to and Fro
Afro, cornrowed
plaited to please
swinging in
the playground
breeze
monkeybars
blacktop
hopscotch
jumping from
one insecurity
to the next:
“difficult
textured
kinky coils”
you wonder why
God made you
nappy?
I ask in turn,
if gravity can’t bring
your hair down,
why should you?
Robyn Chiara Fohouo (she/her/hers) is a student at Columbia University and began writing poetry in the turbulent summer of 2020, taking great comfort in attending virtual poetry workshops hosted and attended by incredibly welcoming writers. She writes to understand and make something of herself. If not for poetry, she knows not where her emotions would lie. Robyn has been published in Brown Sugar Literary Magazine.
Photo: Nappy Stock
Robyn Chiara Fohouo (she/her/hers) is a student at Columbia University and began writing poetry in the turbulent summer of 2020, taking great comfort in attending virtual poetry workshops hosted and attended by incredibly welcoming writers. She writes to understand and make something of herself. If not for poetry, she knows not where her emotions would lie. Robyn has been published in Brown Sugar Literary Magazine.
KB is a Black/queer/transmasculine poet, essayist, cultural worker, and Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition. They write to tether themselves to the history of folks like them and to validate the experiences/personhood of Black, queer, and trans people. KB has pieces published with Huffington Post, American Poetry Review, Teen Vogue, and other places. They are the author of How To Identify Yourself with a Wound (Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022) and Freedom House (Deep Vellum Publishing, 2023). Follow them online at @earthtokb.
Mia Brabham is a writer and conversation lover. Her debut book, Note to Self, is a short collection of personal musings that is in the hands of readers all over the world. Mia is also the co-host of Two In The Morning.
Robyn Chiara Fohouo is a student at Columbia University and has been published in Brown Sugar Literary Magazine. She first began writing poetry in the turbulent summer of 2020, taking great comfort in attending virtual poetry workshops hosted and attended by incredibly welcoming writers.
KB is a Black/queer/transmasculine poet, essayist, cultural worker, and Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition. KB has pieces published with Huffington Post, American Poetry Review, Teen Vogue, and is the author of How To Identify Yourself with a Wound (Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022) and Freedom House (Deep Vellum Publishing, 2023).
Nick Courmon is an international poet, spoken word artist, workshop facilitator, and motivational speaker from Greensboro, NC. Nick has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, NBC's Today, VICE News, and Narratively; and has collaborated with Beats by Dre, USA Today, the Museum of Contemporary Art: North Miami, Missourians Against the Death Penalty, Democracy NC, NC Black Alliance, the Wounded Warrior Project, Palta.
