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By baileysul PLATINUM
Guilford, Connecticut

“Better things to come” lazily written in chalk. Abandoned schoolbooks, a wooden figurine sitting upright, listening to the silence. EVICTED “Did people die here?” we...
baileysul PLATINUM, Guilford, Connecticut
26 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." -Ernest Hemingway


Poetry
By the.kanguru GOLD
Irvine, California
the.kanguru GOLD, Irvine, California
16 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Why is Jesus holding a machine gun?&quot;<br /> &quot;Maybe it&#039;s part of his therapy.&quot;

Poetry
By Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND
Orchard Park, New York
Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND, Orchard Park, New York
55 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales do not teach children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

Poetry
By Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND
Orchard Park, New York
Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND, Orchard Park, New York
55 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales do not teach children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

Poetry
By Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND
Orchard Park, New York
Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND, Orchard Park, New York
55 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales do not teach children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

Poetry
By Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND
Orchard Park, New York
Comfortably_Numb DIAMOND, Orchard Park, New York
55 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales do not teach children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

Poetry
By Louisiana GOLD
Waterloo, Iowa
Louisiana GOLD, Waterloo, Iowa
16 articles 2 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have sometimes been widley, despairingly, acutley miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing&quot; Agatha Christie

PrincessGaguya GOLD, Dallas, Texas
13 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life.&quot; -The Lord.

Poetry
By WithACupOfCoffee BRONZE
Dakota, Minnesota
WithACupOfCoffee BRONZE, Dakota, Minnesota
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Basically....Run.&quot;

Poetry
By soarlikeme23 SILVER
Louisville, Kentucky
soarlikeme23 SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
9 articles 3 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands&quot; e.e. cummings