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Traveler MAG

February 3, 2009
By Alexander Pollak GOLD, San Francisco, California
Alexander Pollak GOLD, San Francisco, California
13 articles 0 photos 5 comments

I have traveled the spine of the coast
cracked
rough
curved like a turtle’s shell
Trekked over mountains
like sharp incisors
and then across the soft bulge of the prairie’s belly
swollen with disease
Walked through canyons’
cracks on the massive skull of the desert



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on Jun. 15 2009 at 11:49 pm
YeseniaG SILVER, Livonia, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Life is what happens when you're busy making plans.

Beautifully simple. Love it.

cookie30 said...
on Jun. 15 2009 at 7:48 pm
great job.i really liked your poem, i hope u become a real good poet,

on Jun. 15 2009 at 12:03 pm
hunter cregger BRONZE, Roanoke, Virginia
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wow cool i liked it cause i have been like that

on Jun. 9 2009 at 9:01 pm
sarahmarie SILVER, Escondido, California
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interesting

on May. 30 2009 at 6:19 am
Stephanie9 SILVER, Irvine, California
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Favorite Quote:
We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde

Beautiful.

on May. 16 2009 at 11:29 pm
HaleyHidden. BRONZE, Scottsville, Kentucky
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Good.:)

on May. 11 2009 at 12:39 pm
MorningStar15 DIAMOND, Orange, Vermont
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:)

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on Apr. 16 2009 at 7:11 am
jbarrog BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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Alex!!! Congrats on the publication. Heather's probably hoping you'll be the next Yaul.

-Jess

Kynthia BRONZE said...
on Apr. 16 2009 at 1:46 am
Kynthia BRONZE, Chatsworth, Georgia
2 articles 4 photos 2 comments
Wow this is good. I really like the imagery.

LilJ<3 GOLD said...
on Apr. 9 2009 at 4:28 pm
LilJ<3 GOLD, Gloucester, Virginia
11 articles 2 photos 60 comments
I love your description of what you wrote. I feel like im there and can feel and see everything that you are describing. It was perfect. Keep up the great work, and congrats on being published in the magazine, you deserve it... :)

♥ Jackie

on Apr. 9 2009 at 2:00 am
Babybluelove1 SILVER, Clyde, Texas
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WHERES THE ENDING MARK??!! LOL JK I LOVE IT SOO MUCH BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO TRAVAL THAT FAR IM TOO LAZY!! LOL JK

on Mar. 31 2009 at 3:29 am
phavi1995 SILVER, Sacramento, California
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its really good, I hope to hear from you soon...

on Mar. 29 2009 at 1:41 am
CloudedCrystal SILVER, Florissant, Missouri
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You picked the right title. Thepoem has definitely got the element of exploration! I hope to travel someday...