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#200001voted by our readers
By Nicholas Hébert DIAMOND
Austin, Texas

I planted my hands In the cool and gritty sands Of a Distant Shore Enisled in the sea’s watery wild Cast Away, aside, and Exiled Forgotten.
Nicholas Hébert DIAMOND, Austin, Texas
84 articles 25 photos 0 comments

#200002 Poetry
By alyde6 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
alyde6 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#200003 Poetry
By Laurenthepoet BRONZE
Brookline, New Hampshire
Laurenthepoet BRONZE, Brookline, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You can't sit me down! You can't put me to bed! I'm learning how to pass through light!" - Unknown Poet

#200004 Poetry
By The-One-and-only BRONZE
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
The-One-and-only BRONZE, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just because you can doesn't mean you should

#200005 Poetry
By Anonymous
#200006 Poetry
By MonicaCruz GOLD
Wilmington, Delaware
MonicaCruz GOLD, Wilmington, Delaware
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#200007 Poetry
By Keila-Love PLATINUM
Midway, Georgia
Keila-Love PLATINUM, Midway, Georgia
20 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
what is love?

#200008 Poetry
By sophieee27 SILVER
New Fairfield, Connecticut
sophieee27 SILVER, New Fairfield, Connecticut
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things." - Theodore Roosevelt

#200009 Poetry
By chrka BRONZE
Monticello, Illinois
chrka BRONZE, Monticello, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#200010 Poetry
By JamesW PLATINUM
Minneapolis, Minnesota
JamesW PLATINUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
22 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Jack Kerouac