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#14021voted by our readers
By PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD
San Jose, California

Baby’s crying in its crib. Momma won’t take care of it. She can’t. She’s lying on the floor. Can’t get up or fall asleep. Darkness she has for ke...
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
15 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot


#14022 Poetry
By DreamOfMe011 GOLD
Manchester, New Hampshire
DreamOfMe011 GOLD, Manchester, New Hampshire
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The greatest pleasure in life is doing things others say you cannot do<br /> or<br /> Tell me I can&#039;t, and I&#039;ll show you I can.

#14023 Poetry
By broken_gem SILVER
Harmon, Illinois
broken_gem SILVER, Harmon, Illinois
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you can&#039;t love me at my worst, you don&#039;t deserve me at my best.

#14024 Poetry
By hrf1434 GOLD
Collierville, Tennessee
hrf1434 GOLD, Collierville, Tennessee
10 articles 4 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t Judge a Girl by Her Cover

#14025 Poetry
By Birmele63 SILVER
Naples, Florida
Birmele63 SILVER, Naples, Florida
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
why not?

TraceBatWingsAndBrokenStrings DIAMOND, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
52 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This gun has stopped time in its tracks, has altered the course of our fate. Destiny is shattered and timeless. Closed eyes feel the cold winds embrace.&quot;<br /> -Avenged Sevenfold

#14027 Poetry
By DVRKS0UL GOLD
Manitou Beach, Michigan
DVRKS0UL GOLD, Manitou Beach, Michigan
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
relatable music for the misunderstood

#14028 Poetry
By EliPiccone GOLD
New York, New York
EliPiccone GOLD, New York, New York
13 articles 5 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The brain named itself

#14029 Poetry
By AlaskaYoung BRONZE
Clarksville, Tennessee
AlaskaYoung BRONZE, Clarksville, Tennessee
1 article 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.&quot;<br /> &mdash; John Green (Looking for Alaska)

#14030 Poetry
By Cheyenne ELITE
Hephzibah, Georgia
Cheyenne ELITE, Hephzibah, Georgia
112 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
-The brightest future will always be based on the forgotten past<br /> - It takes who you are and where you&#039;ve been to make the person you are today<br /> -As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person<br /> -To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail