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#366181voted by our readers
By 7mikayla GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin

One matchstick. A crumpled up pile of newspaper lays silently on the bottom of the hearth. The walls become thick with black ashes from the restarting of last night’s rendition...
7mikayla GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#366182 Poetry
By Ellie-Burns PLATINUM
Louisville, Kentucky
Ellie-Burns PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
32 articles 1 photo 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.

greysontolliver GOLD, Pataskala, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#366184 Poetry
By Anonymous
#366185 Poetry
By kellybaby BRONZE
Upland, California
kellybaby BRONZE, Upland, California
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I'm a lover not a fighter but i will fight for what i love

#366186 Poetry
By Rye_Rye2435 BRONZE
Glasgow, West Virginia
Rye_Rye2435 BRONZE, Glasgow, West Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#366187 Poetry
By missamanda GOLD
Ft. Collins, Colorado
missamanda GOLD, Ft. Collins, Colorado
11 articles 1 photo 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for." -Ray Bradbury

#366188 Poetry
flipflopbeachgirl BRONZE, Carrollton, Texas
3 articles 2 photos 0 comments
Photographywonder PLATINUM, Unfortunetly, Texas
23 articles 10 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t wait for inspiration to come to you, you have to go at it with a club&quot;<br /> &quot;Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes; work never begun&quot;<br /> &quot;Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.Art is knowing which ones to keep&quot;-Scott Adams

#366190 Poetry
By ChantalleWang SILVER
Los Angeles, California
ChantalleWang SILVER, Los Angeles, California
5 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.