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#24721voted by our readers
By rosefaery SILVER
New Milford, Connecticut

I hope you remember to eat today. I hope that waking causes you no pain. I hope you throw the bathroom scale away, And stop measuring life in loss and gain. I hope that you say...
rosefaery SILVER, New Milford, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have measured out my life in coffee-spoons (Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T. S. Eliot)


Marisa Naccari BRONZE, Kenner, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#24723 Poetry
By Karly12 BRONZE
Maxwelton, West Virginia
Karly12 BRONZE, Maxwelton, West Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#24724 Poetry
By BabyJudy16 BRONZE
Collingswood, New Jersey
BabyJudy16 BRONZE, Collingswood, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself; because an original is worth more than a copy.

#24725 Poetry
By getdude56 ELITE
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
getdude56 ELITE, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
473 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
Scenery is nothing more than poetry.<br /> Love is nothing more than chemicals.<br /> &#039;Cause fairy tales are just scribbled pages filled with happy endings and little white lies.<br /> One person can make a difference, but a crowd can make a change.

#24726 Poetry
By BrendanW BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
BrendanW BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#24727 Poetry
By odessasimone GOLD
Mill Valley, California
odessasimone GOLD, Mill Valley, California
15 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If there&#039;s a book that you want to read, but it hasn&#039;t been written yet, then you must write it.&rdquo; <br /> ― Toni Morrison

#24728 Poetry
By INnaturegirl GOLD
New Albany, Indiana
INnaturegirl GOLD, New Albany, Indiana
16 articles 7 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To me frealess doesnt mean living without fears, its not bing completly unfaraid. To me fearless is living inspite of the things that scare you the most.&quot; ~Taylor Swift

#24729 Poetry
By Demetria Jennings BRONZE
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Demetria Jennings BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#24730 Poetry
By Rozaa SILVER
San Marcos, California
Rozaa SILVER, San Marcos, California
5 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
I love it when my fingers are entwined in yours, and the tingly sensation i got when you touched me. It made me feel so safe so loved; so totally bouned to you. forver. And i still am even though you left me.