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Three Generation Recipe
By ErinEO SILVER
So. Plainfield, New Jersey

As I enter the door of my Nana’s kitchen, I remember the story I was told; How my mother, tossing around a softball, Knocked over a jar brimming full of sticky, coffee colored...
ErinEO SILVER, So. Plainfield, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&rdquo;<br /> -Ernest Hemingway

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#340782 Poetry
Empty Hands
By OriginalCarbonation GOLD
Naperville, Illinois
OriginalCarbonation GOLD, Naperville, Illinois
11 articles 0 photos 102 comments

Favorite Quote:
dream as if you&#039;ll live forever<br /> live as if you&#039;ll die tomorrow

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#340783 Poetry
Dance
By kaitlynphillips GOLD
Woodville, Ohio
kaitlynphillips GOLD, Woodville, Ohio
10 articles 7 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never say goodbye, because saying goodbye means forgetting, and forgetting means never returning- Peter Pan

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#340784 Poetry
What I do..
By BlueJayne SILVER
Columbus, Ohio
BlueJayne SILVER, Columbus, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is not measured by the amount of breathes we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.&quot;

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#340785 Poetry
to kiss
By sotma BRONZE
Long Beach, California
sotma BRONZE, Long Beach, California
1 article 1 photo 0 comments
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#340786 Poetry
At Once
By DomJ828 BRONZE
Buford, Georgia
DomJ828 BRONZE, Buford, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#340787 Poetry
how could he?
By brina SILVER
Middletown, Indiana
brina SILVER, Middletown, Indiana
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments
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#340788 Poetry
Daddy
By CreativeModelSould ELITE
Punta Gorda, Florida
CreativeModelSould ELITE, Punta Gorda, Florida
102 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life isn&#039;t about waiting for the storms to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain.&quot;

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#340789 Poetry
Callouses Of The Soul
By RainbowLeprechaun SILVER
Hanover Park, Illinois
RainbowLeprechaun SILVER, Hanover Park, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...And your shame won&#039;t erase my features. The little girl still spins in circles, swinging her pigtails and studying her pure world. And i will make her proud.&quot; -Weezie Haley

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#340790 Poetry
Back from War MAG
By Afanen PLATINUM
Santa Rosa, California
Afanen PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
49 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But you see, Meg, just because we don&#039;t understand doesn&#039;t mean that the explanation doesn&#039;t exist.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

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