Her Campus at CAU
From The Page To The Mic: How Black Poetry Shaped Hip Hop
Hip Hop is more than just music it’s a form of storytelling deeply rooted in Black poetry and culture.
Her Campus at UCF
8 Extraordinary Black Poets You Can Celebrate For Black History Month
In honor of February being Black History Month, here are eight amazingly talented contemporary and classical Black poets and where you can read their work.
Her Campus at Brighton
I failed NaNoWriMo… kinda?
What. A. Month. That’s pretty much all I can start with. I came into November running and now at the end I’m limping out with my leg cut off....
Her Campus at Warwick
How to Read Poetry: A Guide for Absolute Beginners
This article will tell you everything you need to know (in my opinion) about reading poetry. The information is aimed at beginners and also at taking the step from...
Her Campus at Savannah
Variations In Black
Small brown house, large green door: Summer, housed rollie pollies during their leisure hours. Rolling hills of green grass, we loved to play with sticks of varying lengths. Smell...
Her Campus at Savannah
Love
Love is a word that is generally hated in this generation. You usually hear people say “ F ..Love”, as if love is an actual person that they may...
Her Campus at UC Berkeley
DETAILS OF YOU
I was never good at writing love songs. Always caught in blacks and blues But ordinary day, unextraordinary place And I stumbled into you; Suddenly Melodies bloomed Evergreen and...
Her Campus at UC Berkeley
YOUR MOTHER’S SEA
Her mist eyes hung low at the kitchen sink, Left facing down at the home’s disarray. Deserted in her vast ocean to think, Until the apron hung on tight...
Her Campus at Savannah
A yellow bird (A tribute to my grandmother)
If the flowers could talk they’d say your aroma smells like sunflower seeds in the ground with the petals of 10000 roses on top. If the ground could speak...
Her Campus at Toronto MU
Spoken Word: The Underappreciated Art
It's time we uncover the complex and unique art of spoken word.