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#27401voted by our readers
Pen and Paper
By Laurennnn PLATINUM
Sadieville, Kentucky

As I pour out my thoughts, I feel vulnerable. For the first time, people see me. They don’t see make-up, clothes, hair, jewelry. They see my soul, as it speaks...
Laurennnn PLATINUM, Sadieville, Kentucky
31 articles 9 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people merely exist, that is all." -Oscar Wilde

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#27402 Poetry
How Could You
By lexxi_rox PLATINUM
Auburn Hills, Michigan
lexxi_rox PLATINUM, Auburn Hills, Michigan
30 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is." - James Branch Cabell

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#27403 Poetry
a smile is to..
By skyler patterson BRONZE
Washington, Pennsylvania
skyler patterson BRONZE, Washington, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#27404 Poetry
What if fish could fly?
By lunaticonthegrass PLATINUM
Hobbs, New Mexico
lunaticonthegrass PLATINUM, Hobbs, New Mexico
43 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poets utter great and wise things which they themselves do not understand.&quot;-Plato<br /> &quot;Envy is ignorance&quot;-Ralph Waldo Emerson<br /> &quot;Choose the day, the sign of the day, the day&#039;s divinity.&quot;-Jim Morrison

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#27405 Poetry
fifth season
By fffnoof SILVER
East Brunswick, New Jersey
fffnoof SILVER, East Brunswick, New Jersey
6 articles 4 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. -Cesar A. Cruz

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#27406 Poetry
The Kiss
By theweirdworder DIAMOND
Newtown, Pennsylvania
theweirdworder DIAMOND, Newtown, Pennsylvania
65 articles 49 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.<br /> -Plato

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#27407 Poetry
the past is the past
By jp1260 GOLD
Rockhill, South Carolina
jp1260 GOLD, Rockhill, South Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
you drive your future

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#27408 Poetry
A Free Man
By Anonymous
#27409 Poetry
Wishes
By Lindsey_O GOLD
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Lindsey_O GOLD, Marshfield, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 180 comments

Favorite Quote:
Words slide off the lead,<br /> creating permanent marks;<br /> writer&#039;s secret code. <br /> ~Lindsey O&#039;Connell

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#27410 Poetry
choice
By laica SILVER
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
laica SILVER, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Kreyol pale, kreyol komprann. <br /> Speak plainly, don&#039;t try to deceive.&quot;<br /> &quot;Bel anteman pa di paradi<br /> A beautiful doesn&#039;t guarantee heaven.&quot;

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