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#336521voted by our readers
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM
Mableton, Georgia

I know an old man who lives down the lane With a wrinkled, old face and a thin, wooden cane From time to another, will waver an inch But never is he known to rise from his bench...
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran


#336522 Poetry
By Graygon GOLD
Reno, Nevada
Graygon GOLD, Reno, Nevada
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
A man&#039;s true character can be measured by what he would do when he believes he would never be found out.

#336523 Poetry
By lilmisswriterme BRONZE
Milford, Delaware
lilmisswriterme BRONZE, Milford, Delaware
3 articles 0 photos 13 comments
#336524 Poetry
JurikSnoKaldt BRONZE, Weston, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you still believe in all the things that you stood by before?<br /> (That you stood by before)<br /> Are you up and on the front lines<br /> Or at home keeping score?<br /> Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal your fate?<br /> (The bricks that seal your fate)&quot;

#336525 Poetry
By PattiAriel GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
PattiAriel GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You only gave me the power to reclaim every part of me I gave to you.&quot;

#336526 Poetry
By paulina88 BRONZE
Scottsdale, Arizona
paulina88 BRONZE, Scottsdale, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#336527 Poetry
By OmNiCoRn2346 BRONZE
Tucson, Arizona
OmNiCoRn2346 BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#336528 Poetry
Jasmine Gheith BRONZE, Brook Park, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#336529 Poetry
By AfroDemon SILVER
Carpentersville, Illinois
AfroDemon SILVER, Carpentersville, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you notice that the one you have loved in dreams is here among the others, chase it&#039;s you I want.&quot;

#336530 Poetry
By Fredy SILVER
Centennial, Colorado
Fredy SILVER, Centennial, Colorado
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments