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#1191voted by our readers
By CamelliaY GOLD
Roslyn Heights, New York

These are my eyes, but mama calls them her chocolate moons, brushing low when the sweet murmurs slowly sink them in sticky ink. They look more like two slits in peeling onion...
CamelliaY GOLD, Roslyn Heights, New York
11 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote


DaffodilsBlxssom BRONZE, Bangalore, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1193 Poetry
By jessicaah GOLD
Huber Heights., Ohio
jessicaah GOLD, Huber Heights., Ohio
12 articles 17 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it. "

#1194 Poetry
By Breezette DIAMOND
Uniontown, Arkansas
Breezette DIAMOND, Uniontown, Arkansas
84 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
Every Time I even think of you, all those bad memories just fade away, 'cause your smile's enough, you're enough...

#1195 Poetry
Stars MAG
By Anonymous
#1196 Poetry
By desafinada GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
desafinada GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
12 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#1197 Poetry
By IntelligentZombie GOLD
Gastonia, North Carolina
IntelligentZombie GOLD, Gastonia, North Carolina
11 articles 18 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
The hardest advice to take is your own.

#1198 Poetry
By grace.lee SILVER
Perrysburg, Ohio
grace.lee SILVER, Perrysburg, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1199 Poetry
Calm MAG
By PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD
San Jose, California
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
15 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot

#1200 Poetry
By GuitarHero2 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
GuitarHero2 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 10 photos 0 comments