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#162221voted by our readers
By purplehonu SILVER
Bethel, Alaska

You are nicotine-stained fingers, A rattling cough that reminds me that, yes, there is still air in my lungs, I can keep breathing. You are my ragged, broken nails, ever...
purplehonu SILVER, Bethel, Alaska
6 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Next time I&#039;ll be braver<br /> I&#039;ll be my own savior <br /> when the thunder calls for me,<br /> next time I&#039;ll be braver<br /> I&#039;ll be my own savior<br /> standin&#039; on my own two feet.&quot; ~ADELE


#162222 Poetry
By schan GOLD
Taipei, Other
schan GOLD, Taipei, Other
17 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.&rdquo;<br /> -Michel de Montaigne

#162223 Poetry
By Kaitia SILVER
New Canaan, Connecticut
Kaitia SILVER, New Canaan, Connecticut
5 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books. We treasure books we inherit from our parents, and we cherish the idea of passing those books on to our children. Indeed, how many of us started reading with a beloved book that belonged to one of our parents? We force worthy books on our friends, and we insist that they read them. We even feel a weird kinship for the people we see on buses or airplanes reading our books, the books that we claim. If anyone tries to take away our books&mdash;some oppressive government, some censor gone off the rails&mdash;we would defend them with everything that we have. We know our tribespeople when we visit their homes because every wall is lined with books. There are teetering piles of books beside the bed and on the floor; there are masses of swollen paperbacks in the bathroom. Our books are us. They are our outboard memory banks and they contain the moral, intellectual, and imaginative influences that make us the people we are today.&rdquo; <br /> ― Cory Doctorow<br /> <br /> &quot;The heart wants what it wants. There&#039;s no logic to those things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that&#039;s that.&quot;-Woody Allen<br /> <br /> &quot;You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it&quot;-To Kill A Mockingbird <br /> <br /> &quot;We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.&quot;-Anne Frank<br /> <br /> &quot;Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home&quot;-Gwendolyn Brooks

#162224 Poetry
our place MAG
By justr SILVER
SLC, Utah
justr SILVER, SLC, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#162225 Poetry
You
By Mia Sullivan BRONZE
Palm Desert, California
Mia Sullivan BRONZE, Palm Desert, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#162226 Poetry
By Adams1030 BRONZE
Tenafly, New Jersey
Adams1030 BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#162227 Poetry
By unicronsnrainbows BRONZE
Hinsdale, Illinois
unicronsnrainbows BRONZE, Hinsdale, Illinois
2 articles 4 photos 2 comments
#162228 Poetry
By Kathrn BRONZE
Gilford, New Hampshire
Kathrn BRONZE, Gilford, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#162229 Poetry
By Laramie.B. SILVER
Edgerton, Wyoming
Laramie.B. SILVER, Edgerton, Wyoming
6 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." -Henry Ford

#162230 Poetry
By Anonymous