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#101voted by our readers
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia

Yellow butterflies Pressed against the window pane. Autumn’s lavish gold.   Gold auburn leaves, Chasing the cinnamon’s taste. Harvest lights the moon.  ...
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
319 articles 27 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka


#102 Poetry
By -JZ BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
-JZ BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#103 Poetry
By Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM
Madison, South Dakota
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
32 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller

#104 Poetry
By EmperorCaki GOLD
Cockatoo, Other
EmperorCaki GOLD, Cockatoo, Other
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Right now, I just don't see the reason for trying, or talking, or breathing. I'm just done.

#105 Poetry
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

#106 Poetry
By DeafeningSilence GOLD
Surrey, British Columbia, Other
DeafeningSilence GOLD, Surrey, British Columbia, Other
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“People are unequal, not because Hammurabi said so, but because Enlil and Marduk decreed it. People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way.” - Yuval Noah Harari<br /> <br /> “Since it is possible that you may depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” -Marcus Aurelius<br /> <br /> “I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand.” - Coldplay, Viva la Vida

#107 Poetry
By aspengeist SILVER
Wyndmere, North Dakota
aspengeist SILVER, Wyndmere, North Dakota
5 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"As constant as the stars above always know that you are loved."

#108 Poetry
By packfan245 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
packfan245 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#109 Poetry
By RH PLATINUM
Sammamish, Washington
RH PLATINUM, Sammamish, Washington
27 articles 11 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
in incepto finis est

#110 Poetry
By Tjlikescats SILVER
Conway, South Carolina
Tjlikescats SILVER, Conway, South Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's a lie"-Kokichi ouma