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run for the finish

June 2, 2011
By collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie


Give up? No, never
Run, run til the finish line
Is in a hand’s reach.


The author's comments:
I often have to remind myself, "dont give up..try your best..race til the race is run". My hope is that this small haiku will be a BIG help for others.

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on Apr. 18 2012 at 5:46 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

awwww! thanks that means a lot to me!! :)

on Apr. 18 2012 at 5:45 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

i changed my name after i wrote this. My previous name was crazycoolcritter, but now its imfeelingud

on Apr. 18 2012 at 4:23 pm
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

Why are you acting like this is your poem crazycoolcritter?? iamfeelingud wrote this. I'm just wondering...

on Apr. 18 2012 at 4:21 pm
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

I love this poem!!!! One of my favorites from you...I'm sad now I've read all of you're haikus; loved all of them. I believe you have a gift in writing :))

on Dec. 27 2011 at 5:06 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

Thanks so much!! :)

aylinnnz GOLD said...
on Dec. 27 2011 at 5:05 pm
aylinnnz GOLD, Bronx, New York
13 articles 3 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Maybe no one's really crazy. Everyone is just a little bit mad. How much depends on where you fall in the spectrum. How much depends on how lucky you are." - Joshua Walters

so good . simple but with meaning . i

on Dec. 27 2011 at 5:03 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

Thanks!! And i totally dig your name!! lol please check out and rate/comment on my othe work. Thanks!!!!

on Dec. 27 2011 at 12:39 pm
TheEldritchPrince SILVER, Stockbridge, Georgia
9 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Logic is not flawless

I definitely dig it

on Dec. 27 2011 at 12:36 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

wow!!! Thanks so much! Glad u really like it. :) Happy New Years!!! Please check out my other work and rate/comment whenever you have some spare time. Thanks!!

on Dec. 25 2011 at 10:27 pm
callie15 BRONZE, North Plains, Oregon
3 articles 21 photos 424 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?"
-Chuang Tzu

"No man with a good car needs to be justified!"
-Wise Blood

Wow, this is really good! Haiku's are hard to write, and this is one of the best I've seen on this website :)

Randamu said...
on Sep. 21 2011 at 2:27 pm
Randamu, Helendale, California
0 articles 3 photos 795 comments

Favorite Quote:
"For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus), that whoever believes in Him should not perish (in Hell) but have everlasting life (in Heaven)." -John 3:16

My plesure :)

on Sep. 20 2011 at 6:46 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

im glad to hear that! ure encouraging me, too. :D

Randamu said...
on Sep. 20 2011 at 1:30 pm
Randamu, Helendale, California
0 articles 3 photos 795 comments

Favorite Quote:
"For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus), that whoever believes in Him should not perish (in Hell) but have everlasting life (in Heaven)." -John 3:16

It helped me a lot :)

on Sep. 19 2011 at 7:56 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

thank you. hope this was/is an encouragement to you

Randamu said...
on Sep. 19 2011 at 4:26 pm
Randamu, Helendale, California
0 articles 3 photos 795 comments

Favorite Quote:
"For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus), that whoever believes in Him should not perish (in Hell) but have everlasting life (in Heaven)." -John 3:16

             Great! :D

on Jul. 30 2011 at 12:55 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

thank you for the feedback!! would you have liked it to be a bit longer? again, this is a HAIKU, not like a sonnet...

...and yes, id luv to check out ur stuff.


on Jul. 30 2011 at 12:53 pm
collegegirladventures GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
10 articles 8 photos 307 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

~Salman Rushdie

thx so much!! please check out my other work when you get a chance. :)

Megan.J.B said...
on Jul. 15 2011 at 1:28 pm
Megan.J.B, Sault Ste Marie, Other
0 articles 0 photos 185 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Here's the real truth. There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. You, me? We're exceptional."
- Green Goblin. :)

very powerful! :) 

TAR11 SILVER said...
on Jul. 15 2011 at 8:36 am
TAR11 SILVER, Allison Park, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 51 comments
I like the power despite how short it is.  Please check out my work if you get the chance.