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#222761voted by our readers
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia

One leap, Throw of the frisbee, Swiftly in the air.
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka


#222762 Poetry
Mechanism MAG
By Anonymous
#222763 Poetry
By LaurenC PLATINUM
Dearborn, Michigan
LaurenC PLATINUM, Dearborn, Michigan
26 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every man dies, but not every man lives".

#222764 Poetry
By silverbookslayer GOLD
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
silverbookslayer GOLD, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
11 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To know my deed, t'were best not to know myself"-Macbeth

#222765 Poetry
By KayleeG GOLD
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
KayleeG GOLD, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are not who everyone wants you to be"

#222766 Poetry
By Tashnia Ahmed SILVER
Jonesboro, Georgia
Tashnia Ahmed SILVER, Jonesboro, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#222767 Poetry
By ErinAjello GOLD
Staten Island, New York
ErinAjello GOLD, Staten Island, New York
19 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.&rdquo; <br /> -Alice Hoffman

#222768 Poetry
By madhat12 BRONZE
Metropolis, Illinois
madhat12 BRONZE, Metropolis, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#222769 Poetry
symonehamilton BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --- Marilyn Monroe

#222770 Poetry
By Sundance PLATINUM
Northampton, Massachusetts
Sundance PLATINUM, Northampton, Massachusetts
24 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
All the world&#039;s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.<br /> -Shakespeare