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#468071voted by our readers
By DontSmelltheRoses GOLD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The universe is suede and black pepper – a subtle aroma like coffee in a cafe. It’s accompanied by clean laundry air-drying a few miles away. But when preocc...
DontSmelltheRoses GOLD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Stay drunk on writing so reality doesn't destroy you."--Ray Bradbury


#468072 Poetry
By ihidalgo BRONZE
Metairie, Louisiana
ihidalgo BRONZE, Metairie, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#468073 Poetry
By littlemsawkward ELITE
Holbrook, Massachusetts
littlemsawkward ELITE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
119 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be great is to be misunderstood." ((Ralph Waldo Emerson))

#468074 Poetry
By Ocean97 SILVER
Suffield, Connecticut
Ocean97 SILVER, Suffield, Connecticut
8 articles 3 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you live to be 100 years old, then I hope I live to be that, minus 1 day, so that I never have to live a day without you."

#468075 Poetry
randomname BRONZE, San Marcos, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#468076 Poetry
By SkyeOfLights GOLD
Spartanburg, South Carolina
SkyeOfLights GOLD, Spartanburg, South Carolina
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.”

#468077 Poetry
By Lindsay Rossum GOLD
Annandale, Virginia
Lindsay Rossum GOLD, Annandale, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#468078 Poetry
By kubabowman BRONZE
Manistee, Michigan
kubabowman BRONZE, Manistee, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't talk, just act. Don't say, just show. Don't promise, just prove.

#468079 Poetry
Leslieprezm BRONZE, Oakland, California
3 articles 3 photos 0 comments
#468080 Poetry
By Need-you-now BRONZE
Lockhart, South Carolina
Need-you-now BRONZE, Lockhart, South Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"So the lion fell in love with the lamb."-Stephine Meyer.