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#219261voted by our readers
By Madison Fisher PLATINUM
New City, New York

I used to love to watch my mother wrap presents It was magical Seeing her hands Quick and nimble with the scissors Never needing to stop Never making the slow, clumsy cuts lik...
Madison Fisher PLATINUM, New City, New York
28 articles 2 photos 2 comments

#219262 Poetry
By Reader101 PLATINUM
Amarillo, Texas
Reader101 PLATINUM, Amarillo, Texas
42 articles 4 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We&#039;re all pretty bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it.&quot; -Andrew Clark(The Breakfast Club)<br /> <br /> &quot;Lack of format? Not possible in my opinion. Writing is an art, therefore you do you what you want.&quot; -b_gomez114

#219263 Poetry
By GingerMonk PLATINUM
Lowell, Michigan
GingerMonk PLATINUM, Lowell, Michigan
20 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity...&quot;<br /> -Edgar Allen Poe

#219264 Poetry
By princetongirl81 BRONZE
Forked River, New Jersey
princetongirl81 BRONZE, Forked River, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;They&#039;ve taught me to see and appreciate the lights in the world, even when those lights are people.&quot;&#039;

#219265 Poetry
By Anonymous
#219266 Poetry
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#219267 Poetry
ElizabethW. DIAMOND, Oconto, Wisconsin
72 articles 2 photos 28 comments
#219268 Poetry
By Tawny GOLD
Wichita, Kansas
Tawny GOLD, Wichita, Kansas
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others&quot; ~Helen Keller<br /> &quot;Look to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow&quot; ~Helen Keller

atemperamentalsun PLATINUM, Nyack, New York
32 articles 3 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Any Bob Dylan quote, really.<br /> Also....&quot;Don&#039;t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you&#039;ll start missing everybody.&quot;-J.D. Salinger (The Catcher In The Rye)

#219270 Poetry
By ciandra PLATINUM
Milpitas, California
ciandra PLATINUM, Milpitas, California
21 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.