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#270621voted by our readers
By yourewrite SILVER
Warren, New Jersey

Freedom The darkness kisses my toes As I step out onto the cool porch steps The frosty dew of the morning Does not know this warmth And the fresh rush of noon Cannot quell th...
yourewrite SILVER, Warren, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you need is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. <br /> -Oprah Winfrey


#270622 Poetry
Addison Ortgies BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#270623 Poetry
By Maylissa PLATINUM
Stalowa Wola, Other
Maylissa PLATINUM, Stalowa Wola, Other
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#270624 Poetry
By abi_gail GOLD
Cooperstown NY, New York
abi_gail GOLD, Cooperstown NY, New York
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#270625 Poetry
By Coco-Chanele PLATINUM
Buffalo, New York
Coco-Chanele PLATINUM, Buffalo, New York
27 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything Happens For A Reason&quot;

#270626 Poetry
By SElisabeth BRONZE
Desert Hot Springs, California
SElisabeth BRONZE, Desert Hot Springs, California
4 articles 2 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in younder east! Night&#039;s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.<br /> -Shakespeare

#270627 Poetry
By AthenaBook SILVER
Arlington, Virginia
AthenaBook SILVER, Arlington, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
You should not live the way the world asks, but the way that you ask of yourself.

#270628 Poetry
By ALiahYvette BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
ALiahYvette BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I hope she&#039;ll be a fool - that&#039;s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

#270629 Poetry
By lasne GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
lasne GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
dont worry be happy

#270630 Poetry
By MorganRF PLATINUM
Bellevue, Nebraska
MorganRF PLATINUM, Bellevue, Nebraska
34 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &#039;happy&#039;. They told me I didn&#039;t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn&#039;t understand life.&quot;