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By PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD
San Jose, California

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and while it is one of the most important months to me, it is also one of the hardest. Nearly a year ago, I lost a friend...
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
15 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot


#12932 Nonfiction
By TessDucky BRONZE
Celeste Tx, Texas
TessDucky BRONZE, Celeste Tx, Texas
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I am not afraid of dying, I’m afraid that once I am gone no one will remember who I am or who I was. What I did or what it was. I want to leave behind a legacy to protect, that will carry on through out the ages, and the the thought of me passing on and no one knowing or caring about what I did shakes my very core..... ~Me

#12933 Nonfiction
By HavenEyes BRONZE
Lake City, Iowa
HavenEyes BRONZE, Lake City, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you would not be forgotten,<br /> as soon as you are dead and rotten,<br /> either write things worth reading,<br /> or do things worth the writing.&quot;

#12934 Nonfiction
By Marcusm BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia
Marcusm BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#12935 Nonfiction
By Ellie.M. PLATINUM
Santa Paula, California
Ellie.M. PLATINUM, Santa Paula, California
47 articles 1 photo 133 comments
#12936 Nonfiction
By justin wain BRONZE
Holmdel, New Jersey
justin wain BRONZE, Holmdel, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
BlueAndRedInk GOLD, Paducah, Kentucky
19 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry&quot; -James 1:19

#12938 Nonfiction
SamaraJaneyR BRONZE, Normal, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.&quot;<br /> -Socrates

#12939 Nonfiction
By TaneikaW. SILVER
Joliet, Illinois
TaneikaW. SILVER, Joliet, Illinois
6 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The sky is the limit. Just REACH for it!!&quot; :)

#12940 Nonfiction
simpleandtrue PLATINUM, Moraga, California
28 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&#039;let the life that you live dictate who you are, not Facebook.\&#039;