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#242661voted by our readers
By KaitlynnNicole PLATINUM
Heyworth, Illinois

I’m as sure as can be That you’re the one You shine with brilliance Like the morning sun You smile, you laugh You look at me Your eyes they shine Like the shining sea...
KaitlynnNicole PLATINUM, Heyworth, Illinois
39 articles 6 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
From me: &quot;The Point of writing isn&#039;t so others can understand what&#039;s going on in your mind. It&#039;s so you can understand what&#039;s going on inside yourself.&quot;<br /> <br /> By me: &quot;Who needs you when I have these yellow lines on this road?&quot;


#242662 Poetry
...Katelynn... PLATINUM, Sandy, Oregon
22 articles 1 photo 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;True love doesn&#039;t have a happy ending, because true love never ends.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Writing isn&#039;t that hard, you just sit at a typewriter and bleed.&quot; -Ernest Hemmingway

#242663 Poetry
By hikaru-nara-kheel DIAMOND
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
hikaru-nara-kheel DIAMOND, Perkasie, Pennsylvania
78 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;...because we all know...magic does not work through the phone.\&quot; -Tomoko Katsu (my character)

#242664 Poetry
By Anonymous
#242665 Poetry
By justagirl16 BRONZE
Warrenton, Missouri
justagirl16 BRONZE, Warrenton, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#242666 Poetry
By TeenRambler SILVER
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
TeenRambler SILVER, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something.&quot; - Plato

#242667 Poetry
By BubblezMist BRONZE
Cupertino, California
BubblezMist BRONZE, Cupertino, California
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#242668 Poetry
By ghost2guy BRONZE
South Plainfield, New Jersey
ghost2guy BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;in the end, we&#039;re all just chalk lines one the concrete. drawn, only to be washed away.&quot;

#242669 Poetry
By GBenson GOLD
Greenville, South Carolina
GBenson GOLD, Greenville, South Carolina
14 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.&quot;- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#242670 Poetry
By Ariel_Berrot DIAMOND
Lansing, Michigan
Ariel_Berrot DIAMOND, Lansing, Michigan
52 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Like men we&#039;ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to the wall--Dying but fighting back.&quot; -Claude Mckay