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#296851voted by our readers
By 22rbhattacharyya GOLD
State College, Pennsylvania

I am from the swing-set, from gravel and fences. I am from the long grass in the construction site behind us. (Swarming, growing, consuming badminton shuttlecocks.) I am from t...
22rbhattacharyya GOLD, State College, Pennsylvania
18 articles 2 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken -Orson Scott Card


#296852 Poetry
jasminelunia BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#296853 Poetry
By Chelsea1992 PLATINUM
Bradenton, Florida
Chelsea1992 PLATINUM, Bradenton, Florida
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."- Emily Dickinson

heyykidIknowyou BRONZE,
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other half."

#296855 Poetry
By Dakota_Mayo PLATINUM
Torrington, Wyoming
Dakota_Mayo PLATINUM, Torrington, Wyoming
38 articles 28 photos 3 comments
#296856 Poetry
By Cali Merwin BRONZE
Ormond Beach, Florida
Cali Merwin BRONZE, Ormond Beach, Florida
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#296857 Poetry
By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We know what we are, but not what we may be" - Shakespeare

#296858 Poetry
By A.B.L BRONZE
St. Louis, Missouri
A.B.L BRONZE, St. Louis, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."- Marianne Williamson

#296859 Poetry
By Clarity-S. BRONZE
Brigham City, Utah
Clarity-S. BRONZE, Brigham City, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#296860 Poetry
By mayahanson DIAMOND
Fenton, Missouri
mayahanson DIAMOND, Fenton, Missouri
88 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. ~Henry James