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#273911voted by our readers
By Tyler Draper BRONZE
Lilburn, Georgia

I am from chalk drawings on the sidewalk, Barnum’s animal crackers crunching in my mouth, and sleepovers at Grandma’s where nothing seemed to matter at all. I am from Cool Whip pl...
Tyler Draper BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#273912 Poetry
By KingKong3 SILVER
Wales, Wisconsin
KingKong3 SILVER, Wales, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#273913 Poetry
By Anonymous
#273914 Poetry
By milforce SILVER
Bloomington, Illinois
milforce SILVER, Bloomington, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Those who have the ability to act, have the responsibility to act."

#273915 Poetry
By Doctor_elisa PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor_elisa PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
44 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are limitations and there are protocols and I&rsquo;ve been warned that I&rsquo;m not supposed to threaten or beg for pieces of someone&rsquo;s soul.&quot;<br /> <br /> Richard Siken, &lsquo;The Long and Short of It<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean&quot; -unknown

#273916 Poetry
By Anonymous
francinejar SILVER, Chino Hills, California
7 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
God and the devil are raging inside me.

#273918 Poetry
By adrija_gupta GOLD
Mumbai, Other
adrija_gupta GOLD, Mumbai, Other
11 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
time and music heals all......

#273919 Poetry
By ChampagneSun SILVER
Medford, New Jersey
ChampagneSun SILVER, Medford, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not read as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.<br /> <br /> Fill the pages with the breathings of your heart.

#273920 Poetry
By Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM
Abbeville, Louisiana
Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM, Abbeville, Louisiana
35 articles 0 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is stronger than life, stronger than death, love, loyalty, duty.<br /> ~Essad Bey<br /> <br /> &quot;you are tired (i think) of the puzzle of living and doing; and so am i. come with me, then, and we&rsquo;ll leave it far and far away&mdash;&quot; - e.e. cummings