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#369961voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Poetry has died. The doctors shrugged and said, “we tried.” It died, alone, in a white-washed room And was taken quietly to a cobwebbed tomb. It died when people stopped rh...

#369962 Poetry
By ladymonster GOLD
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ladymonster GOLD, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The vastest things are those we may not learn.<br /> We are not taught to die, nor to be born,<br /> Nor how to burn<br /> With love.<br /> How pitiful is our enforced return<br /> To those small things we are the masters of.<br /> --Mervyn Peake

#369963 Poetry
By Yackemflaber SILVER
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Yackemflaber SILVER, Brookfield, Wisconsin
6 articles 3 photos 2 comments
#369964 Poetry
By Taylor(: GOLD
Perry, Kansas
Taylor(: GOLD, Perry, Kansas
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;live the life you love. love the life you live.&quot;--bob marleyy(:

#369965 Poetry
By Vanessa18 PLATINUM
Berwyn, Illinois
Vanessa18 PLATINUM, Berwyn, Illinois
24 articles 13 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; The more lies you tell, the more you drown.&quot; &quot;You shouldn&#039;t let life pass you by.&quot;

#369966 Poetry
By John Eric Mendel BRONZE
Sicklervile, New Jersey
John Eric Mendel BRONZE, Sicklervile, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#369967 Poetry
By Leetha PLATINUM
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Leetha PLATINUM, Saint Joseph, Missouri
34 articles 25 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t judge a book by its cover because the words inside can be way different then the picture on the cover.&quot;<br /> &quot;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.&quot;

#369968 Poetry
By Jhyde SILVER
Mineola, Florida
Jhyde SILVER, Mineola, Florida
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you&#039;ll land among the stars.

#369969 Poetry
By Mack1125 BRONZE
Hagerstown, Maryland
Mack1125 BRONZE, Hagerstown, Maryland
1 article 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When in rains, look for rainbows; when it&#039;s dark, look for stars&quot;

#369970 Poetry
By Anonymous