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#211voted by our readers
By BostonPayne SILVER
Smyrna, Tennessee

In the midst of a winded day A clouded and dreary winter morning Sat a child in mourning No older than eight Longing for the days before her yearnings When everything seemed s...
BostonPayne SILVER, Smyrna, Tennessee
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life can be horrible, so be even worse.&quot;<br /> &quot;A shelf&rsquo;s for a clock or vase or picture,<br /> But I don&rsquo;t see why it should have to bear<br /> A chimney that only would serve to remind me<br /> Of castles I used to build in air.&quot;


#212 Poetry
By Anonymous
#213 Poetry
In 1917 MAG
By HZhang GOLD
Cortland, New York
HZhang GOLD, Cortland, New York
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. <br /> -Oscar Wilde

BeatlesFreak BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
3 articles 6 photos 7 comments
#215 Poetry
emoprincess666 GOLD, Nampa, Idaho
17 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;when the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace&quot;

#216 Poetry
By kate_anne PLATINUM
Cedartown, Georgia
kate_anne PLATINUM, Cedartown, Georgia
41 articles 7 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.<br /> -Stephen King

#217 Poetry
By EdieGraffiti GOLD
Idaho Falls, Idaho
EdieGraffiti GOLD, Idaho Falls, Idaho
14 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her the pins stick farther in.

skematt PLATINUM, Shanghai, Other
47 articles 0 photos 9 comments
#219 Poetry
By gabbed BRONZE
Arlington, Massachusetts
gabbed BRONZE, Arlington, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#220 Poetry
By alllluuurra SILVER
Battle Creek, Michigan
alllluuurra SILVER, Battle Creek, Michigan
9 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We cut in kill flowers because we think they are beautiful, we cut and kill ourselves because we think we are not.&quot;