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#6761voted by our readers
By chocolateharp SILVER
Plaistow, New Hampshire

After the fall of the empire; We went singing to the edge of the ocean in sheets of morning fog, and warmed our souls and our feet on the sun-baked sand. But the tide was always...
chocolateharp SILVER, Plaistow, New Hampshire
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost." - Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)


#6762 Poetry
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

#6763 Poetry
Guitar MAG
By ZoeZoe PLATINUM
Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
ZoeZoe PLATINUM, Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
28 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A bird doesn&#039;t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song&quot; -Maya Angelou

#6764 Poetry
By Anonymous
#6765 Poetry
By Jrat BRONZE
Canton, Illinois
Jrat BRONZE, Canton, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#6766 Poetry
By AlisonHwang SILVER
Newport Beach, California
AlisonHwang SILVER, Newport Beach, California
7 articles 2 photos 0 comments
#6767 Poetry
By Anonymous
saraarchuleta BRONZE, Sandy, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6769 Poetry
By S.C.O.P.T.E.E PLATINUM
Bakersfield, California
S.C.O.P.T.E.E PLATINUM, Bakersfield, California
27 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Strive for excellence, success will follow.

ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
323 articles 5 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.