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#2941voted by our readers
By sjwang BRONZE
Natick, Massachusetts

If I were a pencil, The perfect utensil, For writing and drawing, But why gnawing? If I were a pencil, An important essential, Sharp and fine, Rough from pine. If I were a...
sjwang BRONZE, Natick, Massachusetts
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love all, trust a few, and do harm to none. -William Shakespeare


#2942 Poetry
By Tia_pooh BRONZE
Evansville, Indiana
Tia_pooh BRONZE, Evansville, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2943 Poetry
By EnchantedGrove SILVER
Everett, Washington
EnchantedGrove SILVER, Everett, Washington
7 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
We travel not so we can escape life, but so that life won't escape us.

thepoetinthedark BRONZE, Dummerston, Vermont
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Pain demands to be felt"-The Fault In Our Stars John Green<br /> and<br /> "We are all broken. that's how the light gets in"-Ernest Hemingway

#2945 Poetry
Orion MAG
By Arcturus PLATINUM
Newton, Massachusetts
Arcturus PLATINUM, Newton, Massachusetts
32 articles 0 photos 5 comments
#2946 Poetry
By Rainy123 GOLD
Fresno, California
Rainy123 GOLD, Fresno, California
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&rdquo; <br /> ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

#2947 Poetry
By oliviav05 GOLD
Grand Blanc, Michigan
oliviav05 GOLD, Grand Blanc, Michigan
19 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela

#2948 Poetry
By mollybom BRONZE
Peoria, Arizona
mollybom BRONZE, Peoria, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
bellatrixi77 BRONZE, Laguna, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2950 Poetry
By Osoper3510 BRONZE
Royal Oak, Michigan
Osoper3510 BRONZE, Royal Oak, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments