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Torments from a Cask of Wine
By ClosetPoe BRONZE
Clinton, Connecticut

Everything valuable about me I protect beneath a wooden shell To mature in my gut If I harbor it long enough It will be an intoxicating red Serving, in the very least, To...
ClosetPoe BRONZE, Clinton, Connecticut
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes &#039;Awww!&quot;<br /> &mdash; Jack Kerouac

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Lucky You
By Anonymous
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Full of Pride
By Emomo1 BRONZE
Hager City, Wisconsin
Emomo1 BRONZE, Hager City, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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Bleeding
By Anonymous
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Savior
By kodabeari21 BRONZE
Charlottesville, Virginia
kodabeari21 BRONZE, Charlottesville, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Not Long Ago
By UrbanPoet BRONZE
Lacey, Washington
UrbanPoet BRONZE, Lacey, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Positivity is greatly overlooked&quot;

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The Story of Eyes
By hachoo GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
hachoo GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
16 articles 10 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. &rdquo; <br /> ― Markus Zusak

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Open Heart Surgery
By LestyPatrick PLATINUM
Darlington, South Carolina
LestyPatrick PLATINUM, Darlington, South Carolina
43 articles 5 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and very fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid&quot;John Keats

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Cruel Old Man
By MadelineSwift PLATINUM
Katy, Texas
MadelineSwift PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 11 comments
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#12660 Poetry
20 Seconds
By Anonymous