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By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Again, I lay, Seven-hundred miles away. “It’s so cliché!” What else would Tom say, About us, girl. About you and me. You found Plan B, And I’m trying to see, A way to not...
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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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


#315322 Poetry
By iiarmineii SILVER
Wayne, New Jersey
iiarmineii SILVER, Wayne, New Jersey
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#315323 Poetry
By Payton Myers BRONZE
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Payton Myers BRONZE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#315324 Poetry
By kotradypa BRONZE
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
kotradypa BRONZE, Greencastle, Pennsylvania
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#315325 Poetry
By Anonymous
Liz7272G SILVER, San Antonio TX, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Live, Laugh, Love

#315327 Poetry
By GalaxyFalcon13 BRONZE
Raeford, North Carolina
GalaxyFalcon13 BRONZE, Raeford, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
There&#039;s no hope for people who have never seen Star Wars.

#315328 Poetry
By 17ewarner BRONZE
Dayton, Ohio
17ewarner BRONZE, Dayton, Ohio
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#315329 Poetry
By maxjackson28 BRONZE
Battle Creek , Michigan
maxjackson28 BRONZE, Battle Creek , Michigan
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#315330 Poetry
lizzie.niehoff BRONZE, Sussex, Wisconsin
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