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#256611voted by our readers
By RecklesslyYours SILVER
Durham, North Carolina

You said you wanted to be with me till we were 94, but the more and more I think about it I see you played me like your own guitar, you let me believe the distance wasn't so f...
RecklesslyYours SILVER, Durham, North Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#256612 Poetry
By LaQuasha BRONZE
Orlando, Florida
LaQuasha BRONZE, Orlando, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.&rdquo; <br /> ― Martin Luther King Jr.

#256613 Poetry
By Cassidy Layton BRONZE
Central Point, Oregon
Cassidy Layton BRONZE, Central Point, Oregon
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#256614 Poetry
By MaireDubh GOLD
Grassy Creek, North Carolina
MaireDubh GOLD, Grassy Creek, North Carolina
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.&quot;<br /> -e.e. cummings

#256615 Poetry
By emilybickerdyke BRONZE
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
emilybickerdyke BRONZE, King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#256616 Poetry
By Anonymous
#256617 Poetry
Taylor07 PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
26 articles 3 photos 0 comments
#256618 Poetry
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By Hillary Duncan BRONZE
Chesterfield, Virginia
Hillary Duncan BRONZE, Chesterfield, Virginia
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm a pilgrim on the edge, on the edge of my perception. We are travelers at the edge, we are always at the edge of our perceptions." <br /> -Scott Mutter

#256619 Poetry
By KellyR GOLD
Richmond, Virginia
KellyR GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 258 comments

Favorite Quote:
We don&#039;t read and write poetry because it&#039;s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

#256620 Poetry
By kkarate BRONZE
Sewell, New Jersey
kkarate BRONZE, Sewell, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be the change you wish to see in the world.&quot; -Mahtma Ghandi