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#268811voted by our readers
By OpheliaGrant BRONZE
West Deptford, New Jersey

I saw a man His eyes were a honey-brown Warm, gooey Welcoming Kind His hair fell gently across his forehead Each chestnut strand resting Soft, perfect His nose and mouth...
OpheliaGrant BRONZE, West Deptford, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Understand me. <br /> I&#039;m not like an ordinary world. <br /> I have my madness, <br /> I live in another dimension <br /> and I do not have time for things<br /> that have no soul.&quot; <br /> -Charles Bukowski


#268812 Poetry
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#268813 Poetry
By addymay BRONZE
Springfield, Missouri
addymay BRONZE, Springfield, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
But he said to me,&quot; My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.&quot; Therefore i will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ&#039;s power may rest on me.&quot; 2 corinthians 12:9

#268814 Poetry
By RedheadAtHeart ELITE
Mountain Home, Idaho
RedheadAtHeart ELITE, Mountain Home, Idaho
109 articles 0 photos 164 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love with open hands. - Madeleine L&#039;Engle

#268815 Poetry
By BrassyPlatypus2 BRONZE
Fairfield, Connecticut
BrassyPlatypus2 BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Get off the bench.

tmoneysavannah BRONZE, Layton, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Doing what you like is freedom.....Liking what you do is happiness.&quot;

#268817 Poetry
Emma.Goble SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
To live is not to exist, but for every man to make himself more noble and find his own satisfaction.

#268818 Poetry
By Anonymous
#268819 Poetry
By nwj97 BRONZE
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
nwj97 BRONZE, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
3 articles 13 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dramatic irony is beautifully evil.&quot;

#268820 Poetry
By sierrak SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
sierrak SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
8 articles 4 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.&quot; -Madeline Albright