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#275201voted by our readers
By KayleighJ BRONZE
Eton, Georgia

I am the Earth and the soil. I am the dessert winds that sting your eyes. I am the tumbling waterfall enticing you to jump. I am the everglowing gleam from fireflies on a summ...
KayleighJ BRONZE, Eton, Georgia
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When the power of lover over comes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix


#275202 Poetry
By cwango SILVER
Darien, Connecticut
cwango SILVER, Darien, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.” J.D. Salinger

#275203 Poetry
By Blizzardstorm DIAMOND
Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Blizzardstorm DIAMOND, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
68 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Wrongfully do men lament the flight of time….Let your work be such that after death you become an image of immortality.” -Leonardo Da Vinci

#275204 Poetry
By gabbie_co BRONZE
Louisville, Kentucky
gabbie_co BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too. <br /> - Ryan Reynolds

#275205 Poetry
By Anonymous
#275206 Poetry
By HaleyEve11 BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
HaleyEve11 BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#275207 Poetry
By thatotherguygirl GOLD
Sherman Oaks, California
thatotherguygirl GOLD, Sherman Oaks, California
11 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells,<br /> dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses.<br /> I want to do with you<br /> what spring does with the cherry trees.&rdquo; <br /> -Pablo Neruda

#275208 Poetry
By kkennedy113 BRONZE
St. Joseph, Michigan
kkennedy113 BRONZE, St. Joseph, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#275209 Poetry
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

#275210 Poetry
MysticMusic ELITE, Waterloo, Other
116 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.&rdquo; -Mae West<br /> &quot;It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.&quot; - Leonardo Da Vinci