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#1731voted by our readers
Tears
By AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM
Karachi, Other

Little drops Like a storm Different purpose Different reasons  Multi expression but color one   It's like thunder but can't be heard   When it's lightning and...
AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM, Karachi, Other
22 articles 0 photos 21 comments
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#1732 Poetry
Caged wolf
By Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM
Kington, Other
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM, Kington, Other
26 articles 3 photos 284 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson

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#1733 Poetry
The Irony of Childhood
By cat27 GOLD
East Peoria, Illinois
cat27 GOLD, East Peoria, Illinois
14 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"and the salt in my wounds isn't burning anymore than it used to. It's not that I don't feel the pain. It's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore. And the blood in these veins isn't pumping any less than it ever has and that's the hope I have, the only thing I know that's keeping me alive." - Paramore (Last Hope)

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#1734 Poetry
Summer
By Bagel04 GOLD
Kingsville, Texas
Bagel04 GOLD, Kingsville, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none" ~ William Shakespeare<br /> " To be, or not to be: that is the question..." ~ William Shakespeare

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#1735 Poetry
Why Did Icarus Fall?
By BrendanWrites SILVER
Browns Summit, North Carolina
BrendanWrites SILVER, Browns Summit, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is more suffering than pleasure. But the good parts are worth living for."

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#1736 Poetry
Thoughts From Beyond Myself
By FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM
Plano, Texas
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

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#1737 Poetry
Ode To Empty Wine Glass
By Jianniee BRONZE
Sacramento, California
Jianniee BRONZE, Sacramento, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#1738 Poetry
Foolish Bliss
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

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#1739 Poetry
O' October
By MoarteaCorbului1845 BRONZE
East Hartford, Connecticut
MoarteaCorbului1845 BRONZE, East Hartford, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever." - Eric Draven (The Crow)

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#1740 Poetry
Hidden
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

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