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By LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM
Kapowsin, Washington

I stare at my hands There are two of them Five fingers each And in between Are these funny little spaces Where your fingers Seem to fit perfectly But these spaces Look rath...
LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM, Kapowsin, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.&quot; <br /> &ndash; Mother Teresa


#370362 Poetry
mystery_kisses. PLATINUM, Ocala, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tears are those annoying things that are a dead give away that your scars have grown just alil bit deeper.

#370363 Poetry
unicorn_freak SILVER, Cypress, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.&quot; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

#370364 Poetry
By blonde_with_a_brain PLATINUM
Centerville, Ohio
blonde_with_a_brain PLATINUM, Centerville, Ohio
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#370365 Poetry
By LittleLottie BRONZE
Plainfield, Indiana
LittleLottie BRONZE, Plainfield, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We tell ourselves stories in order to live<br /> -Joan Didion

MarkusSinclair SILVER, Honolulu, Hawaii
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Good poets write for their audience while great poets write for themselves&quot;<br /> -Markus Sinclair

#370367 Poetry
By Kisaroar GOLD
Chesapeake, Virginia
Kisaroar GOLD, Chesapeake, Virginia
15 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I want to be the girl that always smiles; even when her heart is broken and all she wants to do is cry~

#370368 Poetry
By Shaners BRONZE
Kennebunk, Maine
Shaners BRONZE, Kennebunk, Maine
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independance of solitude.&quot; - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#370369 Poetry
By Anonymous
#370370 Poetry
NamrehsNeb PLATINUM, Ardsley, New York
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.&quot; 1984, George Orwell.