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#269511voted by our readers
By oarsis SILVER
Atascadero, California

My friends and I started the first day of kindergarten with sweaty palms and runs in our tights and Dillon got bashful when he saw me get on the bus and hid his head in the seat...
oarsis SILVER, Atascadero, California
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.&rdquo;<br /> -James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


#269512 Poetry
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

#269513 Poetry
By Anonymous
#269514 Poetry
By pirategirl13 BRONZE
Victoria, Minnesota
pirategirl13 BRONZE, Victoria, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#269515 Poetry
Rules MAG
By custosimago DIAMOND
Kensington, Maryland
custosimago DIAMOND, Kensington, Maryland
72 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Hell is going through Life without knowing Love

#269516 Poetry
AshleyEWong PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York
30 articles 0 photos 29 comments
#269517 Poetry
By Anonymous
#269518 Poetry
By DuckLover GOLD
Winchester, Kentucky
DuckLover GOLD, Winchester, Kentucky
11 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be happy, not because everything you see is good, but because you can see the good in everything.

#269519 Poetry
By centrum_lunae GOLD
Bombay, New York
centrum_lunae GOLD, Bombay, New York
16 articles 3 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life itself is a lie,<br /> the sun will set,<br /> the moon will rise,<br /> even stars must die"<br /> <br /> <br /> - Blake Normandin

#269520 Poetry
War
By Anonymous