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#323261voted by our readers
By DontSmelltheRoses GOLD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Ten years sat on her with all the weight of a century But the things she saw prodded her brain like a dull scalpel looking for love to salvage There was plenty
DontSmelltheRoses GOLD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Stay drunk on writing so reality doesn't destroy you."--Ray Bradbury


#323262 Poetry
By Paula Danika BRONZE
Livingston, New Jersey
Paula Danika BRONZE, Livingston, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#323263 Poetry
By KellyR GOLD
Richmond, Virginia
KellyR GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 258 comments

Favorite Quote:
We don't read and write poetry because it'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.

#323264 Poetry
By jessesahani BRONZE
Avon, Connecticut
jessesahani BRONZE, Avon, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#323265 Poetry
By Maura Carey SILVER
River Vale, New Jersey
Maura Carey SILVER, River Vale, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#323266 Poetry
By Dawnzy15 SILVER
Belize CA, Other
Dawnzy15 SILVER, Belize CA, Other
6 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Waza!<br /> Let me be.<br /> Don&#039;t try to change me just love me and accept me! I love me and I love you... So just love me.

#323267 Poetry
By peacelovedance99 PLATINUM
Waynesburgh, Pennsylvania
peacelovedance99 PLATINUM, Waynesburgh, Pennsylvania
28 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.&rdquo; --Langston Hughes

#323268 Poetry
By Keith Campbell GOLD
Middleburgh, New York
Keith Campbell GOLD, Middleburgh, New York
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#323269 Poetry
By Anonymous
#323270 Poetry
By BillyPilgrim123 GOLD
New York, New York
BillyPilgrim123 GOLD, New York, New York
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;We are all a little weird and life is a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.&rdquo; - Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)