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TeenInk RT @omniya134: http://t.co/N6Sr3YfN via @teenink an article i've posted on @teenink

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TeenInk RT @jbakernyc: [The point is]Equality! We're all the same and shouldn't be judged by who we love or what we look like. Lofty goal! #teenink

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ThesilentravenThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time.

Mableton, GA
This user has contributed 101 posts into the Teen Ink Forums.
This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This author's work has been published in our print magazine.
 

About Thesilentraven:

If I was an Autumn leaf, frail and transparent and about to drop from my branch, I would trust the wind to carry me to good soil; so that when I melted into the Earth, I might become a part of the beginnings of another beautiful tree.



Articles and Art by Thesilentraven:

Signed, the Silent Raven
Nonfiction section, Teen Ink
Had the Heart A Certain Language
Poetry section, Teen Ink This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
When Joy is Captured
Photographs section, Teen Ink
Birds and Cages and Fire
Poetry section, Teen Ink This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.
Angels in the Stone
Poetry section, Teen Ink This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
Dance of the Star Person
Poetry section, Teen Ink
Unfolding-- to Dust
Poetry section, Teen Ink This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
Meditating in Darkness
Poetry section, Teen Ink
Lighthearted Noon
Poetry section, Teen Ink
On Prey
Poetry section, Teen Ink




Thesilentraven's Favorite Personal Quote:

"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran


   
Favorite books: The Shack, The Prophet, The Alchemist, The Book of Psalms, Kafka on the Shore 
Favorite authors: Kahlil Gibran, Edgar Allan Poe, Marcus Zusak, Paul Coelho, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Haruki Murakami, Emily Dickinson 
Favorite music artists: Leonard Cohen, Laura Marling, Cat Stevens, DeVotchka, Vashti Bunyan, Alela Diane, Andrew Bird, Tallest Man on Earth, George Winston, Penguin Cafe Orchestra 
Favorite heroes: Mahatma Gandhi, Henri Nouwen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joan Baez, The Dalai Lama 

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