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#212191voted by our readers
By troublemaker BRONZE
Middlefield, Connecticut

The music starts And the crowd grows silent Anticipation escalates And hangs tangible in the air I strut on stage, pause And strike a pose As the spotlight glares She sh...
troublemaker BRONZE, Middlefield, Connecticut
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

#212192 Poetry
By Krisscross BRONZE
North Andover, Massachusetts
Krisscross BRONZE, North Andover, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live, Laugh, Learn, and Love and Happiness will embrace you" -Unknown

#212193 Poetry
By Opticalillusion DIAMOND
Edenton, North Carolina
Opticalillusion DIAMOND, Edenton, North Carolina
64 articles 13 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am an artist bound only for the poet's glory....But only achieve half of the success that my dreams aspire to find, And to what do the whispers tell me of this failure...To what end to they haunt my nightmares...my eternal dark dreams...

#212194 Poetry
MysticMusic ELITE, Waterloo, Other
116 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.&rdquo; -Mae West<br /> &quot;It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.&quot; - Leonardo Da Vinci

#212195 Poetry
#212196 Poetry
_musicandwriting_4 DIAMOND, Simms, Texas
57 articles 2 photos 15 comments
#212197 Poetry
By Anonymous
#212198 Poetry
By WildPurpleDaisy BRONZE
Springfield, Illinois
WildPurpleDaisy BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have not failed. I&#039;ve just found 10,000 ways that don&#039;t work.&quot; -Thomas Edison.

#212199 Poetry
By mcoughs2468 PLATINUM
Natick, Massachusetts
mcoughs2468 PLATINUM, Natick, Massachusetts
34 articles 21 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The whole wide world has gone crazy, so baby why don&#039;t we just dance?

#212200 Poetry
By Hmgrubbs BRONZE
Blah, Virginia
Hmgrubbs BRONZE, Blah, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I hope this terrifies you, a moral suicide that burns inside you. never will let you out until you realize; keep deep, or buried alive in lies&quot;