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Street

October 26, 2011
By Danealle SILVER, Wheeling, Illinois
Danealle SILVER, Wheeling, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything is possible with a smile and goal in mind.


The best symphony in the entire world
is that of crunching leaves
in synchronization with the hum of the wind
and farewell chirps of the birds.
As the branches hang low with sins of summer
begging the snow and rain to wash away the secrets.
The moon full and unadulterated by the stolen
midnight kisses and empty beer bottles
it has tasted in months before,
Over shadowed by double parked cars and
the shrill wine of metal plates against rubber tires.
Flame leafed children scatter with staccato footsteps
as the shine of the steel street lamps fade away the color.
A mother’s echoing voice resonates across the circle drive
like a beating drum.
Doors slam shut, curtains draw together
with a loud grate.
All at once the symphony of screams, reds, wind,
and gold silence themselves, leaving only the strum
of the leaves swimming over cement.



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on Nov. 23 2011 at 8:07 pm
Danealle SILVER, Wheeling, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything is possible with a smile and goal in mind.

haha thank you! For some reason I can't find any of your work:(

on Nov. 23 2011 at 6:53 pm
Nightingale2write BRONZE, Toronto, Other
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas Edison

This is really good. I love all the descriptions. Keep it up! *applause* xD

on Nov. 11 2011 at 3:54 pm
Danealle SILVER, Wheeling, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything is possible with a smile and goal in mind.

haha aww thank you! You are too sweet!

on Nov. 11 2011 at 3:52 pm
Signed_DK SILVER, Declo, Idaho
5 articles 1 photo 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is no line between genius and insanity, I erased it.

Violence isn't the answer, it's the solution.

Something seemed different about this poem that I don't usually hear. Only a TRUE journalist could make something like this.

on Nov. 11 2011 at 2:43 pm
Danealle SILVER, Wheeling, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything is possible with a smile and goal in mind.

Thank you!

on Nov. 11 2011 at 12:57 pm
Kvothe28 SILVER, Temecula, California
5 articles 0 photos 78 comments

Favorite Quote:
Excuse me while I prepare my impromptu remarks. -Winston Churchill

Tell it like it is, not how it was. -Jonathan

Break it down like a fine English double-gun. -R. Bitoni

I really liked it. "As the branches hang low with the sins of summer..." That was my favorite line.