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#450071voted by our readers
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California

11:11 strikes again and pictures of you dance through my head. Happiness and joy filling my brain, while the distance brings nothing but pain. Confused by some dudes with han...
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.


#450072 Poetry
By Anonymous
#450073 Poetry
By teacupsandpoems GOLD
Valley Stream, New York
teacupsandpoems GOLD, Valley Stream, New York
10 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.<br /> Herbert Bayard Swope

#450074 Poetry
By ClaireP SILVER
San Rafael, California
ClaireP SILVER, San Rafael, California
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People can be divided into three classes, the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no idea what has happened.&quot;

#450075 Poetry
By WriterGirl1197 SILVER
Hamden, Connecticut
WriterGirl1197 SILVER, Hamden, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.&quot;-Socrates

#450076 Poetry
By Taterbug13 BRONZE
Springfield, Ohio
Taterbug13 BRONZE, Springfield, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#450077 Poetry
PresleyH DIAMOND, Elsmere, Kentucky
65 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is freedom waiting for you<br /> on the breezes of the sky,<br /> and you ask &ldquo;What if I fall?&rdquo; <br /> Oh, but my darling,<br /> what if you fly?<br /> <br /> ~Eric Hanson

#450078 Poetry
By Onyxx BRONZE
Andover, Minnesota
Onyxx BRONZE, Andover, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 2 comments
#450079 Poetry
By lsteger BRONZE
Bedford Hills, New York
lsteger BRONZE, Bedford Hills, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#450080 Poetry
By Anonymous