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#431071voted by our readers
Temperature (A Symptom)
By lookingformargo SILVER
Ithaca, New York

my sickness is enveloping my list of symptoms endless weakness of the knees tendency to swoon a temperature that changes like the weather my hands always cold my face...
lookingformargo SILVER, Ithaca, New York
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A child said, &quot;What is the grass?&quot; fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven... and now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves. -Walt Whitman, Leaves Of Grass<br /> <br /> <br /> We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and falling. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail. -Looking For Alaska<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s what&#039;s not beautiful about it: from here, you can&#039;t see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can tell what the place really is. You see how fake it all is. It&#039;s not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It&#039;s a paper town. I mean look at it, Q: look at all those cul-de-sacs, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I&#039;ve lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters. -Paper Towns<br /> <br /> It is so hard to leave&mdash;until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. -Paper Towns<br /> <br /> Elsewhere the landscape is more frank.<br /> The light falls without letup, blindingly. - A Life, Sylvia Plath

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#431072 Poetry
Greta
By Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
79 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;re a great wizard, Harry.&quot;<br /> &quot;Not as good as you.&quot;<br /> &quot;Me?! Books! And cleverness! There are more important things, Harry--friendship, and bravery, and--oh, Harry, just be careful.&quot;

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#431073 Poetry
Ten Reasons
By Anonymous
#431074 Poetry
Smiley
By Metaphoricgirl1112 GOLD
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Metaphoricgirl1112 GOLD, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live life to the fullest, or don&#039;t live at all&quot;

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#431075 Poetry
Afresh
By ani123 BRONZE
Skillman,
ani123 BRONZE, Skillman,
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#431076 Poetry
Where to Go?
By yasmin9 BRONZE
Rochester, New York
yasmin9 BRONZE, Rochester, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The most important decision you will ever make is to be in a good mood.

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#431077 Poetry
Writer's Block
By Bumble_Bee PLATINUM
New Athens, Illinois
Bumble_Bee PLATINUM, New Athens, Illinois
38 articles 2 photos 123 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You will be found" -Dear Evan Hansen

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#431078 Poetry
Snow Day
By PokeMiner BRONZE
Franklin, Wisconsin
PokeMiner BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#431079 Poetry
Who Knew?
By Anonymous
#431080 Poetry
Yeagy: The Poem
By Alex - BRONZE
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Alex - BRONZE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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