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By outspoken_poet SILVER
Logan, Utah

When I was six I was afraid of spiders Not now When I was eight I was scared of snakes Then I saw a cat kill one Then I was scared of cats Still haven't quite gotten over that...
outspoken_poet SILVER, Logan, Utah
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Of all sad words of mouth or pen, the saddest are these: it might have been."
- John Greenleaf Whittier


#992 Poetry
BlindlyBecomingBella PLATINUM, Grapevine, Texas
36 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
-Wuthering Hights

SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

#994 Poetry
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM, Kington, Other
26 articles 3 photos 284 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson

#995 Poetry
Itsmaanya_25 PLATINUM, Indore, Other
32 articles 1 photo 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's Okay to have butterflies in your stomach, as long as you make them fly in formation

#996 Poetry
By IreneD BRONZE
Oxford, Mississippi
IreneD BRONZE, Oxford, Mississippi
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I've worked on my weaknesses, I made them my strengths."

Rune DIAMOND, Tama, Iowa
58 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
— Isaiah 24:1

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By Ky74 GOLD
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Ky74 GOLD, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
15 articles 24 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
*-dont waste happiness-*

#999 Poetry
By MaddieLee06 BRONZE
Louisville, Kentucky
MaddieLee06 BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The secret to a happiness is a small ego. And a big wallet. --- But that's not really a secret, is it?”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

#1000 Poetry
andreabru BRONZE, Beaumont, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments