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Poetry
By Jezmondinie PLATINUM
Tonbridge, Other

Oh to be a hawk cried the sparrow for I fear my view of life is rather narrow to soar above the clouds with my hunting call so loud and to glide over the farmer’s field and fa...
Jezmondinie PLATINUM, Tonbridge, Other
30 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.


Poetry
By Breannamartxp SILVER
Erial, New Jersey
Breannamartxp SILVER, Erial, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life isn't about the breaths we take, but the moments that take our breaths away."

Cami98 GOLD, San Antonio, Texas
15 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You is kind, you is smart, you is important"

Poetry
By alex_gold SILVER
Southlake, Texas
alex_gold SILVER, Southlake, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely put on the page what&#039;s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.&#039;<br /> <br /> Stephen King

PonderousPoet BRONZE, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I may be as bad as the worst but thank God I am as good as the best.

Poetry
By Cococfg BRONZE
Brunswick, Maine
Cococfg BRONZE, Brunswick, Maine
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Poetry
By Cissie SILVER
Seattle, Washington
Cissie SILVER, Seattle, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;tender is the day the demons go away&quot;

NithinPurpleAuthor SILVER, Trivandrum, Other
7 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;Bear your soul that defy, O&#039; man,and bear the willingness that confront your fright from an anguished brain,when courage the fame born brother of venture and that thus lead you from agonal waves that trembles inner your minds myriad shorelines,when

Poetry
By Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM
Bloomington, Illinois
Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
23 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life beats down and crushes the soul but art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler<br /> He who lives upon hope will die fasting.<br /> -Benjamin Franklin<br /> If you&#039;re absent during my struggle. Don&#039;t expect to be present during my success.

daRklovelyblue17 GOLD, Phoenix, Arizona
13 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Where words fail, music speaks.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m trying to believe in things that I don&#039;t know[...]That love can kill the pain, that truth is never vain, it turns strangers into lovers, and enemies to brothers&quot;