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Poetry
By Anonymous

Blue eyes stare up at you Not like sapphire, but like opal A blue that holds the world inside it Hair falls in looping curls A coffee frame about a cream face But if you tell...

Poetry
By karenc GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
karenc GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
15 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
An arrow can be shot only by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just take a deep breath and keep aiming.

Poetry
By Outcast4God PLATINUM
Farmersville, Texas
Outcast4God PLATINUM, Farmersville, Texas
33 articles 2 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in place-- what mortals that you should think of us. Mere humans that you should care for us. <br /> ---Psalms 8:3-4

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By 56839-for-you SILVER
Hendersonville, North Carolina
56839-for-you SILVER, Hendersonville, North Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;how happy is the blameless vessels lot. The world forgiving by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Each prayer accepted. Each wish resigned.&quot;

Poetry
By Outcast4God PLATINUM
Farmersville, Texas
Outcast4God PLATINUM, Farmersville, Texas
33 articles 2 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in place-- what mortals that you should think of us. Mere humans that you should care for us. <br /> ---Psalms 8:3-4

Poetry
By CassieK SILVER
Yorktown, Virginia
CassieK SILVER, Yorktown, Virginia
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.&quot;

Poetry
By karenc GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
karenc GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
15 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
An arrow can be shot only by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it&rsquo;s going to launch you into something great. So just take a deep breath and keep aiming.

Carson_Beck GOLD, Austin, Texas
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Barry&#039;s real superpower isn&#039;t speed, it&#039;s hope. The kid&#039;s got an endless reservoir. Thinks it&#039;s all gonna work out!&quot; - HR (The Flash)

Poetry
By swiftlysailing SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
swiftlysailing SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By brightly PLATINUM
Bradenton, Florida
brightly PLATINUM, Bradenton, Florida
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
i am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. no one knows me or loves me completely. i have only myself. &mdash; simone de beauvoir