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#87621voted by our readers
By bugjuicepoetry ELITE
Fort Wayne, Indiana

My throat is raw but it I think they shouldMy legs burn like hell but that seems goodMy arms shake so I bring my hand to steadyI want to cry when practice is done alreadyCause when...
bugjuicepoetry ELITE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
223 articles 30 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I was born very far from where I'm supposed to be. So, I guess I'm on my way home."


#87622 Poetry
By Anonymous
#87623 Poetry
By iKissMyPen SILVER
Portsmouth, Virginia
iKissMyPen SILVER, Portsmouth, Virginia
6 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#87624 Poetry
By AngelOfDaNight PLATINUM
Memphis, Tennessee
AngelOfDaNight PLATINUM, Memphis, Tennessee
29 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams.<br /> --Eleanor Roosevelt

#87625 Poetry
elizabethlarsen121 SILVER, Iowa City, Iowa
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don&#039;t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I&#039;d have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you&#039;re wrong? What if you&#039;re making a mistake you can&#039;t undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can&#039;t pretend we hadn&#039;t been told. We&#039;ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today&#039;s possibility under tomorrow&#039;s rug until we can&#039;t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

#87626 Poetry
By Julianne_H. GOLD
Highland Village, Texas
Julianne_H. GOLD, Highland Village, Texas
14 articles 2 photos 1 comment
#87627 Poetry
Currently.Nobody BRONZE, Katy, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
newyorkny BRONZE, Bronxville, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#87629 Poetry
Michelle Hickman BRONZE, San Diego, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#87630 Poetry
PoemLoverSara PLATINUM, Tampa, Florida
27 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love Is Nothing But A Dream&hearts;