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#113571voted by our readers
By StarlingChild PLATINUM
El Cajon, California

Silky brushes of warm, iridescent rays, like lilies floating along the watery surface, gently caress their master, the Sun, as he prepares to sink down into his chambers,...
StarlingChild PLATINUM, El Cajon, California
23 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill


#113572 Poetry
By Anonymous
#113573 Poetry
By sammy.ray SILVER
Jackson, New Jersey
sammy.ray SILVER, Jackson, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#113574 Poetry
ELM522 DIAMOND, Selden, New York
79 articles 0 photos 139 comments

Favorite Quote:
"All those other girls, well they're beautiful, but would they write a song for you?"-"Hey Stephen" by Taylor Swift

#113575 Poetry
By thunderbuns28 BRONZE
Maumee, Pennsylvania
thunderbuns28 BRONZE, Maumee, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#113576 Poetry
By hyacinth-girl GOLD
Marlborough, Massachusetts
hyacinth-girl GOLD, Marlborough, Massachusetts
15 articles 13 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
‘My candle burns at both ends;<br /> It will not last the night;<br /> But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—<br /> It gives a lovely light!’<br /> -Edna St. Vincent Millay

#113577 Poetry
By Anno82 GOLD
Austin, Texas
Anno82 GOLD, Austin, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat." -John Ortberg<br /> "God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them." -Bob Goff<br /> "Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" -Corrie Ten Boom

#113578 Poetry
By Anonymous
#113579 Poetry
By JooJoo SILVER
Middletown, New York
JooJoo SILVER, Middletown, New York
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#113580 Poetry
By laurenz GOLD
Phoenix, Arizona
laurenz GOLD, Phoenix, Arizona
12 articles 11 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Writing is not a job, something you do. It&rsquo;s something you are, something you can&rsquo;t not be. Being a writer is &hellip; about being so bewitched by language that writing seems real, and life by comparison feels like a dream.&quot; ~ Adair Lara