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#6901voted by our readers
By Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM
Medford, Oregon

“Oh how I envy the birds” says I. “So beautiful, so graceful, so free” says I. “Someday you will fly” says you. “If only” says I. If only.
Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.


#6902 Poetry
By diffrence SILVER
Connersville, Indiana
diffrence SILVER, Connersville, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#6903 Poetry
By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful." -Ellen Hopkins

Chapterisnew SILVER, Oberlin, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;There&#039;s a bananas grove there now, I like bananas, bananas are good.&quot;

#6905 Poetry
By abbycohen BRONZE
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
abbycohen BRONZE, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
2 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes you need to stop the war to remember what you&#039;re fighting for.&quot;

#6906 Poetry
By Andy_M10S9N11 BRONZE
Oxford, Alabama
Andy_M10S9N11 BRONZE, Oxford, Alabama
1 article 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you don&#039;t play soccer, then play it

Rachelle-Mae PLATINUM, Gb, New Jersey
22 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#6908 Poetry
By ZOlms BRONZE
Oneida, New York
ZOlms BRONZE, Oneida, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6909 Poetry
By futurista12 ELITE
Far Rockaway, New York
futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
615 articles 1 photo 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;And though she be but little, she is fierce.&quot;- Shakespeare

#6910 Poetry
By ClaireM. ELITE
Albany, New York
ClaireM. ELITE, Albany, New York
109 articles 14 photos 33 comments