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Poetry
#327511voted by our readers
By AquaBlue73 BRONZE
Smyrna, Georgia

Sleep, daughter, and when you wake— You’ll sit beside a sparkling lake You’ll stretch out your hand, and feel the sea— The rippling water of your dreams Rest, sister, and be...
AquaBlue73 BRONZE, Smyrna, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Things are sweeter when they&#039;re lost. I know-- because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly... and when I got it, it turned to dust in my hand.&quot;<br /> - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned


#327512 Poetry
By Springading SILVER
Macomb, Michigan
Springading SILVER, Macomb, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People say the greatest generation has come and gone, but their wrong... they haven&#039;t seen what were capable of&quot; - Dan Campbell

#327513 Poetry
By naomi_nieves BRONZE
South Plainfield, New Jersey
naomi_nieves BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#327514 Poetry
By Artemis.Roe PLATINUM
Marysville, Michigan
Artemis.Roe PLATINUM, Marysville, Michigan
43 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Well-behaved women seldom make history&quot; ---Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> &quot;A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.&quot; ~~Anonymous

#327515 Poetry
Ellylou25 SILVER, Orem, Utah
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All the blood was never once beautiful, it was just red." - Kait Rokowski

#327516 Poetry
By heatherann SILVER
Corsicana, Texas
heatherann SILVER, Corsicana, Texas
5 articles 3 photos 2 comments
GirlswithGruesomeGladiators100 GOLD, Toronto, Other
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#327518 Poetry
By Zaraclaylime DIAMOND
Chicago, Illinois
Zaraclaylime DIAMOND, Chicago, Illinois
75 articles 2 photos 68 comments

Favorite Quote:
So I suppose my simple advice is: Love your life. I only say that because your life is what you have to give.<br /> -Tom Hiddleston

#327519 Poetry
By MyaStone BRONZE
Burlington, Other
MyaStone BRONZE, Burlington, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#327520 Poetry
dani000.camp PLATINUM, Guelph, Other
20 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do I dare disturb the universe?&quot; -T.S. Eliot