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#2411voted by our readers
By daniel-chuang SILVER
New York, New York

On a once verdant land, Lays the soldier with the clenched hand. Pried, the discovery of a shiny tag, Emerged from among his tattered rags. This was part of his general’s...
daniel-chuang SILVER, New York, New York
5 articles 1 photo 0 comments

#2412 Poetry
By swimthenread27 SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
swimthenread27 SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.”

#2413 Poetry
By caseymarie SILVER
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
caseymarie SILVER, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Curiosity often gets you into trouble.

#2414 Poetry
By lafufu SILVER
Butler, New Jersey
lafufu SILVER, Butler, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I live in a world of fantasy so keep your reality away from me. I see what I want; I want what I see and that is all okay by me."

#2415 Poetry
By Laramie.B. SILVER
Edgerton, Wyoming
Laramie.B. SILVER, Edgerton, Wyoming
6 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." -Henry Ford

#2416 Poetry
By EAR_SAP GOLD
Thomasville, North Carolina
EAR_SAP GOLD, Thomasville, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Empty your mind, be formless… shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend…”

#2417 Poetry
bookwormchick BRONZE, Wauconda, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll land among the stars." -Unknown

#2418 Poetry
Katdub12 SILVER, Grand Isle, Maine
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"The greatest victory is the victory over self"

#2419 Poetry
By LearnLoveLaugh SILVER
Spokane, Washington
LearnLoveLaugh SILVER, Spokane, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry." by Unknown

#2420 Poetry
By Anonymous