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Poetry
By Sparrow GOLD
Englewood, Tennessee

Make music oh sweet melody Take me places no one will ever see Carry me on great silk of wonders Fly me high above all haters Only you can save my blackened heart Keep me from...
Sparrow GOLD, Englewood, Tennessee
16 articles 5 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
- Leonardo da Vinci


Poetry
By Bradical BRONZE
Morgantown, West Virginia
Bradical BRONZE, Morgantown, West Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discover that I had not lived.” --Henry David Thoreau

Poetry
By skybean BRONZE
Elmont, New York
skybean BRONZE, Elmont, New York
2 articles 16 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”~GK Chesterton

Poetry
By Rachet BRONZE
Nampa, Other
Rachet BRONZE, Nampa, Other
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow
will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thornybum GOLD, Carlisle, Other
13 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

Poetry
By Melanie_Rose GOLD
Easley, South Carolina
Melanie_Rose GOLD, Easley, South Carolina
13 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I’m selfish, impatient, and insecure. I make mistakes. I am out of control and at times, hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.”
- Marilyn Monroe

Poetry
By RedRevenge BRONZE
Hugo, Oklahoma
RedRevenge BRONZE, Hugo, Oklahoma
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant. But it's very important that you do it."

"Be yourself, don't take anyone's s***, and never let them take you alive."

"The things we worry about are never the things that happen."

Poetry
By Anonymous
Poetry
By KiraVogt96 BRONZE
La Canada Flintridge, California
KiraVogt96 BRONZE, La Canada Flintridge, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.”
-Elvis in 1956, talking about his way of moving on stage.

Poetry
By JuliaRuby SILVER
Melbourne, Other
JuliaRuby SILVER, Melbourne, Other
8 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars
By Les Brown