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#378421voted by our readers
Jar MAG
By Anonymous

I'd live in a jar if I couldbeneath the lidbehind theglasssafe from the worldsafe at lastJust take me awaytake meawayfrom the wolfman at the doorand the pain that has to stayButsom...

#378422 Poetry
By Jazzzy517 GOLD
Meriden, Connecticut
Jazzzy517 GOLD, Meriden, Connecticut
17 articles 1 photo 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

#378423 Poetry
By HibiscusFlower BRONZE
Davidson, North Carolina
HibiscusFlower BRONZE, Davidson, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#378424 Poetry
hey_itskatelyn PLATINUM, Willis, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 217 comments

Favorite Quote:
“God, of your goodness, give me yourself; you are enough for me, and anything less that I could ask for would not do you full honour. And if I ask anything that is less, I shall always lack something, but in you alone I have everything”

#378425 Poetry
By GoldenAfternoonGirl BRONZE
Syracuse, New York
GoldenAfternoonGirl BRONZE, Syracuse, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize"~Oscar Wilde

#378426 Poetry
Sleepless-Rambles PLATINUM, Dunedin, Florida
28 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Only one? Shoot.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &mdash; Jonathan Lethem

noahlane BRONZE, Tooele, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.&quot;

#378428 Poetry
By SteinerR SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
SteinerR SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#378429 Poetry
By SofiaSyed BRONZE
Sterling, Virginia
SofiaSyed BRONZE, Sterling, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#378430 Poetry
By Kaitlyn26 BRONZE
Pleasantville, New York
Kaitlyn26 BRONZE, Pleasantville, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments