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By TimeForCoffee BRONZE
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

I slip and slide on the cold stone wall As I try to get over to freedom. I beat my bruised wings On the bloody bars Of the cage that separates me from what I want. So won&#...
TimeForCoffee BRONZE, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 23 comments

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By Anonymous
BrittaneyPeacock DIAMOND, Houston, Texas
94 articles 46 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be yourself and never change for no one, If they can&#039;t except you for you then don&#039;t have them&quot;.<br /> &quot;Go after your dreams, do whatever it takes to get there and never let go&quot;. &quot;Live life to the fullest cause there is never tomorrow&quot;.

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By Jesse-Marie- PLATINUM
Freehold, New Jersey
Jesse-Marie- PLATINUM, Freehold, New Jersey
46 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love is to live. Without love, what is life?&quot;

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By purpleink GOLD
Pendleton, Oregon
purpleink GOLD, Pendleton, Oregon
17 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
The early bird gets the worm but the second rat gets the cheese.<br /> <br /> There is more to life besides increasing its speed.

outsidethebox SILVER, Nassau, Other
5 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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Be yourself and above asll let who you are, what you are, what you believe through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

paigeturner9 PLATINUM, Palo Alto, California
40 articles 0 photos 17 comments
AmandaElizabeth PLATINUM, Fulton, Kentucky
48 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.&quot;

14MNKMizzu1 GOLD, Columbia, Missouri
19 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
We dont read poetry becuase it&#039;s cute, we read poetry becuase we&#039;r part of the human race- Dead Poet&#039;s Soceity

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By EnochDreams GOLD
Simi Valley, California
EnochDreams GOLD, Simi Valley, California
12 articles 8 photos 14 comments

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver importance than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. - Aristotle<br /> <br /> &lrm;&quot;I think the biggest thing that my failures have taught me is that you can&#039;t succeed without failing&quot;<br /> <br /> -Rick Riordan