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#27541voted by our readers
Lies
By Anonymous

What is a lie? A secret untold, unjustified How can you look someone in the eye Knowing that the lie will eventually be identified Why start a story Full of agony and h...
#27542 Poetry
I'm Not a Character
By RhyanWoods SILVER
Glendale, Nebraska
RhyanWoods SILVER, Glendale, Nebraska
9 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
there's always two people in every picture: The photographer and the viewer.

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#27543 Poetry
Sincerely
By Anonymous
#27544 Poetry
Never
By Withoutivory BRONZE
Roseville, Michigan
Withoutivory BRONZE, Roseville, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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#27545 Poetry
The Crushing Covets and Cravings of the Heart
By iateyourmuffins BRONZE
Rockford, Iowa
iateyourmuffins BRONZE, Rockford, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#27546 Poetry
Unlike The Copper Lincoln
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

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#27547 Poetry
Loathe
By Tango PLATINUM
Fountain Valley, California
Tango PLATINUM, Fountain Valley, California
38 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Lead, follow, or get out of the way.&quot; Thomas Paine

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#27548 Poetry
Shallow Screams
By saraya2 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
saraya2 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#27549 Poetry
Game
By Sheebs PLATINUM
Oxford, Florida
Sheebs PLATINUM, Oxford, Florida
29 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can look for love all you want but in the end love will always be right beside you.

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#27550 Poetry
WiSHiNG
By WPaCh3c0F BRONZE
Logan, Utah
WPaCh3c0F BRONZE, Logan, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is just a waste of talent

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