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By Michellebrain GOLD
Brooklyn, New York

I watch him from the side, my head bowed low. he sits with his back straight, his hands folded, his legs crossed. he is still. His eyes are wide and his lips slightly pa...
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
-Marilyn Monroe


#448332 Poetry
LillianRoseberry PLATINUM, Manly, Iowa
33 articles 3 photos 0 comments
Abby Line BRONZE,
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#448334 Poetry
By stevenstinson4 GOLD
Sebring, Ohio
stevenstinson4 GOLD, Sebring, Ohio
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
love kills, inside and out.

#448335 Poetry
By Anonymous
#448336 Poetry
By ellen95 BRONZE
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
ellen95 BRONZE, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#448337 Poetry
By FlyLikeAnEagle94 PLATINUM
Kingston, Pennsylvania
FlyLikeAnEagle94 PLATINUM, Kingston, Pennsylvania
24 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write about me because I know about me," by John Lennon.

#448338 Poetry
By ejp04 SILVER
Mesa, Arizona
ejp04 SILVER, Mesa, Arizona
6 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
We read and write poetry because we are members
of the human race. And the human race is filled with
passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering,
these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we
stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!...
of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains
of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good
amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that
life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and
you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on*
and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

-Dead Poets Society
1989

#448339 Poetry
By EarthToAlli BRONZE
Madison, South Dakota
EarthToAlli BRONZE, Madison, South Dakota
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
AvengeMyBrokenSong GOLD, WHOOP, New York
18 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It takes more strength to cry at mid-defeat."
-Susan Boyle
"The closer you get to the light, the bigger your shadow becomes."
-Kingdom Hearts