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#1721voted by our readers
By FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM
Plano, Texas

A baby's toy Floating in the branches of a bare frost-bitten oak Lime greens and cyan bright pinks atop a gray smoke Tears of a mother and some sorry old bloke Outlined against...
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace


#1722 Poetry
The Tree MAG
By natsunderman BRONZE
Olympia, Washington
natsunderman BRONZE, Olympia, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1723 Poetry
By Savannahk946 SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Savannahk946 SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
9 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poetry is not meant to be read with the eyes but to be read with an elegant soul. Not to be thought about with your head but with a powerful heart.
- Savannah Kealey

#1724 Poetry
By foreverjoy BRONZE
Fullerton, California
foreverjoy BRONZE, Fullerton, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#1725 Poetry
By WilliamChui PLATINUM
Mill Valley, California
WilliamChui PLATINUM, Mill Valley, California
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1726 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

#1727 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

#1728 Poetry
By gparks25 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
gparks25 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft

WickedStarcatcher DIAMOND, Massapequa, New York
67 articles 1 photo 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much."
— James Patterson
"This is the very first page, not where the storyline ends, my thoughts will echo your name until I see you again..." ~Taylor Swift "Enchanted"

LotsOfChocolateCherries PLATINUM, Portland, Oregon
26 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."