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Poetry
By Jen02012 PLATINUM
Kensington, Maryland

One thought in my mind: “how could you ever do this to me”. The individual so faultless, so guiltless, You were the only lone for me. At night I cry something so miserable, f...
Jen02012 PLATINUM, Kensington, Maryland
23 articles 22 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
when we are created we were made ugly. but given the ability to create something that we could not posess, that is beauty. that is why art is important-a friend.


Poetry
By purplemonkey95 GOLD
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
purplemonkey95 GOLD, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
13 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poetry
By Devonaire Chambliss BRONZE
Elgin, South Carolina
Devonaire Chambliss BRONZE, Elgin, South Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By samiikay SILVER
Olive Hill, KY, Kentucky
samiikay SILVER, Olive Hill, KY, Kentucky
5 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there&#039;s no happily ever after. You&#039;ll only find happy endings in books. Some books.&quot; <br /> -Ellen Hopkins

Kimberly_W PLATINUM, Lafferty, Ohio
26 articles 3 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
live today as if it was your last with every possible moment, and<br /> live it up, drink it down, party hard

Poetry
By Jazzalyn BRONZE
Hortense, Georgia
Jazzalyn BRONZE, Hortense, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.&rdquo;

Timekeeper DIAMOND, Cary, North Carolina
62 articles 0 photos 569 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A guy walks up to me and asks &#039;What&#039;s Punk?&#039;. So I kick over a garbage can and say &#039;That&#039;s punk!&#039;. So he kicks over a garbage can and says &#039;That&#039;s Punk&#039;?, and I say &#039;No that&#039;s trendy&#039;!&quot;- Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day

Outofthefloor BRONZE, Oxford, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By Ekf07 GOLD
Huntersville, North Carolina
Ekf07 GOLD, Huntersville, North Carolina
16 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The expert at anything was once a beginner.All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors, your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a payc

Poetry
By SilverHedgehog17 SILVER
Fairfield, Connecticut
SilverHedgehog17 SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
Oh, it&#039;s a case of they think I&#039;ll think that they&#039;ll do A, so they&#039;ll do B because I wouldn&#039;t think they&#039;d think of that but then they&#039;ll do A after all because I wouldn&#039;t think they&#039;d think that way.