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Poetry
#352841voted by our readers
By hanksey10 SILVER
Nunica, Michigan

My words are cautious not flawed I hesitate for the judging world around me Maybe my words won’t be good enough So I edit them, before I say them Lest my words dissolve me...
hanksey10 SILVER, Nunica, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I may walk slowly, but never backward.<br /> protect this house I will


#352842 Poetry
By sierraR. BRONZE
Billings, Montana
sierraR. BRONZE, Billings, Montana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#352843 Poetry
By MeeSoh SILVER
APO AP, Other
MeeSoh SILVER, APO AP, Other
5 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;everything extraneous has burned away<br /> this is how burning feels in the fall<br /> of the final year not like leaves in a blue<br /> October but as if the skin were a paper lantern<br /> full of trapped moths beating their fired wings...&quot; -Paul Monette

#352844 Poetry
By Havetoplzno BRONZE
Moline, Illinois
Havetoplzno BRONZE, Moline, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#352845 Poetry
By Dillpickle19 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Dillpickle19 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#352846 Poetry
By Anonymous
#352847 Poetry
LovexSkterEpic SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
They say that I can&#039;t last a day in the real world, I say you wouldn&#039;t survive one night in mine.

#352848 Poetry
ClaireM. ELITE, Albany, New York
109 articles 14 photos 33 comments
#352849 Poetry
By Anonymous
#352850 Poetry
By MattMattHatter PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
MattMattHatter PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. &quot;<br /> Thomas Gray