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#10251voted by our readers
By chocolateharp SILVER
Plaistow, New Hampshire

After the fall of the empire; We went singing to the edge of the ocean in sheets of morning fog, and warmed our souls and our feet on the sun-baked sand. But the tide was always...
chocolateharp SILVER, Plaistow, New Hampshire
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost." - Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)


#10252 Poetry
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

#10253 Poetry
Guitar MAG
By ZoeZoe PLATINUM
Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
ZoeZoe PLATINUM, Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
28 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A bird doesn&#039;t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song&quot; -Maya Angelou

#10254 Poetry
By Anonymous
#10255 Poetry
By David.Oberteniak DIAMOND
Newton, Kansas
David.Oberteniak DIAMOND, Newton, Kansas
74 articles 1 photo 5 comments
#10256 Poetry
By Jrat BRONZE
Canton, Illinois
Jrat BRONZE, Canton, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#10257 Poetry
By AlisonHwang SILVER
Newport Beach, California
AlisonHwang SILVER, Newport Beach, California
7 articles 2 photos 0 comments
#10258 Poetry
By Anonymous
#10259 Poetry
By Missouri GOLD
Bon Aqua, Tennessee
Missouri GOLD, Bon Aqua, Tennessee
11 articles 0 photos 4 comments
saraarchuleta BRONZE, Sandy, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments