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#5751voted by our readers
By jybellman SILVER
Jacksonville, Florida

There was a man—a songbird, a larkBorn the son of song and dawnHe could bend the trees to kneelAll with notes he had drawn But he only sang for one to hearOn the land, above...
jybellman SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Answer./ That you are here--that life exists and identity,/ That the powerful play goes on, and you may/ contribute a verse." - Walt Whitman (also quoted by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society.)


#5752 Poetry
By Rune DIAMOND
Tama, Iowa
Rune DIAMOND, Tama, Iowa
58 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.<br /> — Isaiah 24:1

#5753 Poetry
#5754 Poetry
By SsofiaT SILVER
Crockett, Texas
SsofiaT SILVER, Crockett, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Stay gold Ponyboy"

#5755 Poetry
By Harleen123 PLATINUM
Chandigarh, Other
Harleen123 PLATINUM, Chandigarh, Other
28 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Assumptions are the death of truth...

#5756 Poetry
By Anonymous
#5757 Poetry
miyah215 BRONZE, Nyc, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5758 Poetry
By aydria SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
aydria SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
¨In order to go somewhere in life, you must leave home.¨

#5759 Poetry
By gracelangfeldt BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
gracelangfeldt BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5760 Poetry
By Taili GOLD
Lexington, Massachusetts
Taili GOLD, Lexington, Massachusetts
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment