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#207611voted by our readers
Stepping Onto Ellis Island, 1908
By Zithia PLATINUM
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Their sacks pile high their backs ache from the pressure no longer spry, longing for a refresher, hats upon tossed hair brunette curls see despair, though no pearls I see t...
Zithia PLATINUM, Cambridge, Massachusetts
27 articles 16 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love." -Victoria Woodhull

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#207612 Poetry
Grandmother
By Sylverbound13 SILVER
Amherst, Massachusetts
Sylverbound13 SILVER, Amherst, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#207613 Poetry
Scarlett Rose
By Filmmaker95 BRONZE
Congers, New York
Filmmaker95 BRONZE, Congers, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#207614 Poetry
Does he notice?
By JordanCourtney SILVER
Woodward, Iowa
JordanCourtney SILVER, Woodward, Iowa
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."-Dr. Suess

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#207615 Poetry
Where I come from
By mstrout98 BRONZE
Bangor, Maine
mstrout98 BRONZE, Bangor, Maine
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#207616 Poetry
A Dark September
By BethyJean BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
BethyJean BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#207617 Poetry
I live
By 1074105 BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
1074105 BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. -Romans 1:16

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#207618 Poetry
Plastic
By Edie M GOLD
Northfield, Minnesota
Edie M GOLD, Northfield, Minnesota
12 articles 5 photos 0 comments
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#207619 Poetry
To Wear It On My Arms
By Anonymous
#207620 Poetry
Pictures
By lmt1992 SILVER
Cincinnati, Ohio
lmt1992 SILVER, Cincinnati, Ohio
6 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live, Laugh, Love"

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