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#79171voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Show not tell: It’s hot I’m an ice cream cone that got taken Out of the freezer, and placed in an oven Of a hundred degrees. I’m in a hot dry dessert, in...

#79172 Poetry
By emilyli202 PLATINUM
Fort Wayne, Indiana
emilyli202 PLATINUM, Fort Wayne, Indiana
22 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#79173 Poetry
By BettingImNot GOLD
Toronto, Other
BettingImNot GOLD, Toronto, Other
13 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's a paper town, look at all those culs-de-sac, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I've lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters.” -John Green

#79174 Poetry
By Vinchenzo BRONZE
Fertile, Minnesota
Vinchenzo BRONZE, Fertile, Minnesota
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#79175 Poetry
By B26 BRONZE
Gardner, Kansas
B26 BRONZE, Gardner, Kansas
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr.

#79176 Poetry
Tamara*Monta BRONZE, Warren, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
never regret sompthing that once made u smile

#79177 Poetry
By zachroyal PLATINUM
Johnson City, Tennessee
zachroyal PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
33 articles 4 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I Am but Mad North-northwest: When the Wind is Southerly I Know a Hawk from a Handsaw&quot;<br /> -Hamlet

#79178 Poetry
By Anonymous
#79179 Poetry
By Anonymous
#79180 Poetry
By CumminsFan44 BRONZE
Springbrook, Pennsylvania
CumminsFan44 BRONZE, Springbrook, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Confidence and Consistancy are two things you need in life to succeed