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Laughter
By writer-violist DIAMOND
Jenks, Oklahoma

All you have to do  is make me laugh hard and then I'll be your best friend.
writer-violist DIAMOND, Jenks, Oklahoma
63 articles 4 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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#87062 Poetry
The Monster You Made Me
By PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD
San Jose, California
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
15 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot

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#87063 Poetry
The War
By Anonymous
#87064 Poetry
Fallen Away
By CharmingChar PLATINUM
Bronxville, New York
CharmingChar PLATINUM, Bronxville, New York
21 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.<br /> Robert Frost

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#87065 Poetry
Soft Cotton
By tone8 GOLD
New Orleans, Louisiana
tone8 GOLD, New Orleans, Louisiana
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~Lee Segall

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#87066 Poetry
This Canvas
By AliveInHim BRONZE
Glenside, Pennsylvania
AliveInHim BRONZE, Glenside, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I am weak, then I am strong.

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#87067 Poetry
Sapphire Ghost
By ErinAjello GOLD
Staten Island, New York
ErinAjello GOLD, Staten Island, New York
19 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.&rdquo; <br /> -Alice Hoffman

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#87068 Poetry
The scars of a life in turmoil
By Anonymous
#87069 Poetry
Economic Breakup MAG
By Kelsea Askew BRONZE
Dallas, Texas
Kelsea Askew BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#87070 Poetry
Gymnastics
By Madeline Burk BRONZE
Tucson, Arizona
Madeline Burk BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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