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#288791voted by our readers
By elizabethgrace SILVER
Solana Beach, California

We splay our beatings on empty slates Taking timely steps Over the errant and estranged Who lie on sticky ground And writhe in irascible excitement There’s murmurs that hum...
elizabethgrace SILVER, Solana Beach, California
8 articles 6 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.<br /> Henry David Thoreau


#288792 Poetry
By Teen_ink12348 BRONZE
Madison Heights, Michigan
Teen_ink12348 BRONZE, Madison Heights, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#288793 Poetry
By writer2b PLATINUM
Montville, New Jersey
writer2b PLATINUM, Montville, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#288794 Poetry
By TheProphet GOLD
Antelope, California
TheProphet GOLD, Antelope, California
14 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not only is the future unwritten, but it also belongs to us.

#288795 Poetry
XxXDattaBayoPoetxXx PLATINUM, Wylie, Texas
42 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The look that he gives her....its not the same as before...does....does this mean...love...love can change people??? &amp; can i experience the same feeling...if only....&quot; ~Tyler Hooser

#288796 Poetry
By Sammiekay SILVER
St. Peters, Missouri
Sammiekay SILVER, St. Peters, Missouri
8 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Who you are is not what you did.&quot; -Taylor Swift

#288797 Poetry
By KingLouie BRONZE
Hartland , Wisconsin
KingLouie BRONZE, Hartland , Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#288798 Poetry
hopekristinex SILVER, Canton, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#288799 Poetry
By FaithSnyder16 ELITE
Metamora, Ohio
FaithSnyder16 ELITE, Metamora, Ohio
180 articles 8 photos 97 comments

Favorite Quote:
Write what you know, and dream of. - Jane Austen<br /> People throw rocks at things that shine - Taylor Swift<br /> Just Keep Swimming! Just Keep Swimming! - Ellen DeGengeres as Dory

#288800 Poetry
By gonzaleztd GOLD
Clearwater, Florida
gonzaleztd GOLD, Clearwater, Florida
14 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~Henry Ward Beecher