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By CHIguy PLATINUM
Chicago, Illinois

Mr.unemployed has ripped pants, same shirt A smile appearance that always hurts, Head low, a pain he tries not to show, His hair is a mess He tries to dress to impress, To...
CHIguy PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
31 articles 0 photos 4 comments

BrokenHeartedBeauty BRONZE, Winfield, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Ada Dolan-Zalaznick SILVER, New York, New York
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#305764 Poetry
By princessrachel GOLD
Wilmington, Delaware
princessrachel GOLD, Wilmington, Delaware
17 articles 2 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have to be willing to sacrifice who you are for what you can become.

#305765 Poetry
By maurtian GOLD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
maurtian GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are the music-makers, <br /> And we are the dreamers of dreams&quot;<br /> <br /> -We Are the Music Makers, Arthur William Edgar O&rsquo;Shaugnessy

#305766 Poetry
By lost_and_free GOLD
Rancho Mirage, California
lost_and_free GOLD, Rancho Mirage, California
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;&#039;But man is not made for defeat... A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.&#039;&quot; - Ernest Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea)

#305767 Poetry
By clark_hel SILVER
Eastman, Wisconsin
clark_hel SILVER, Eastman, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A poem a day keeps the therapist away" - me

#305768 Poetry
By Anonymous
#305769 Poetry
By kierr9 BRONZE
Newcastle, Washington
kierr9 BRONZE, Newcastle, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#305770 Poetry
By TheJust ELITE
Ellenton, Florida
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
254 articles 202 photos 945 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I feel that a hero is somebody who will stand up for their values and what they believe in and that can take any form. People that have values and have thought them through rather than those who just do what they&rsquo;re told.&quot;-Skandar Keynes<br /> <br /> &quot;When it&rsquo;