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#3491voted by our readers
Burning
By akell PLATINUM
Asheville, North Carolina

It is a wonder how time passes by; One second to the next, none the same. This moment captured by the spark in your eye. Alas, you have set my heart aflame.
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz

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#3492 Poetry
Cocaine
By dels.lemonade SILVER
Newbury Park, California
dels.lemonade SILVER, Newbury Park, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All monsters are human.

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#3493 Poetry
Summer
By jzeviad BRONZE
Virginia Beach, Virginia
jzeviad BRONZE, Virginia Beach, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3494 Poetry
The Orphan Girl
By 3mo_sw33ts SILVER
Gonzales, Louisiana
3mo_sw33ts SILVER, Gonzales, Louisiana
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all.&quot;

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#3495 Poetry
One day I was walking...
By bellabop101 BRONZE
Triangle, Virginia
bellabop101 BRONZE, Triangle, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other guy just blinked&quot; -Dean Rusk

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#3496 Poetry
Souls Wings
By AutumnShadow SILVER
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
AutumnShadow SILVER, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Sanity is an illusion people came up with to make themselves feel better.

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#3497 Poetry
Not You Again
By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy&#039;s first Law of Equivalent Exchange.&quot;

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#3498 Poetry
The Forlorn Tree
By Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM
Bonney Lake, Washington
Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM, Bonney Lake, Washington
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
There are two ways to spread light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

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#3499 Poetry
The Ballad of John. C. Karl
By rose1006 GOLD
Lebanon, New Jersey
rose1006 GOLD, Lebanon, New Jersey
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The course of true love never did run smooth.&quot; Lysander in William Shakespeare&#039;s A Midsummer&#039;s Night Dream

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#3500 Poetry
Ode to a Waterfall
By Anonymous