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#377421voted by our readers
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire

Do you know what I crave A heart in a car on a road Nothing more The smell of sulfur rich and thick in the air Like leather gone uncured Black dirt on the soles of his boots...
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."


nerdherdemployee BRONZE, Windsor, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.<br /> -Confucius

#377423 Poetry
By ITZALY BRONZE
Perris, California
ITZALY BRONZE, Perris, California
1 article 2 photos 0 comments
#377424 Poetry
By angelchild GOLD
Stockton, California
angelchild GOLD, Stockton, California
12 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.<br /> - Frederick Douglass, <br /> <br /> A library is infinity under a roof.<br /> - Gail Carson Levine<br /> O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are hot inside to think of good hours to come. <br /> <br /> <br /> - Richard Llewellyn

#377425 Poetry
By mark hand BRONZE
Palatine, Illinois
mark hand BRONZE, Palatine, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#377426 Poetry
By YuukiSena SILVER
Wentzville, Missouri
YuukiSena SILVER, Wentzville, Missouri
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you truly love something you should set it free. And if it doesn&#039;t come back, then they were never yours to start.&quot;

#377427 Poetry
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

#377428 Poetry
By Noodlecx BRONZE
Burkburnett , Texas
Noodlecx BRONZE, Burkburnett , Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#377429 Poetry
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#377430 Poetry
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