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#8181voted by our readers
By emilllydubinn SILVER
Marlboro, New Jersey

He told me he believed in angels, in beginnings; in second chances. Clenched fists and shattered glass, boiling points reached and promises broken. His world revolved around t...
emilllydubinn SILVER, Marlboro, New Jersey
9 articles 2 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
photograpy is about stopping the world in its tracks, but poetry is about capturing the world in motion.


#8182 Poetry
By chrissie_star GOLD
Commerce, California
chrissie_star GOLD, Commerce, California
11 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
Its just another chapter in the past just turn the page dont close the book.

#8183 Poetry
By Solumicecast GOLD
Paden City, West Virginia
Solumicecast GOLD, Paden City, West Virginia
15 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;That&rsquo;s us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Those five nuts right there.&rdquo; <br /> Which one is me?&rdquo; I asked. <br /> The little deformed one,&rdquo; Zoe suggested. <br /> Oh, shut up.&rdquo; <br /> ― Rick Riordan, The Titan&#039;s Curse

#8184 Poetry
By hiddenangelz211 DIAMOND
Haverhill, Massachusetts
hiddenangelz211 DIAMOND, Haverhill, Massachusetts
59 articles 0 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live Laugh Love ~Unknown<br /> I&#039;m selfish, impatient, a little insecure but if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don&#039;t deserve me at my best ~Marilyn Monroe <br /> Dream as if you&#039;ll live forever. Live as if you&#039;ll die today. ~James Dean

#8185 Poetry
By alydiane BRONZE
Florence, South Carolina
alydiane BRONZE, Florence, South Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.&rdquo;<br /> ― Sylvia Plath

#8186 Poetry
By Elaineshao PLATINUM
Shanghai, Other
Elaineshao PLATINUM, Shanghai, Other
32 articles 2 photos 2 comments
#8187 Poetry
By 5harris PLATINUM
Sussex, Wisconsin
5harris PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
33 articles 19 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You Are Your Home"<br /> -Erin Hansen

#8188 Poetry
By Anonymous
#8189 Poetry
By closetpoet99 GOLD
Pacific Grove, California
closetpoet99 GOLD, Pacific Grove, California
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. &quot;- Jane Austen

#8190 Poetry
By Anonymous