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#347721voted by our readers
By hermione1fan SILVER
Tumwater, Washington

i live a day of no sorrow. i sit near a lighted candle, squiring among its flame. i fought against your smile and paid for your eyes. i live today with no sorrow. your ey...
hermione1fan SILVER, Tumwater, Washington
8 articles 16 photos 5 comments

#347722 Poetry
By Testing...1,2,3... SILVER
Urbana, Illinois
Testing...1,2,3... SILVER, Urbana, Illinois
7 articles 7 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." Van Gogh

#347723 Poetry
By Anonymous
#347724 Poetry
The_Goddess_18 BRONZE, Akron, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It can't rain all the time -Eric Draven

#347725 Poetry
By Aleks SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
Aleks SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
5 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." -Edgar Allan Poe

#347726 Poetry
By CountryGothic GOLD
Somersworth, New Hampshire
CountryGothic GOLD, Somersworth, New Hampshire
16 articles 2 photos 206 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Once something has been said, it cannot be said in other words." -Aristotle

#347727 Poetry
By PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM
Aberdeen, Mississippi
PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM, Aberdeen, Mississippi
32 articles 0 photos 246 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing..

#347728 Poetry
8xJustMe8x PLATINUM, New Bedford, Massachusetts
25 articles 28 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
you&#039;re only as tall <br /> as your heart will let you be <br /> and you&#039;re only as small <br /> as the world will make you seem <br /> and when the going gets rough <br /> and you feel like you may fall <br /> just look on the bright side <br /> your roughly six feet tall

#347729 Poetry
BrOkEnSmIlE BRONZE, Fairview, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#347730 Poetry
By MugginsSachett GOLD
Wasilla, Alaska
MugginsSachett GOLD, Wasilla, Alaska
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back -myself