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#2021voted by our readers
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia

Yellow butterflies Pressed against the window pane. Autumn’s lavish gold.   Gold auburn leaves, Chasing the cinnamon’s taste. Harvest lights the moon.  ...
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka


#2022 Poetry
By saorsa BRONZE
Sutherland, Virginia
saorsa BRONZE, Sutherland, Virginia
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of eve, fruit of the womb, i would eat my way into perdition to taste you <br /> - jeanette winterson, written on the body

#2023 Poetry
By cecegiji BRONZE
Congers, New York
cecegiji BRONZE, Congers, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2024 Poetry
By Annaya BRONZE
Lahore, Other
Annaya BRONZE, Lahore, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2025 Poetry
By Anonymous
#2026 Poetry
By -JZ BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
-JZ BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2027 Poetry
TobiasEliot DIAMOND, San Diego, California
53 articles 0 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." -Pablo Neruda

#2028 Poetry
By TobiasEliot DIAMOND
San Diego, California
TobiasEliot DIAMOND, San Diego, California
53 articles 0 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." -Pablo Neruda

#2030 Poetry
By Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM
Madison, South Dakota
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
32 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller