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By Anonymous

The smooth onyx of my back is interrupted only by the ruby hourglass It marks the end of my mate’s life and the beginning for my children. I need no male for my eggs to be al...

#80432 Poetry
By Angels1031 BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
Angels1031 BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments
star-gazing-dreamer GOLD, Pittsgrove, New Jersey
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it,<br /> except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.<br /> ~ Thomas Kempis ~

#80434 Poetry
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
22 articles 0 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don&#039;t get altitude sickness&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don&#039;t know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends.&quot;

MiscellanyCrop DIAMOND, Middlefield, Ohio
50 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly / Planets and Suns run lawless through the sky. <br /> An Essay on Man - Alexander Pope

#80436 Poetry
By jeseer PLATINUM
Auburntown, Tennessee
jeseer PLATINUM, Auburntown, Tennessee
22 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Truth without love is a killer, but love without truth is a liar. The Bible commands us to have both: It says to speak the truth in love.&quot;--Elliott Nesch<br /> &quot;To love another person is to see the face of God.&quot;--Victor Hugo

#80437 Poetry
By littlepiepschuim PLATINUM
Las Vegas, Nevada
littlepiepschuim PLATINUM, Las Vegas, Nevada
22 articles 2 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Ray Bradbury<br /> &ldquo;There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Maya Angelou<br /> &ldquo;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&rdquo; <br /> ― Ernest Hemingway

#80438 Poetry
By Anonymous
#80439 Poetry
By NothingButAli GOLD
Silver Lake, Indiana
NothingButAli GOLD, Silver Lake, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The best things in life are better left unseen. that&#039;s why we close our eyes when we cry, kiss, and dream&quot;- Anonymous

#80440 Poetry
By mizore SILVER
Sunnyside, Washington
mizore SILVER, Sunnyside, Washington
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments