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Like Moths & Butterflies
By Ashlyn_Starr PLATINUM
Oak Grove, Missouri

Little faery Smiling softly Her wings are there But not quite grown She dreams of flight Days of beauty Nights of mystery Soaring through Each and every sky She sees...
Ashlyn_Starr PLATINUM, Oak Grove, Missouri
31 articles 17 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life often feels like it's spinning. Just stop and look at the design being made."~ Advice given to me by my aunt Kaitlyn

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#37512 Poetry
Pain!
By LoveLikeWoe69 GOLD
Zachary, Louisiana
LoveLikeWoe69 GOLD, Zachary, Louisiana
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#37513 Poetry
My Mother Kathy
By Kaylin01 GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
Kaylin01 GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
When you can't sleep at night it's because reality is finally better than your dreams- Dr. Suess

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#37514 Poetry
Why Do I Need Hugs?
By DebbieCupcake GOLD
Willimantic, Connecticut
DebbieCupcake GOLD, Willimantic, Connecticut
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live Long Love Life

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#37515 Poetry
Bridge Troll
By Fionab BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee
Fionab BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The Summer Day<br /> Who made the world?<br /> Who made the swan, and the black bear?<br /> Who made the grasshopper?<br /> This grasshopper, I mean-<br /> the one who has flung herself out of the grass,<br /> the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,<br /> who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-<br /> who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.<br /> Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.<br /> Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.<br /> I don&#039;t know exactly what a prayer is.<br /> I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br /> into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br /> how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br /> which is what I have been doing all day.<br /> Tell me, what else should I have done?<br /> Doesn&#039;t everything die at last, and too soon?<br /> Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br /> with your one wild and precious life?<br /> &mdash;Mary Oliver

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#37516 Poetry
Roses
By BellaGoRAWR BRONZE
Lavergne, Tennessee
BellaGoRAWR BRONZE, Lavergne, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love All. Trust Few.Do wrong to none<br /> Willam Shakespere

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#37517 Poetry
The Pain
By nliuzzo SILVER
Elmwood Park, Illinois
nliuzzo SILVER, Elmwood Park, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A man&#039;s true strength is not measure by what he can move or lift, it is measured by an idomitable will, and an ever loving heart.&quot; -Gandhi

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#37518 Poetry
Why????
By Giggity4456 GOLD
Sheridan, Oregon
Giggity4456 GOLD, Sheridan, Oregon
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing to fear is fear itself.&quot;<br /> &quot;I hear it&#039;s beautiful over there...&quot;

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#37519 Poetry
Sudden Effect
By EricH PLATINUM
Madison Heights, Virginia
EricH PLATINUM, Madison Heights, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
And before our world goes over the brink,<br /> Teach the believers how to think.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Philip Appleman

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#37520 Poetry
i am unwanted
By Anonymous