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By Anonymous

He smells the stench of bodies slowly rotting, It reminds him of the days of campfires and family He wishes he could go back to those days. He feels the shoulder of a fellow s...

#483202 Poetry
By Krazy.Katie GOLD
Sparks, Nevada
Krazy.Katie GOLD, Sparks, Nevada
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you&#039;ll fall among the stars<br /> What is always right isn&#039;t popular, what&#039;s popular isn&#039;t always right

#483203 Poetry
By MeganLF GOLD
Dundurn, Other
MeganLF GOLD, Dundurn, Other
19 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A writer&rsquo;s brain is full of little gifts, like a pi&ntilde;ata at a birthday party. It&rsquo;s also full of demons, like a pi&ntilde;ata at a birthday party in a mental hospital.

#483204 Poetry
By MysticMusic ELITE
Waterloo, Other
MysticMusic ELITE, Waterloo, Other
116 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.&rdquo; -Mae West<br /> &quot;It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.&quot; - Leonardo Da Vinci

#483205 Poetry
Aabarb BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#483206 Poetry
shivasfire PLATINUM, Ashland, Oregon
20 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will never let schooling interfere with my education.&quot; (-forgot who it&#039;s by though)<br /> also &quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.&quot;-Jimi Hendrix

#483207 Poetry
NeverFallTooHard PLATINUM, Hartford, Wisconsin
24 articles 5 photos 98 comments

Favorite Quote:
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.~ Rumi<br /> Realisim, in painting, is what one wants to see, not what they really see. ~ Janet Fish

#483208 Poetry
hemirocks BRONZE, Sandy,, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;he who is not courageous enough to take risk will accomplish nothing in life&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Muhammad Ali

#483209 Poetry
By AngelGraham GOLD
Nashville, Tennessee
AngelGraham GOLD, Nashville, Tennessee
16 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
death is guaranteed and life is a given so quit living as if you have tomorrow.

#483210 Poetry
By punkr0cker365 ELITE
Bedford, New York
punkr0cker365 ELITE, Bedford, New York
100 articles 2 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.&quot;<br /> Kurt Cobain