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The Red Cycle
By lindseyh SILVER
Whitehall, Pennsylvania

Running our lives ‘round red roses Petals floating to the floor. “He loves me, he loves me not.” Undesired remains calling back for a second chance. It’s too late a new beautif...
lindseyh SILVER, Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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The Stone Hedge
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

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Only Eighteen
By hpfan BRONZE
Armonk, New York
hpfan BRONZE, Armonk, New York
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Cartoons Create A Childhood
By nomvegannom BRONZE
Schuylerville, New York
nomvegannom BRONZE, Schuylerville, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.&rdquo;- Ai Yazawa

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Nail Files Do Not Break You Out of Jail
By nomvegannom BRONZE
Schuylerville, New York
nomvegannom BRONZE, Schuylerville, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.&rdquo;- Ai Yazawa

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The Heart of Hell
By lindseyh SILVER
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
lindseyh SILVER, Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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New Born
By lindseyh SILVER
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
lindseyh SILVER, Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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Morning Sunrise
By lindseyh SILVER
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
lindseyh SILVER, Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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Oxymoron of Religious Intelligence
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

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The train
By AmethystRose SILVER
Port Washington, Wisconsin
AmethystRose SILVER, Port Washington, Wisconsin
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