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By Anonymous

His arms reached up toward the sky,like branches of the old elmtreethat used to sit outside my window.I yearned to cut him down,as Ihad that tree,to allow light into my life.But I...

#413812 Poetry
By Jazzzy517 GOLD
Meriden, Connecticut
Jazzzy517 GOLD, Meriden, Connecticut
17 articles 1 photo 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

#413813 Poetry
By hockeyknight BRONZE
Mounds View, Minnesota
hockeyknight BRONZE, Mounds View, Minnesota
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#413814 Poetry
FreespiritFreeverse1998 BRONZE, Johnson City, Tennessee
1 article 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"The Future Is No More Uncertain Than The Present." -Walt Whitman

#413815 Poetry
Sleepless-Rambles PLATINUM, Dunedin, Florida
28 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Only one? Shoot.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &mdash; Jonathan Lethem

#413816 Poetry
By Anonymous
#413817 Poetry
By deathbecomes720 BRONZE
Metemora, Michigan
deathbecomes720 BRONZE, Metemora, Michigan
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;write your rough draft with your heart and rewrite it in your head&quot;(finding forester)

#413818 Poetry
By CheyDance GOLD
Peralta, New Mexico
CheyDance GOLD, Peralta, New Mexico
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dancers don&#039;t dance to live, dancers live to Dance.&quot;

#413819 Poetry
By bookworm29 PLATINUM
Rockville, Maryland
bookworm29 PLATINUM, Rockville, Maryland
28 articles 2 photos 61 comments
#413820 Poetry
By Maryelle GOLD
Stein, Other
Maryelle GOLD, Stein, Other
13 articles 17 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
The world is strange, if you don&#039;t want to shatter, be strange too. (G.F)