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Poetry
#5861voted by our readers
By bourgeoisiehater GOLD
Weaverville, North Carolina

youare a porcelain chairdelicately craftedby artisans,affixed in the centerof an otherwise-empty ballroom you have never felt more calm than you do right now coated in a shell of...
bourgeoisiehater GOLD, Weaverville, North Carolina
13 articles 3 photos 19 comments

#5862 Poetry
By emojock SILVER
Arleta, California
emojock SILVER, Arleta, California
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you have the will to be, then be the will to have"

#5863 Poetry
By MissKnZy PLATINUM
Gibsonburg, Ohio
MissKnZy PLATINUM, Gibsonburg, Ohio
21 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Fear is a choice, danger is real, but fear is a choice.

#5864 Poetry
AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM, Karachi, Other
22 articles 0 photos 21 comments
#5865 Poetry
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

#5866 Poetry
By MargeNewman SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
MargeNewman SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5867 Poetry
By taradiddle BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
taradiddle BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -Dr Seuss

#5868 Poetry
By indiecaligurl PLATINUM
Long Beach, California
indiecaligurl PLATINUM, Long Beach, California
38 articles 0 photos 25 comments
#5869 Poetry
By antha GOLD
Hackensack, New Jersey
antha GOLD, Hackensack, New Jersey
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5870 Poetry
LemonShake32 SILVER, Bloomington, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt