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#406411voted by our readers
By KayleeLemire SILVER
Gilford, New Hampshire

We were young, patting the upturned earth around our hopeful oak sapling, warming it with hot breath. I imagined it sprouting, fanning out overnight to extraordinary size;...
KayleeLemire SILVER, Gilford, New Hampshire
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#406412 Poetry
By Anonymous
#406413 Poetry
By Rebecca Lanson SILVER
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Rebecca Lanson SILVER, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#406414 Poetry
Bonnie Diamond BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
TheShyOne BRONZE,
2 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~Oscar Wilde

#406416 Poetry
By Brian2795 BRONZE
Ellicott City, Maryland
Brian2795 BRONZE, Ellicott City, Maryland
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...."

#406417 Poetry
By Thunder1214 GOLD
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Thunder1214 GOLD, Ypsilanti, Michigan
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice, and then sit back and let the world wonder how on earth you did it.

#406418 Poetry
By musicfan PLATINUM
South Holland, Illinois
musicfan PLATINUM, South Holland, Illinois
38 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...in the end, you've got to become the change you want to see in the world."

#406419 Poetry
By Chattyquill SILVER
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Chattyquill SILVER, --------------, Other
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live to live as long as God Himself. Never.<br /> -Elie Wiesel

#406420 Poetry
By zachisrad BRONZE
Mishawaka, Indiana
zachisrad BRONZE, Mishawaka, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments