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#1751voted by our readers
By Avira_chaos BRONZE
Chennai, Other

I pick up the roses, Cast offs of fragile ecstasy, Torn off of sin, And yesterday's fantasy. Red for the widows, White for the widowers. Tasting of burning Desire, Of seethi...
Avira_chaos BRONZE, Chennai, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#1752 Poetry
georgiaringstaff BRONZE, Austin, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist" Indira Gandhi

#1753 Poetry
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

singingintherain BRONZE, Lebanon, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 14 comments
#1755 Poetry
By mmorse GOLD
Lousiville, Kentucky
mmorse GOLD, Lousiville, Kentucky
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'm a piece of paper. Everyone uses me, tears me apart, and I get thrown in the trash. A simple life.

#1756 Poetry
By emmaswen09 BRONZE
Arlington Heights, Illinois
emmaswen09 BRONZE, Arlington Heights, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1757 Poetry
LemonShake32 SILVER, Bloomington, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

#1758 Poetry
By Bagel04 GOLD
Kingsville, Texas
Bagel04 GOLD, Kingsville, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none" ~ William Shakespeare<br /> " To be, or not to be: that is the question..." ~ William Shakespeare

#1759 Poetry
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy