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Sammy
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

SAMMY was a quiet boy, Who did his work in school. But never played with fellow friends, For he was not as cool. SAMMY had a family. Disfunctional, at best. His father left...
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

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#229882 Poetry
Next to the Rhino
By TubaLady DIAMOND
Athens, Michigan
TubaLady DIAMOND, Athens, Michigan
89 articles 2 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, &#039;It&#039;s going to be OK. &#039; The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings&quot;

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#229883 Poetry
Ode to Soldiers
By Jbourg2228 GOLD
Covington, Louisiana
Jbourg2228 GOLD, Covington, Louisiana
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#229884 Poetry
Ode to Daylight Savings Time
By Jordan Vivero SILVER
Tampa, Florida
Jordan Vivero SILVER, Tampa, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#229885 Poetry
Words Of Wisdom
By urmomdotcom BRONZE
Ventnor, New Jersey
urmomdotcom BRONZE, Ventnor, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
its been a while but i still feel the same

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#229886 Poetry
I am From
By Anonymous
#229887 Poetry
Food for Thought
By Selemora GOLD
Middleburgh, New York
Selemora GOLD, Middleburgh, New York
17 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything has its beauty but not everyone see it

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#229888 Poetry
Friends or Enemies
By LucyAnne BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LucyAnne BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 articles 12 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you set you mind on something, anything can happen.&quot;

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#229889 Poetry
The Choice I Have
By LunaLives GOLD
South Bend, Indiana
LunaLives GOLD, South Bend, Indiana
17 articles 0 photos 237 comments

Favorite Quote:
Because I can!-Me &quot;Life is a choice and death is a decision&quot;-Lil Wayne

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#229890 Poetry
Scriptor
By MirrorImage1403 SILVER
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
MirrorImage1403 SILVER, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

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