughness of the sea Yet…
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Flat Soda
A small room, Bunked with my brothers, Laughing together, Until the sun rises on this harmonious moment, And we journey together into the new day. All gathered, A klatch around…
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Cages Fell Apart
If wind is nothing more than whispers carried here and there And halos around our faces are nothing more than lantern’s flare If I am but a hallowed home of…
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The Battle of Two Goods
By Aaron Stokes, 17 The battle of two goods. No one is right, No one is wrong. But “you must pick a side. You must pick a flag to wave,…
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I Am
By Jamea Johnson, 16. I am art. I am light and dark. I am joyful and moody...
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Dear Future Daughter
By Camyia Shobe-Thomas, 16 I was mostly raised by my dad so I was taught to be strong, Taught to never let people see you cry, So I lived by…
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This too Shall Pass
By Maya Goldberg, 16 This too shall pass, A phrase that helps in dark times and light I thought as time stopped drowning in fright A tidal wave of a…
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Summer Play
By Hana Ismaiel, 16 a fruity summer greets the neighborhood: june embraces fleeing spirits and euphoric laughter that melts forgotten yesterdays into cotton dust so blissfully…
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Fertilizer
By Rianna Griffith, 14 As more black bodies drop weekly at the hands of your hate I wonder, Do we make better fertilizer? Nourish your ground and grow your systems…
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Western Portrait
By Trish Le, 17 Grandma says: Con, bring an umbrella, look more AmericanNo boys will like you if you don’t look AmericanBe more American means be more white means disappearMy…
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Meet Chris Baxter: Finance Professional, Poet, and YBH Writing Judge
Chris is a 30-year finance and investment professional who enjoys writing as a creative distraction. We are grateful to have him serve as one of the judges for our writing…
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Human Eye
By Zarria Clark, 14 Viewed from the human eye I am unpolluted air difficult to breathe in.Concealing myself away like camouflaging a black eye,I still stand out, yet I don’t…
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大龙与天后 (The Great Dragon and the Heavenly Empress)
By Alisha Wong, 16 A dragon and an empress rest in my living room, Expressions austere and pensive As I ask what molded his talons and fangs; Forged his vermillion…
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You Tried to Kill God
By Maya Goldberg, 16 Congratulations, thank you for killing God. Bravo! The rationales have won. No more will we be subjected to the torment of illusion, you have provided us…
