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Sitting in the dark
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia

The stars seem to cover, My mistakes and regrets. My fears exhaled into the night sky. Somehow that’s life I guess. Sitting in the dark will be tomorrow’s light. A...
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

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#190102 Poetry
Your Father
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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#190103 Poetry
Dark Hole
By iiarmineii SILVER
Wayne, New Jersey
iiarmineii SILVER, Wayne, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#190104 Poetry
Counrty Girl
By echor BRONZE
Goshen, Ar, Arkansas
echor BRONZE, Goshen, Ar, Arkansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#190105 Poetry
Before I rest
By Mikhayla777 BRONZE
Mancelona, Michigan
Mikhayla777 BRONZE, Mancelona, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#190106 Poetry
To that Guy
By Anonymous
#190107 Poetry
Always Surrounded by Love
By kristieregal PLATINUM
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
kristieregal PLATINUM, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#190108 Poetry
Advice is
By evs14u BRONZE
Montville, New Jersey
evs14u BRONZE, Montville, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Any idiot can face a crisis - it&#039;s day to day living that wears you out. <br /> Anton Chekhov

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#190109 Poetry
A walk with you
By Anonymous
#190110 Poetry
Purple
By Jarrod Wise BRONZE
Cleburne, Texas
Jarrod Wise BRONZE, Cleburne, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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