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#248731voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I saw a blackbird on a budding sycamore, One Easter Day, when sap was stirring twigs to the core,  I saw his tongue and crocus-colored bill, Parting a closing as he turned...

#248732 Poetry
By Patience97 PLATINUM
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Patience97 PLATINUM, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
27 articles 8 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
"People believe that if we really want to eliminate something, focus on that. How much sense does it make for us to give the particular problem all of the energy, as opposed to focusing on trust, love, living in abundance, education, or peace? -Un.

#248733 Poetry
By MangoQT GOLD
Leawood, Kansas
MangoQT GOLD, Leawood, Kansas
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
No one is worth your tears, and the one who is wont make you cry.

#248734 Poetry
By Kalli19 PLATINUM
Paducah, Kentucky
Kalli19 PLATINUM, Paducah, Kentucky
22 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away&quot;<br /> &quot;They will forget what you did, they will forget what you said, but they will never forget the way you made them feel.&quot;

#248735 Poetry
romanticpoet GOLD, Dhaka, Other
16 articles 2 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
love is like a rose, it has many colors &amp; sights of beauty in spite of having thorns

#248736 Poetry
By Cat12 BRONZE
Jackson, Tennessee
Cat12 BRONZE, Jackson, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#248737 Poetry
By Jules Bouhadana BRONZE
San Antonio, Texas
Jules Bouhadana BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#248738 Poetry
By donttrustheather BRONZE
Cedar City, Utah
donttrustheather BRONZE, Cedar City, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
be the change you wish to see in the world -ghandi

laureen_steis GOLD, Ridgway, Pennsylvania
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#248740 Poetry
By Julianna_H GOLD
Saginaw, Michigan
Julianna_H GOLD, Saginaw, Michigan
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You were born an original, don&#039;t die a copy.&quot;