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Bridge Troll
By Fionab BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee

I am not so much in love As hung up Infatuated and stuck Trapped on a bridge you guard I think often that There's no need to cross Yet there we will be Years from now stu...
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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#37512 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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#37513 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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#37514 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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#37515 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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#37516 Poetry
i am unwanted
By Anonymous
#37517 Poetry
breakage
By darkensme SILVER
Paris, Other
darkensme SILVER, Paris, Other
6 articles 4 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The next time your heart floods with waves<br /> set it down on land, howling<br /> and let it run wild with the wolves.&rdquo;

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#37518 Poetry
The Rope
By Maggie15 BRONZE
Arlington, Virginia
Maggie15 BRONZE, Arlington, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#37519 Poetry
Sand Glass
By Anonymous
#37520 Poetry
Understand
By LostButNeverFound PLATINUM
Phoenix, Arizona
LostButNeverFound PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
37 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the one&#039;s who don&#039;t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. Friends are like balloons: once you let them go, you can&#039;t get them back. So I&#039;m gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

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