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#270181voted by our readers
By farkas BRONZE
Pellston, Michigan

I light a candle in the heart of the night, the flames dancing across my face like spirits. I think back on the time we had together as I drag the pen down the page for the first t...
farkas BRONZE, Pellston, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"


#270182 Poetry
By Caleb.McBrearety BRONZE
Jefferson City, Missouri
Caleb.McBrearety BRONZE, Jefferson City, Missouri
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Each day is a gift. So live it like you wont live it twice."

#270183 Poetry
By arthurs23 PLATINUM
London, Please Select
arthurs23 PLATINUM, London, Please Select
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#270184 Poetry
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#270185 Poetry
By priMros3 BRONZE
Clarksville, Arkansas
priMros3 BRONZE, Clarksville, Arkansas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Beauty is not caused; it is- Emily Dickinson <br /> In 3 words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: It goes on - Robert Frost

#270186 Poetry
SophiaOffing SILVER, Gret, Michigan
6 articles 8 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.&rdquo;<br /> ~Audrey Hepburn

#270187 Poetry
By rfaybeau SILVER
Springfield, Virginia
rfaybeau SILVER, Springfield, Virginia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin - more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.&quot;<br /> Bertrand Russell

#270188 Poetry
By VideolaRosa GOLD
Colonia, New Jersey
VideolaRosa GOLD, Colonia, New Jersey
15 articles 12 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Not all definitions hold their meaning."-Emma Nadella

#270189 Poetry
By Stefani Harney BRONZE
New Hartford, New York
Stefani Harney BRONZE, New Hartford, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#270190 Poetry
By ZackJacobs68 BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
ZackJacobs68 BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers&rdquo; -Merlin Olsen