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#350041voted by our readers
By KaseyCossolotto GOLD
Moravia, Iowa

After driving the long way home, After a long day of school, And long dreadful hours of work, She takes off her skinny jeans, The knees ripped out. She tosses her white tee,...
KaseyCossolotto GOLD, Moravia, Iowa
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only way is no way.&quot; -Bruce Lee<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Dream as if you&#039;ll live forever, live as if you&#039;ll die today.&rdquo;


shaneLitster GOLD, Duchesne, Utah
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
failure is not an option

#350043 Poetry
By sweetangel4life GOLD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
sweetangel4life GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19 articles 0 photos 85 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What&#039;s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet&quot;. Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act II, Sc. II).<br /> <br /> &quot;Let them eat cake.&quot;<br /> Marie Antoinette

#350044 Poetry
By catty98e GOLD
Spring HIll, Kansas
catty98e GOLD, Spring HIll, Kansas
12 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m a freak, I&#039;ve been a freak my whole life. I just have to live with it, you know. I&#039;m just one of those people. I&#039;m not going to change the way I think or the way I feel to conform to anything.&quot;<br /> -John Winston Lennon (1940-1980)

#350045 Poetry
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#350046 Poetry
By Eaferguson19 BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
Eaferguson19 BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#350047 Poetry
By Alycia_Michele SILVER
Rockford, Michigan
Alycia_Michele SILVER, Rockford, Michigan
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live isn&#039;t about waiting for the storm to pass it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain&quot;

#350048 Poetry
By schan GOLD
Taipei, Other
schan GOLD, Taipei, Other
17 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.&rdquo;<br /> -Michel de Montaigne

#350049 Poetry
By colorguardgrl ELITE
Derry, New Hampshire
colorguardgrl ELITE, Derry, New Hampshire
111 articles 10 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn&#039;t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn&#039;t be. And what it wouldn&#039;t be, it would. You see?&rdquo; - Mad Hatter

#350050 Poetry
By Fighter_Of_Life BRONZE
Marquette, Michigan
Fighter_Of_Life BRONZE, Marquette, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros