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By alexxeo GOLD
Saint Helens, Oregon

Music caresses my ears, singing your song I lay back, and listen fiddling my fingers, closing my eyes, hearing your beautiful words "I wish you could see that, you&...
alexxeo GOLD, Saint Helens, Oregon
12 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Absence from the ones we love is self from self-- a deadly banishment.&quot; -William Shakespere<br /> <br /> &quot;Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.&quot; -Leonardo De Vinci<br /> <br /> &quot;Seduce my mind<br /> ...and speak those words to the point of<br /> contradiction.<br /> Hypocrisy never seemed so beautiful.<br /> Your lips have it down to an<br /> art. Oh, I know I&#039;m in love with<br /> wordplay.<br /> Speak to me,<br /> &#039;til your lips are numb.<br /> We&#039;ll always have pen and paper. &quot; -By Anonymous, Mississauga, Canada


#421032 Poetry
By Wintergrl7 GOLD
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Wintergrl7 GOLD, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
19 articles 3 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.<br /> &mdash;William Arthur Ward<br /> The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.<br /> &mdash;Daniel J. Boorstin

#421033 Poetry
By Anonymous
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By Anonymous
#421035 Poetry
By kenzyc_ BRONZE
Simpsonville, South Carolina
kenzyc_ BRONZE, Simpsonville, South Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Who wants to become a writer? Because its the answer to everything... a reason for living. To note, pin down, build up, create, to be astonished at nothing, cherish the odds, to make a great flower out of this life, even if ts a cactus.&quot; Enid Bagnold

#421036 Poetry
By Tophender BRONZE
Gilford, New Hampshire
Tophender BRONZE, Gilford, New Hampshire
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#421037 Poetry
By Anonymous
#421038 Poetry
By AlienNation SILVER
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
AlienNation SILVER, Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#421039 Poetry
By KortniLynnn BRONZE
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
KortniLynnn BRONZE, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#421040 Poetry
By Cette_Q. SILVER
LaVista, Nebraska
Cette_Q. SILVER, LaVista, Nebraska
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you&#039;re taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, what value does that place on love?&quot; - Marilyn Manson