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#17941voted by our readers
By Anonymous

i wear a mask stitched with the knotted fiber of olive-colored pods brimming with umber seeds. it weighs down my battered shoulders and sparks shame into bruising skin but the n...

#17942 Poetry
Red
By Anonymous
#17943 Poetry
By HollyGoble#20 SILVER
Blountsville, Alabama
HollyGoble#20 SILVER, Blountsville, Alabama
9 articles 1 photo 4 comments
#17944 Poetry
By bubb73 BRONZE
Hamilton, Ohio
bubb73 BRONZE, Hamilton, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#17945 Poetry
By Gsmile1516 GOLD
West Tisbury, Massachusetts
Gsmile1516 GOLD, West Tisbury, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you never did, you should. Because it is fun and fun is good.<br /> - Dr. Seuss

#17946 Poetry
By fun_amy_lynn PLATINUM
Winnipeg, Other
fun_amy_lynn PLATINUM, Winnipeg, Other
25 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are a brilliant man.&quot;<br /> &quot;No, a brilliant man would know how to not start a war.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Pearl Harbor (movie)

AkahanaRose BRONZE, Nyssa, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
There&#039;s nothing to fear but fear itself

#17948 Poetry
By darinaC SILVER
Ridgeland, South Carolina
darinaC SILVER, Ridgeland, South Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#17949 Poetry
By jazzyn SILVER
Alpharetta, Georgia
jazzyn SILVER, Alpharetta, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
You&#039;ve gotta dance like there&#039;s nobody watching,<br /> Love like you&#039;ll never be hurt,<br /> Sing like there&#039;s nobody listening,<br /> And live like it&#039;s heaven on earth.&rdquo; <br /> <br /> ― William W. Purkey