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#117291voted by our readers
By AdrianG BRONZE
Boulder, Colorado

(This land is your land) She comes home hoping he isn’t there Its dim in the house, she’s hoping he isn’t drunk (This land is my land) She stands there waiting Waiting for...
AdrianG BRONZE, Boulder, Colorado
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

#117292 Poetry
By kikixkupkake GOLD
San Marcos, California
kikixkupkake GOLD, San Marcos, California
17 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The things that walk out when we open our minds." -Dylan McCoy

#117293 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

#117294 Poetry
#117295 Poetry
By frostingxx SILVER
Columbus, Georgia
frostingxx SILVER, Columbus, Georgia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#117296 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

#117297 Poetry
Cotillion_Reject GOLD, Germantown, Tennessee
15 articles 4 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I wish my life had a syllabus!

#117298 Poetry
NathanLabiano SILVER, Enfield, Connecticut
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#117299 Poetry
By LilMess PLATINUM
Key Colony Beach, Florida
LilMess PLATINUM, Key Colony Beach, Florida
25 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything we do we are bound to repeat. Thus, excellence is not a chance but a habit.

#117300 Poetry
By sadesdd DIAMOND
Elma, Iowa
sadesdd DIAMOND, Elma, Iowa
90 articles 0 photos 213 comments