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#1681voted by our readers
My Rainbow
By blazer24 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin

My mother’s laugh resonates in yellow. My father’s caring heart contorts into pink and the orange as I dribble. Athletics sing through the jerseys of red, white and b...
blazer24 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#1682 Poetry
Tryst with Twilight
By Adrika_15 GOLD
Midnapur West, Other
Adrika_15 GOLD, Midnapur West, Other
11 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Butterflies are strange creatures.<br /> They make you see how wonderful spring is with colorful flowers, but never let you see the thorns that can hurt their wings.

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#1683 Poetry
If You Think
By SkeletalWing PLATINUM
Olathe, Kansas
SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud" - Maya Angelou

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#1684 Poetry
Tears
By AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM
Karachi, Other
AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM, Karachi, Other
22 articles 0 photos 21 comments
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#1685 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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#1686 Poetry
Solar Lies
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#1687 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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#1688 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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#1689 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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#1690 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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