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By KrissyJazz DIAMOND
Mankato, Minnesota

So often abused by the pens of poets who find a metaphor and seek to claim it, tame it, mold it into something it is not but they wish it was and shield it from the wo...
KrissyJazz DIAMOND, Mankato, Minnesota
50 articles 0 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
Wisdom begins in wonder.<br /> Socrates


angelalucia GOLD, Milford, Massachusetts
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am this fiery snail crawling home&quot;- Bukowski

#409143 Poetry
HopeIsWhatWeCrave GOLD, Rowlett, Texas
11 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
[Frodo] How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. <br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Pippin] I didn&#039;t think it would end this way. <br /> [Gandalf] End? No, the journey doesn&#039;t end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it. <br /> [Pippin] What? Gandalf?... See what? <br /> [Gandalf] White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. <br /> [Pippin] Well, that isn&#039;t so bad. <br /> [Gandalf] No... No it isn&#039;t.<br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Frodo] I can&#039;t do this Sam.<br /> [Sam] I know. By rights we shouldn&#039;t even be here, but we are. It&#039;s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn&#039;t want to know the end, because how could the end by happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it&#039;s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even the darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. The folk in those stories had plenty of chances of turning back only they didn&#039;t. They kept going. Because they were holding onto something. <br /> [Frodo] What were they holding onto, Sam?<br /> [Sam] That there&#039;s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it&#039;s worth fighting for

#409144 Poetry
By GennaElissa PLATINUM
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
GennaElissa PLATINUM, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
20 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live.&quot; -Norman Cousins

#409145 Poetry
By sonamy BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
sonamy BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#409146 Poetry
By 02468 BRONZE
Parkville, Maryland
02468 BRONZE, Parkville, Maryland
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#409147 Poetry
By kenussy13 GOLD
Alma, Michigan
kenussy13 GOLD, Alma, Michigan
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#409148 Poetry
Maxine SILVER, Hays, Kansas
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#409149 Poetry
By kgallagher SILVER
The Woodlands, Texas
kgallagher SILVER, The Woodlands, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#409150 Poetry
By J-blotting-ink SILVER
Kalamazoo, Michigan
J-blotting-ink SILVER, Kalamazoo, Michigan
8 articles 6 photos 20 comments