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#201voted by our readers
By MikeyG PLATINUM
Salt Lake City, Utah

The Ladder Our life Looming An intimidating stretch Of rungs Days... Arching into the unknown A climb... Always climbing Behind us The void Our past... The more we look down The mo...
MikeyG PLATINUM, Salt Lake City, Utah
38 articles 17 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change-Carl Rogers


#202 Poetry
By PoetP. SILVER
Zachary, Louisiana
PoetP. SILVER, Zachary, Louisiana
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have a dream that, one day, Blacks and Whites will come together as one-as a family!&quot;<br /> -Martin Luther King, Jr.

#203 Poetry
By ijustbeolivia GOLD
Greensboro, North Carolina
ijustbeolivia GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
11 articles 16 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Man has his will- but woman has her way&quot; Oliver Wendell Holmes

#204 Poetry
By Attiria SILVER
Korran, Other
Attiria SILVER, Korran, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Mmm... Ninja Waffle

BlackRabbitBooks BRONZE, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
So, it&#039;s a funny story...

#206 Poetry
By Kiwi-Fur BRONZE
Johnson City, Tennessee
Kiwi-Fur BRONZE, Johnson City, Tennessee
4 articles 12 photos 5 comments
#207 Poetry
By EllasRedJacket SILVER
Washington, District Of Columbia
EllasRedJacket SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#208 Poetry
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;

#209 Poetry
By Anonymous
#210 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