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#84901voted by our readers
By shanilesley BRONZE
CROYDON, California

I saw her today. Standing in the line at the coffee shop. The smell was bitter-sweet; fragrances that belong in God’s garden. She placed her order. Two extra sugars, so her drink w...
shanilesley BRONZE, CROYDON, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Pennies won&#039;t solve our problems. Each of us makes our world through our thoughts.&quot; <br /> (India Dark - Kirsty Murray)


#84902 Poetry
By HurdleStar GOLD
Johnson City, Tennessee
HurdleStar GOLD, Johnson City, Tennessee
19 articles 13 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live like you&#039;re dying.

#84903 Poetry
By alfonso7121 BRONZE
Cicero, Illinois
alfonso7121 BRONZE, Cicero, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#84904 Poetry
By Cwiese SILVER
Pewaukee , Wisconsin
Cwiese SILVER, Pewaukee , Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#84905 Poetry
By Anonymous
#84906 Poetry
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

#84907 Poetry
Inevitable_Anxiety BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
1 article 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Christian, you may see me only as a drunken, vice-ridden gnome whose friends are just pimps and girls from the brothels. But I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being.&quot; -Tousle-Lautrec

#84908 Poetry
By KristinC PLATINUM
Cupertino, California
KristinC PLATINUM, Cupertino, California
27 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.&quot;<br /> -F.Scott Fitzgerald, the Great Gatsby<br /> <br /> &quot;To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.&quot;<br /> -F. Scott Fitzgerald

#84909 Poetry
By BrennanC BRONZE
Glendale, Arizona
BrennanC BRONZE, Glendale, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
To thyself be true

#84910 Poetry
By KristenNoel ELITE
Mooresville, North Carolina
KristenNoel ELITE, Mooresville, North Carolina
134 articles 0 photos 27 comments