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#108031voted by our readers
By nmatthews GOLD
Somers Point, New Jersey

So you whistle, so you sing- The wayward monarch, the captive king. Strung by rafters in the parlor, He’s clipped your wings and scrubbed your squalor, Broke your legs and smas...
nmatthews GOLD, Somers Point, New Jersey
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
In order to write about life, first you must live it!<br /> Ernest Hemingway


#108032 Poetry
By thinkhappythoughts SILVER
Tulsa, Oklahoma
thinkhappythoughts SILVER, Tulsa, Oklahoma
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;in friends we trust&quot; -Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!

#108033 Poetry
By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

#108034 Poetry
By BbEeTtHh GOLD
San Antonio, Texas
BbEeTtHh GOLD, San Antonio, Texas
11 articles 3 photos 2 comments
#108035 Poetry
By Gunnar116 GOLD
Sussex, Wisconsin
Gunnar116 GOLD, Sussex, Wisconsin
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#108036 Poetry
By Anonymous
#108037 Poetry
By caleb ticer BRONZE
Madras, Oregon
caleb ticer BRONZE, Madras, Oregon
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#108038 Poetry
By 1COR13 PLATINUM
Anchor Point, Alaska
1COR13 PLATINUM, Anchor Point, Alaska
28 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.&quot; - Jimmi Hendrix

#108039 Poetry
Paintinguptheskyline BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Writing is a idle bussiness

#108040 Poetry
By Jaded_Memories SILVER
Farmington, Missouri
Jaded_Memories SILVER, Farmington, Missouri
6 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Physical beauty fades no matter what we do, it&#039;s our persona that last, that&#039;s remembered, not what size we were or how beautiful our face was.