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#312331voted by our readers
By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida

You say Chase the madmen away, But it’s harder than it seems. Slay the thought-thriving demons, You say, But it’s impossible when dreams Act as their sanctuary. Losing...
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green


#312332 Poetry
By MaireDubh GOLD
Grassy Creek, North Carolina
MaireDubh GOLD, Grassy Creek, North Carolina
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.&quot;<br /> -e.e. cummings

#312333 Poetry
By jake_waltrip1 BRONZE
Peoria, Illinois
jake_waltrip1 BRONZE, Peoria, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#312334 Poetry
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#312335 Poetry
By .Duckie. BRONZE
Snoqualmie, Washington
.Duckie. BRONZE, Snoqualmie, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#312336 Poetry
By kaylaleigh SILVER
Pleasant Grove, Utah
kaylaleigh SILVER, Pleasant Grove, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

#312337 Poetry
By JanessaGonzalez BRONZE
Wintersprings, Florida
JanessaGonzalez BRONZE, Wintersprings, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#312338 Poetry
By Lizziebeth PLATINUM
New York, New York
Lizziebeth PLATINUM, New York, New York
35 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Show me a hero and I&#039;ll write you a tragedy.&quot;- F. Scott Fitzgerald

#312339 Poetry
By erin_lynch SILVER
St. Helena, California
erin_lynch SILVER, St. Helena, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine&quot; -Alan Turing

#312340 Poetry
asian_invasion SILVER, Northbrook, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment