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#1221voted by our readers
I actually do get mad
By desafinada GOLD
Chicago, Illinois

Today, I yelled. I was a tropical, screeching, hair conditioner bird AND one of those trucks that makes wood chips.  And I looked at him. Right in the obsidian of his pupils....
desafinada GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
12 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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#1222 Poetry
Lovely
By IntelligentZombie GOLD
Gastonia, North Carolina
IntelligentZombie GOLD, Gastonia, North Carolina
11 articles 18 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
The hardest advice to take is your own.

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#1223 Poetry
Darkness
By Bethanblack PLATINUM
Kington, Please Select
Bethanblack PLATINUM, Kington, Please Select
41 articles 32 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Boys are meant to ruin your lipstick, not your mascara" --Marilyn Monroe

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#1224 Poetry
Passage of a Smile
By grace.lee SILVER
Perrysburg, Ohio
grace.lee SILVER, Perrysburg, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#1225 Poetry
Calm MAG
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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#1226 Poetry
Where I'm From
By GuitarHero2 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
GuitarHero2 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 10 photos 0 comments
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#1227 Poetry
Darkness and the Peppermint Couch
By KBaskiewicz BRONZE
South Plainfield, New Jersey
KBaskiewicz BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The world gives you so much pain, and here you are making gold out of it. <br /> -Rupi Kaur

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#1228 Poetry
Comfort In The Sadness
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

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#1229 Poetry
All the things I can’t achieve
By Anonymous
#1230 Poetry
Spring
By TheRareBreed PLATINUM
Lambertville, Michigan
TheRareBreed PLATINUM, Lambertville, Michigan
43 articles 0 photos 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”<br /> ― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

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