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#23121voted by our readers
By poeticjunkie SILVER
A Boring City, Florida

A heart is more than a beat per second. When it beats, it tells you something. You're a human being who breathes air, and exhales it out. Your breath can't be taken...
poeticjunkie SILVER, A Boring City, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"For attractive lips speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry." -Unknown


#23122 Poetry
By mandaleigh96 SILVER
Keansburg, New Jersey
mandaleigh96 SILVER, Keansburg, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#23123 Poetry
TravelingPoet13 BRONZE, Midway, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love sickness.<br /> ~Robert Frost

#23124 Poetry
By GabrielleK. SILVER
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
GabrielleK. SILVER, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
8 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.&quot;<br /> -Seneca the Younger

#23125 Poetry
By kelechi BRONZE
Lagos, Other
kelechi BRONZE, Lagos, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
your talent is Gods gift to you what you use it for is your gift to God.

#23126 Poetry
By tennisislovee34 GOLD
Sterling Heights, Michigan
tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
15 articles 3 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every moment of your life, you&#039;re writing. Even in your dreams, you&#039;re writing. When you walk the halls in this school you meet various people and you write furiously in your head.&quot; -Frank McCourt

#23127 Poetry
By LivzLuvsYa BRONZE
Tenafly, New Jersey
LivzLuvsYa BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#23128 Poetry
By twpercy BRONZE
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
twpercy BRONZE, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don&rsquo;t want, drink what you don&rsquo;t like, and do what you&rsquo;d rather not&rdquo;

#23129 Poetry
By DanteTveitan SILVER
Hilliard, Ohio
DanteTveitan SILVER, Hilliard, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A misanthrope I can understand- a womanthrope never.&quot; -Oscar Wilde

#23130 Poetry
By mikamika94 GOLD
Marshall, Virginia
mikamika94 GOLD, Marshall, Virginia
11 articles 4 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But now I&#039;m told that this is life and pain is just a simple compromise to get what we want out of it.&quot; ~ Paramore ,&quot;Misguided Ghosts