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November 13, 2008
By Dakota Davis SILVER, Westwood, Kansas
Dakota Davis SILVER, Westwood, Kansas
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Seventh hour
he dances
around my
question, writing trueLOVE
on my legs with a
stolen
purple
Sharpie

He’s smiling
only smiling
so maybe I’ll smile back

and maybe get up
and leave



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on Oct. 20 2011 at 11:13 am
deleteddeletedFoff, Columbus, Ohio
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short and sweet and the image brought a small smile to my face. bravo

on Aug. 16 2011 at 4:34 pm
PhoenixCrossing GOLD, Tinley Park, Illinois
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I really enjoy this, and it especially appeals to my eye because it's short. Comment my work? Thanks :)

on Jun. 12 2011 at 9:02 am
1jayfrank SILVER, Mattawan, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Music is nothing but wrong notes played at the right time.

that reminds me so much of myself :) i love your writing style its very intriguing.

on May. 19 2011 at 7:23 pm
TolkienLewisWhitman BRONZE, Millersburg, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"All of my posessions for a moment of time." ~ Queen Elizabeth I

This is a piece worth it's recognition. In a short moment, you manage to put the point across clearly. Many poets can claim fame for that ability, you know.

gleek1234 GOLD said...
on Jan. 29 2011 at 5:01 pm
gleek1234 GOLD, Burlington, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
You did let me go you left me broken and heartless, crying out for help, with no one to answer my calls-Shilpa Pierpont-Hale ( poem) Love hurts

its was probley something like do you love me 

on Jan. 23 2011 at 9:04 pm
BitterSweet1993 SILVER, Bronx, New York
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Favorite Quote:
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ~W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer's Notebook, 1949

Beautiful. Short. Sweet. Powerful. Leaves much to the imagining mind. And makes me want more. Your writing style is appealing to me. :)

on Jan. 7 2011 at 8:50 pm
Mortie PLATINUM, Oak Run, California
31 articles 0 photos 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
Whats The Point?

i loved it! it was short, and to the point.... Really good!!!!!

on Nov. 11 2010 at 9:30 am
bluegirl440 DIAMOND, Park City, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Everybody lies. -House

I wonder what the question was....

AnonyMiss GOLD said...
on Nov. 2 2010 at 8:17 pm
AnonyMiss GOLD, Houston, Texas
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oh snap thats good. loving the rythm

ellie315 GOLD said...
on Aug. 28 2010 at 10:56 pm
ellie315 GOLD, South Pasadena, California
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Favorite Quote:
"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." -- William Shakespeare

its just a random detail that adds personality to it. :) i liked it:)

on Aug. 28 2010 at 10:10 pm
Marlyre PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
21 articles 0 photos 208 comments

Favorite Quote:
"when you cry, do you waste your tears?" Madonna

this is really different, definitely a tease and flirt sort of thing... cool. read some of mine?

on Jul. 15 2010 at 1:44 pm
bbygurl21 PLATINUM, Boston, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
sticks n stones my brick my bones but words cant

i love this poem 5 stars i would give u 6 but i can't

on Jun. 23 2010 at 6:03 am
fob-fan5 SILVER, Brockon, Ma, Massachusetts
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very nice, one question, what's the deal with the sharpie?

on Jun. 1 2010 at 7:06 pm
olympian-queen, Charleston, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Yesterday is history. Tommorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift that's why they call it the present.

i don't think that you are too young because i didn't get it either.. i didn't see how it tied in so....yea!

on Jun. 1 2010 at 4:20 pm
TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM, Lugoff, South Carolina
41 articles 0 photos 122 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you can never let yourself fall you'll never know what it's like to love

i like it. but yeah the whole sharpie thing??

on May. 10 2010 at 4:26 pm
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
\"either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin

\"If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\"

\"If music be the food of love, play on.\"

wow i thought that was great but would you mind explaining the sharpie part to me-I'd really like to know!!!

on Mar. 5 2010 at 2:51 pm
Ellie.M. PLATINUM, Santa Paula, California
47 articles 1 photo 133 comments
hey can you check out some of my new poems i just put on.?

Earth is falling

the truth

result

holocaust

[cheers]

i was thinking...

impossible to answer

does anyone really know?

we will pay

speak up

snippits

Kay4theRoses said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 9:16 am
Kay4theRoses, O&#39brien, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"all's fair in love and war." And "Beware of a fat man whose belly doesn't jiggle when he laughs."-A Chinese philosopher. =)

it was cool how you wrote about a crush(lack of a better word) without being gushy and you got across how you felt about it without actually writing out the emotion.

(to everyone)-

check out my stuff and comment.

would appreciate the constructive critisim.

on Feb. 28 2010 at 7:46 am
I loved the last line! It proved that you are a good writer!

on Feb. 11 2010 at 3:38 pm
sedaracapri BRONZE, Columbus, New Jersey
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I'm sorry, maybe I'm too young to understand the meaning of this poem. Anyone willing to explain it to me?