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By Aro_To_The_Heart PLATINUM
Mandeville, Louisiana

Strings of ghosts flit 'bout my head like those lazy charcoal sparrows chirping their stories. The days are short so I build a coffin and rest easy knowing it's...
Aro_To_The_Heart PLATINUM, Mandeville, Louisiana
47 articles 7 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than hands?<br /> <br /> -Ernest Gaines.


#473132 Poetry
By LexiMorgan SILVER
Peoria, Arizona
LexiMorgan SILVER, Peoria, Arizona
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.&quot; <br /> &mdash;William Arthur Ward

#473133 Poetry
noneofyourbusiness BRONZE, Pine Bush, New York
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Genuis is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.

#473134 Poetry
By LivyNewhall DIAMOND
Palm Coast, Florida
LivyNewhall DIAMOND, Palm Coast, Florida
69 articles 15 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be the change that you want to see in the world&quot; - Mahatma Gandhi

#473135 Poetry
NicoleJolene GOLD, Napa, California
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#473136 Poetry
miara_amreal BRONZE, Cebu, Other
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#473137 Poetry
By Laurenboo99 BRONZE
Plaquemine, Louisiana
Laurenboo99 BRONZE, Plaquemine, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#473138 Poetry
By Anonymous
#473139 Poetry
By Joshua31503 BRONZE
`waycross, Georgia
Joshua31503 BRONZE, `waycross, Georgia
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
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#473140 Poetry
By lblume1047 SILVER
Auburn, New York
lblume1047 SILVER, Auburn, New York
6 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.&rdquo; - Bill Maher, My hero :)