This is what I imagine my life to be like in 5 years. The future makes me nervous because anything can happen but I remain optimistic always.
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Lola Hart
(she/her) Mentee
Lola Hart is a Psychology major with a Writing minor at SUNY Buffalo. She has been published in two Girls Write Now anthologies. An excerpt from her piece "The Inheritance” can be found in Ctrl+B: The Girls Write Now 2019 Anthology. The second, "5 Years From Now," appears in Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology. She performed her iconic poem "The Bad Old Days" at the 2019 Agents of Change Awards and at a Girls Write Now Chapters Reading in June 2019. Lola Hart is Nigerian and resides in Queens, NY.
Favorite Genres/Mediums
Favorite Authors & Artists
Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, and Mariah the Scientist
Artist‘s Statement
I wrote these pieces based on what was going on in my life at the moment. I hope readers can connect to my pieces and realize that they are not alone.
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News Flash: You Are The Love of Your Life
At the start of making this piece, I had just finally found myself again.