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#240711voted by our readers
By stephaneschr SILVER
Vereeniging, Other

Fear and despair Darkness and despair, Loom around my heart, Taking my energy, To who knows where, When your near, It all disappears, The looming darkness, Shattered, By...
stephaneschr SILVER, Vereeniging, Other
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"readers never go to bed alone"


#240712 Poetry
By SavageByNature1 GOLD
Centerville, Iowa
SavageByNature1 GOLD, Centerville, Iowa
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#240713 Poetry
By Hale-Storm BRONZE
Columbus, Montana
Hale-Storm BRONZE, Columbus, Montana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life's a garden, dig it.

#240714 Poetry
Red
By nxture SILVER
Walnut, California
nxture SILVER, Walnut, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#240715 Poetry
By PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD
San Jose, California
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
15 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot

#240716 Poetry
Ryleigh-bish DIAMOND, Ashtabula, Ohio
81 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#240717 Poetry
By Anonymous
#240718 Poetry
By humbert SILVER
Mandurah, Other
humbert SILVER, Mandurah, Other
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#240719 Poetry
By DarkRevelations97 SILVER
Walpole, Massachusetts
DarkRevelations97 SILVER, Walpole, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I turned to speak to God about the world's despair; and to make bad matters worse, I found God wasn't there. -Robert Frost

#240720 Poetry
By ErinAjello GOLD
Staten Island, New York
ErinAjello GOLD, Staten Island, New York
19 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.&rdquo; <br /> -Alice Hoffman