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#5031voted by our readers
Waiting
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California

Waiting for this class to end as the day begins to close. Waiting to sense the beauty in the small, unblossomed rose. Waiting for summer to come so I can fin’lly be fr...
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

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#5032 Poetry
Bed of Thorns
By albinotiger GOLD
Gloucester, Massachusetts
albinotiger GOLD, Gloucester, Massachusetts
13 articles 0 photos 186 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win&quot;- Stephen King<br /> &ldquo;In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate&rdquo;- Isaac Asimov

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#5033 Poetry
The Life that Dies Away
By weebnini DIAMOND
San Diego, California
weebnini DIAMOND, San Diego, California
55 articles 3 photos 164 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Done &amp; Over&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Anyone can give up, it&#039;s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that&#039;s true strength.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;People should be able to say how they feel. How they really feel. Not, you know, some words that some strangers put in their mouth.&quot;

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#5034 Poetry
The Perfect Day
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

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#5035 Poetry
L.I.F.E.
By Mr_Authentic BRONZE
Hartford, Wisconsin
Mr_Authentic BRONZE, Hartford, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#5036 Poetry
In His Arms
By Hizoku BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
Hizoku BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The Problem With Quotes From The Internet Is It Is Hard To Verify Their Authenticity&quot;-- Abraham Lincoln

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#5037 Poetry
Never Again
By Ultra114 BRONZE
Spring Grove , Pennsylvania
Ultra114 BRONZE, Spring Grove , Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Music specks when words don&#039;t.

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#5038 Poetry
i am visiting my mother
By ReneeMoy BRONZE
Flowermound, Texas
ReneeMoy BRONZE, Flowermound, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is a certain beauty in setting the world on fire and watching from the center of the flames."- Fiona

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#5039 Poetry
Dear Jesus, I am here now.
By Atuck1933 SILVER
Edmond, Oklahoma
Atuck1933 SILVER, Edmond, Oklahoma
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#5040 Poetry
Some I Know and Some I Forgot
By Ashley Royal BRONZE
Aurora, Oregon
Ashley Royal BRONZE, Aurora, Oregon
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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