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#272091voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Remember darling how you used to hold my head? When I did not care to cautiously tread On the tear-smudged shipwreck How the sea would swoop against the deck Was how you caught...

#272092 Poetry
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

#272093 Poetry
By currer-belle GOLD
Cincinnati, Ohio
currer-belle GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
16 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#272094 Poetry
By sparkledreamer SILVER
Los Angeles, California
sparkledreamer SILVER, Los Angeles, California
7 articles 5 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a lot of things you need to get across this universe. Warp drive... wormhole refractors... You know the thing you need most of all? You need a hand to hold.&quot; - The Doctor

#272095 Poetry
By Anonymous
#272096 Poetry
By saga_erika BRONZE
Manassas, Virginia
saga_erika BRONZE, Manassas, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#272097 Poetry
By Akila_M. GOLD
Greensboro, North Carolina
Akila_M. GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
19 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dancing is the soul having happy convulsions.&quot; - Akila

#272098 Poetry
BrokenUnbroken PLATINUM, ...., New Jersey
21 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never give up on something you can&#039;t live one day without.&quot;

timevampire GOLD, Bellville, Ohio
14 articles 0 photos 163 comments

Favorite Quote:
Quoting yourself makes you an ass.

#272100 Poetry
Newyorkcity_Dreamer PLATINUM, Wausau, Wisconsin
28 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness&rdquo;<br /> Maya Angelou<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.&rdquo;<br /> E.Y. Harburg