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By the.kanguru GOLD
Irvine, California

She waltzes on her mother’s flowery grave Through thorns that prick her dirty bloodied feet She weeps, her lonely heart cannot be saved Sings a melody she can’t repeat. La la l...
the.kanguru GOLD, Irvine, California
16 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Why is Jesus holding a machine gun?&quot;<br /> &quot;Maybe it&#039;s part of his therapy.&quot;


#10872 Poetry
By AnneAPoet GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
AnneAPoet GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#10873 Poetry
By Vidra PLATINUM
Midlothian, Virginia
Vidra PLATINUM, Midlothian, Virginia
46 articles 17 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I write only because<br /> There is a voice within me<br /> That will not be still.&rdquo;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

#10874 Poetry
By Ashers101 DIAMOND
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Ashers101 DIAMOND, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
54 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don&#039;t want to be like everyone else, I want to be me. I won&#039;t walk with all of you on the ground because I can fly. -My own quote

#10875 Poetry
By ScottTheLostOne BRONZE
St. Peters, Missouri
ScottTheLostOne BRONZE, St. Peters, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing can be loved nor Hated until it is first understood.&quot;<br /> - Leonardo DiVinci

#10876 Poetry
meltedicecubez93 BRONZE, Apopka, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;the true genius shudders at incompleteness- and usually prefers silence to saying something that isn&#039;t everything it should be.&quot; -E.A. Poe<br /> <br /> &quot; I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is Taste.&quot; -Poe

#10877 Poetry
By SHEWHOBELIEVED GOLD
Tomah, Wisconsin
SHEWHOBELIEVED GOLD, Tomah, Wisconsin
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers as we do, thinks with us, loves with us, and, above all, sins with us.&quot;<br /> Baroness Orczy

#10878 Poetry
By CarlyRae GOLD
Cambridge, Maryland
CarlyRae GOLD, Cambridge, Maryland
13 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
We all carry these things inside us that no one else can see; they hold us down like anchors, they drown us out at sea.

#10879 Poetry
By bctbmw BRONZE
Saint Peters, Missouri
bctbmw BRONZE, Saint Peters, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#10880 Poetry
By Simongirl BRONZE
Fall River, Massachusetts
Simongirl BRONZE, Fall River, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments