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#292671voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I listened to the words drip from my lips Like coins into an empty alms basket, Each trembling before given. Like unfinished promises into a believer’s ears, We murmured our pr...

#292672 Poetry
By Anonymous
#292673 Poetry
By jo-jo GOLD
Hammond, Indiana
jo-jo GOLD, Hammond, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
They cant scare me if i scare them first

#292674 Poetry
By CharmingChar PLATINUM
Bronxville, New York
CharmingChar PLATINUM, Bronxville, New York
21 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.<br /> Robert Frost

#292675 Poetry
By Laurin Smith BRONZE
Highland Village, Texas
Laurin Smith BRONZE, Highland Village, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#292676 Poetry
By Kira Begnoche BRONZE
West Dover, Vermont
Kira Begnoche BRONZE, West Dover, Vermont
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#292677 Poetry
By Zoee220 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
Zoee220 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; dreams are a lie , reality is real &quot; tupac

#292678 Poetry
By GuamBabbeh BRONZE
Vancouver, Washington
GuamBabbeh BRONZE, Vancouver, Washington
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#292679 Poetry
By Shade3043 DIAMOND
Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
Shade3043 DIAMOND, Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
87 articles 0 photos 168 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was a boy, I would always hear scary things in the news and my mother would say to me, &quot;Always look for the helpers. Everywhere you look you will always find people helping.&quot; - Fred Rogers

corn-on-a-cob GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”