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#459361voted by our readers
Ocean
By HaleyMarieKenny BRONZE
Lake Stevens, Washington

I’ll never see the size I felt The night I found the ocean Our exhausted four door sighed into silence On the weatherworn cobblestone. My companions exhaustion slowed them B...
HaleyMarieKenny BRONZE, Lake Stevens, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#459362 Poetry
Stormy Sea
By Aj3541 PLATINUM
North Vernon, Indiana
Aj3541 PLATINUM, North Vernon, Indiana
20 articles 10 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"the demons that she hides are all she knows"

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From Shadows to Stripes
By Quinntessa PLATINUM
Amherst, Massachusetts
Quinntessa PLATINUM, Amherst, Massachusetts
30 articles 4 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.<br /> - Henry Kissinger

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#459364 Poetry
paper-cut kiss
By Sundance PLATINUM
Northampton, Massachusetts
Sundance PLATINUM, Northampton, Massachusetts
24 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
All the world&#039;s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.<br /> -Shakespeare

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The Enigma
By bsolich14 PLATINUM
Greenwood Village, Colorado
bsolich14 PLATINUM, Greenwood Village, Colorado
35 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.&quot; <br /> &mdash;J.K. Rowling

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#459366 Poetry
To Be a Woman
By Anonymous
#459367 Poetry
The Waterfall
By TigerLily212 GOLD
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
TigerLily212 GOLD, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
13 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In the end we&#039;re all lines on the concrete drawn only to be washed away in the time I&#039;ve been given I am what I am.&quot; - Never Enough by Five Finger Death Punch

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#459368 Poetry
In the night
By Elizabeth4567 SILVER
St.Albans, Vermont
Elizabeth4567 SILVER, St.Albans, Vermont
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;wherever you go, there you are!&quot; ~ &quot;We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.&quot; ~ &quot;I am still human. I have feelings too. All i want is to be loved for myself, and for my talents.&quot;

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#459369 Poetry
Tree Words
By comander089 SILVER
Orlando, Florida
comander089 SILVER, Orlando, Florida
9 articles 0 photos 5 comments
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#459370 Poetry
A Brother's Hands
By Rosiepuppy GOLD
Oakland, Michigan
Rosiepuppy GOLD, Oakland, Michigan
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;While the rest of the species are descendants of apes, redheads are descendants of cats.&rdquo;- Mark Twain

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