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Birthday Lady

Lightswitch · Poetry » General, General · 1h ago

Happy Birthday to any girl turning 18 soon.

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Pity the Book

Lightswitch · Reviews » Poetry » Nature, Culture · 1h ago

this is a crazy good poem!!! Its so perfect I wouldn't change anything. I love the turning point at 'little shining screen you love' its almost like the flow of ...

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Bilingual/multilingual club

Lightswitch · Forums » Lounge, The · 1h ago

mine: fluent in cantonese, english, mandarin want to learn: korean, ltalian or japanese

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ehe cool story kinda horror idk

Lightswitch · Reviews » Short Story » Horror, General · 1h ago

I love this short eerie mini story. I can't stand gruesome imageries so this is the right kind of eeriness for me :) the line 'and in empty rooms' creeped ...

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I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.
— Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X