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#300721voted by our readers
America, 1963
By jnbrown SILVER
Meredith, New Hampshire

A baby cries in Harlem: his mother, mournful, sighs for she knows he’ll keep on crying until the day he dies. A child cries in Memphis: her teacher asks her why. “I...
jnbrown SILVER, Meredith, New Hampshire
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone." - Vita Sackville-West

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#300722 Poetry
That Girl
By KittyMaiden GOLD
Wesley Chapel, Florida
KittyMaiden GOLD, Wesley Chapel, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
I wasn&#039;t kissing her. I was whispering in her mouth.~ Chico Maroc<br /> <br /> In youth, it was a way I had,<br /> To do my best to please.<br /> And change, with every passing lad<br /> To suit his theories.<br /> But now I know the things I know<br /> And do the things I do,<br /> And if you do not like me so,<br /> To hell, my love, with you.~Dorothy Parker

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#300723 Poetry
The music flows from within
By Katelynmbradley GOLD
Folsom, California
Katelynmbradley GOLD, Folsom, California
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life isn&#039;t about the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away!&quot;

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#300724 Poetry
Don't Waste Life
By Anonymous
#300725 Poetry
The day of the red white and blue
By Anonymous
#300726 Poetry
Ocean's Song
By Jenny143 SILVER
Petaluma, California
Jenny143 SILVER, Petaluma, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#300727 Poetry
Does it Really Matter?
By inlovewith_words BRONZE
Jacksonville, Florida
inlovewith_words BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
if it makes you happy,do it.

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#300728 Poetry
writer
By Iamwhoiam17 GOLD
Lake City Fl, Florida
Iamwhoiam17 GOLD, Lake City Fl, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just be yourself,if you are happy that&#039;s all that matter&#039;s.

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#300729 Poetry
Through the Looking Glass
By ashleyantonich BRONZE
Gresham, Oregon
ashleyantonich BRONZE, Gresham, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#300730 Poetry
If People Were
By Annie Yi SILVER
Shoreline, Washington
Annie Yi SILVER, Shoreline, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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