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The Miracle of Life
By Fionab BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee

When life fades and when You struggle to remember What you've done Remember you swum faster Than hundreds So then at least once You have won
Fionab BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The Summer Day<br /> Who made the world?<br /> Who made the swan, and the black bear?<br /> Who made the grasshopper?<br /> This grasshopper, I mean-<br /> the one who has flung herself out of the grass,<br /> the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,<br /> who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-<br /> who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.<br /> Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.<br /> Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.<br /> I don&#039;t know exactly what a prayer is.<br /> I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br /> into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br /> how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br /> which is what I have been doing all day.<br /> Tell me, what else should I have done?<br /> Doesn&#039;t everything die at last, and too soon?<br /> Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br /> with your one wild and precious life?<br /> &mdash;Mary Oliver

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#35442 Poetry
Unicorns: dreams on the rainbow road
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

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#35443 Poetry
Angel
By Fangz PLATINUM
Ware, Massachusetts
Fangz PLATINUM, Ware, Massachusetts
37 articles 15 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.

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#35444 Poetry
Should have listened
By Jennypig GOLD
Winslow, Maine
Jennypig GOLD, Winslow, Maine
13 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
Get living or get dying -Stepen King<br /> We are a little weird and life is a little weird, so when we find someone who&#039;s weirdness is compatible with our own, we fall in a mutual weirdness and call it love. -Dr. Seuss

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#35445 Poetry
I'm Done
By abstractminded GOLD
Beaumont, Texas
abstractminded GOLD, Beaumont, Texas
17 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
when life throws you lemons....throw back grenades

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#35446 Poetry
Life And Death
By Giggity4456 GOLD
Sheridan, Oregon
Giggity4456 GOLD, Sheridan, Oregon
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing to fear is fear itself.&quot;<br /> &quot;I hear it&#039;s beautiful over there...&quot;

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#35447 Poetry
Wisdom of Silence
By EricH PLATINUM
Madison Heights, Virginia
EricH PLATINUM, Madison Heights, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
And before our world goes over the brink,<br /> Teach the believers how to think.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Philip Appleman

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#35448 Poetry
hide your tears
By BT1718 PLATINUM
Worthington, Ohio
BT1718 PLATINUM, Worthington, Ohio
24 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
dream as if youll live forever live as if youll die today

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#35449 Poetry
Why??
By that_Kayla_gurl SILVER
Sydney, Other
that_Kayla_gurl SILVER, Sydney, Other
7 articles 7 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;She walks in Beauty, like the night<br /> Of cloudless climes and starry skies,<br /> And all that&#039;s best of dark and bright<br /> Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow&#039;d to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.&quot; ~Lord Byron

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#35450 Poetry
a soldier.
By oliviajthewordshaker SILVER
Washington, Illinois
oliviajthewordshaker SILVER, Washington, Illinois
5 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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