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#1721voted by our readers
By per PLATINUM
Spartanburg, South Carolina

years stood between us, grazing shoulders                (me and him) but he lingered and hung near my everyshift.nimble fingers followed m...
per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
40 articles 11 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde


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

#1723 Poetry
The Tree MAG
By natsunderman BRONZE
Olympia, Washington
natsunderman BRONZE, Olympia, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1724 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

#1725 Poetry
By foreverjoy BRONZE
Fullerton, California
foreverjoy BRONZE, Fullerton, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#1726 Poetry
By WilliamChui PLATINUM
Mill Valley, California
WilliamChui PLATINUM, Mill Valley, California
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#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 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

#1729 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"