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#359211voted by our readers
I Am From
By LexyK2015 SILVER
Tucson, Arizona

I am from a cut-up nightgown and fingers in my mouth, To an iPod and headphones in my ears. I am from seeing my mother cry over the deaths of people I barely knew, From Tellet...
LexyK2015 SILVER, Tucson, Arizona
5 articles 6 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will not be a goody bag at your pity party&quot; ~ Rachel Cohn<br /> &ldquo;On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that&#039;s not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess.&rdquo; ~ Gabrielle Zevin

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#359212 Poetry
Guilty Secrets
By carstorm SILVER
Harrisonburg, Virginia
carstorm SILVER, Harrisonburg, Virginia
6 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One who has done nothing can not criticize one who has done little&quot;

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#359213 Poetry
Sensitive
By Kestrel PLATINUM
Warrenton, Virginia
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
29 articles 11 photos 189 comments

Favorite Quote:
-There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

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#359214 Poetry
Holding On
By Anonymous
#359215 Poetry
Time
By LMAOBROFLOL BRONZE
Snellville, Georgia
LMAOBROFLOL BRONZE, Snellville, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#359216 Poetry
Helpless Human Soul
By Dreaming_Out_Loud PLATINUM
Holden, Massachusetts
Dreaming_Out_Loud PLATINUM, Holden, Massachusetts
29 articles 14 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That&#039;s why it is called the present.&quot;

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#359217 Poetry
America, Land of Beautiful Faults
By EmyH19 BRONZE
College Station, Texas
EmyH19 BRONZE, College Station, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#359218 Poetry
Life
By 22mk01 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
22mk01 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#359219 Poetry
Seven A.M. Traffic
By junepeers BRONZE
Panorama City, California
junepeers BRONZE, Panorama City, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#359220 Poetry
Reflections of Herself
By LadyMira SILVER
Norris City, Illinois
LadyMira SILVER, Norris City, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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