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#477171voted by our readers
By MaddieWo PLATINUM
Marstons Mills, Massachusetts

I found a conch shell today, on my walk along the shore. I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen one still alive, and I jumped as the large, sluggish thing withdrew...
MaddieWo PLATINUM, Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
28 articles 0 photos 112 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If I'd a knowed more, I would a loved more." -Pilate Dead, Song of Solomon


#477172 Poetry
By AdvocateForFishermen BRONZE
Hampton, New Hampshire
AdvocateForFishermen BRONZE, Hampton, New Hampshire
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do anything to harm the world." ~Voltaire

#477173 Poetry
By veganteen PLATINUM
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
veganteen PLATINUM, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
47 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#477174 Poetry
By OGScubaSteve BRONZE
Chula Vista, California
OGScubaSteve BRONZE, Chula Vista, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#477175 Poetry
By MorganRF PLATINUM
Bellevue, Nebraska
MorganRF PLATINUM, Bellevue, Nebraska
34 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

#477176 Poetry
cheyennneslaughter BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This is just part of growing up. A little adventure, a little rebellion." - Tangled.

#477177 Poetry
By TheNatural GOLD
Aurora, Oregon
TheNatural GOLD, Aurora, Oregon
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#477178 Poetry
laurenangela SILVER, Newton, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am too weird to live, but much too rare to die," -Synyster Gates, guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold

#477179 Poetry
BohemianBabe BRONZE, Whitby, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
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#477180 Poetry
By Dreaming_Out_Loud PLATINUM
Holden, Massachusetts
Dreaming_Out_Loud PLATINUM, Holden, Massachusetts
29 articles 14 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present."