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By ChampagneSun SILVER
Medford, New Jersey

The future darts away like a startled doe, her tail flicking teasingly. The past sweet softly like water slipping through grasping fingers. Hopes flutter high in the trees vib...
ChampagneSun SILVER, Medford, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not read as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.<br /> <br /> Fill the pages with the breathings of your heart.


#170222 Poetry
By Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM
Abbeville, Louisiana
Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM, Abbeville, Louisiana
35 articles 0 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is stronger than life, stronger than death, love, loyalty, duty.<br /> ~Essad Bey<br /> <br /> &quot;you are tired (i think) of the puzzle of living and doing; and so am i. come with me, then, and we&rsquo;ll leave it far and far away&mdash;&quot; - e.e. cummings

#170223 Poetry
By gardenfairypoet BRONZE
Crested Butte, Colorado
gardenfairypoet BRONZE, Crested Butte, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing weighs less than a pencil and nothing gives more pleasure<br /> Petrarch

#170224 Poetry
By Anonymous
#170225 Poetry
TimAnime BRONZE, Belton, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.&quot; ~ Confucius

#170226 Poetry
By xbreeex BRONZE
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
xbreeex BRONZE, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#170227 Poetry
By K.A.Orr BRONZE
Highland Village, Texas
K.A.Orr BRONZE, Highland Village, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.&rdquo; -John Green

#170228 Poetry
By frenchfri BRONZE
Plantation, Florida
frenchfri BRONZE, Plantation, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#170229 Poetry
By edpoe BRONZE
Davie, Florida
edpoe BRONZE, Davie, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#170230 Poetry
By hodgesjosh SILVER
Lawrence, Kansas
hodgesjosh SILVER, Lawrence, Kansas
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Cowboy up or go home!&quot;