Your voice is arguably the most powerful tool you possess. Sometimes sharing your inner thoughts and ideas carries a sense of vulnerability, but that same vulnerability can channel something beautiful, something that the world has been waiting for. Writer’s Nest aims to provide a safe and open space for you to share your voice through any form of writing. This page was created as a platform for young writers to lean into that vulnerability to create something extraordinary. Writer’s Nest is a place for growth, for love, and for support. All are truly welcome here.

summer issue 2021:

part 1:

| “a summary of my night” by titia |

this poem is inspired by abandonment, pain and selfishness all felt due to a toxic relationship. 

| “untiled #109” by titia |

this poem is meant explore the vulnerability and courage it takes to love and be loved without fear. 

| “avoir peur (to fear)” by titia |

this poem is meant to inspire calmness and assurance for anyone who is too anxious of what the future may hold. 

| “the figure of st. joseph’s” by titia |

this poem explores sensuality and detail while capturing a moment of a conversation between two strangers who’ve become intimate.

| “her: a series” by nala marie bishop |

these three selections of poem are about a lesbian love story.

part 2:

| “just here growing” by maya feuilladieu |

this poem explores the confusing mix of highs and lows that come with depression and how difficult it is to navigate these feelings.

| “the race to success” by mysghana bussie |

this poem is about the social construct of race and the yearning for empathy, consideration, and understanding amongst one another.

|”in between the hashtags” by sierra thoulouis |

this poem explores the truth, frustration, and grief behind performative activism, as Justice for _____ hashtags come and go, serving as a call for collective action to create institutional change.

| “trini gyal” by sierra thoulouis |

this poem is a sonnet for Trinidad and Tobago.

| “i’m the jealous type” by sierra thoulouis |

this is a poem attempting to express the feeling of loving someone so deeply, you can crave a closeness that can only be achieved by transcending the reality that you will always be two separate people.

| special addition: art pieces by sierra |

winter issue 2021 :

| “labyrinth” by dori-taylor carter |

this is a poem that seeks to express the feeling of being out of control and the reckless, beautiful sensation of falling in love.

| “self portrait with bare feet” by dori-taylor carter |

this is a record of how it feels to be a student at home during a pandemic where connections with others are limited and the concept of “home” becomes central to self understanding and expression.

| “tell me if you’re hungry” by dori-taylor carter |

this is a poem that seeks to express the feeling of being out of control and the reckless, beautiful sensation of falling in love.

| “3 lessons i’ve learned working in a nursing home” by jordan deveaux |

this essay is a list of reflections on the sanctity of later life from a health care employee revealed through the simplest of things.

summer issue 2020:

| “incoming call” by shira nash |

this essay serves as a call-to-action inviting each reader to answer any calls that might be leading them to join the never-ending fight for justice. will you answer?

| “spam” by dori-taylor carter |

this poem tells a story of childhood innocence and the process of slowly learning about the world.

| “welcome mat” by dori-taylor carter |

this poem is a reflection on the people you let into your life and the varying relationships that you have with each of them.

| “at the site of rupture” by dairian bowles |

this poem focuses on the rupture in Black life, the Middle Passage, and how conceptions of Blackness today seek to redress, reinforce, or come to terms with that rupture.

| “extra human” by dairian bowles |

this is a poem about Black exclusion from the Humanity, as if alien to the species.

| “toward the end of the world” by dairian bowles |

this piece is a meditation on antiblackness and what Afropessmism posits as it’s solution, the end of the world. 

| “a rose” by maya feuilladieu |

this poem uses the metaphor of a rose to talk about human growth and how our voices are our strongest tool.

| “untitled” by feben lemma |

this untitled poem is about the constant battle for racial equality, even in the presence of those who choose to turn a blind eye.

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