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#380691voted by our readers
Oh, Dear Counselor
By Amelie13 GOLD
Burlington, Iowa

Can you, will you, dry their tears; apologize for long past years? Should you, could you, let them learn honor, that it must be earned? Would you trust them with a blade? You...
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;

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#380692 Poetry
epic good bye
By just-a-joy GOLD
Indianapolis, Indiana
just-a-joy GOLD, Indianapolis, Indiana
12 articles 0 photos 71 comments

Favorite Quote:
Eminem: Success is my only option, failure&#039;s not

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#380693 Poetry
Departure
By Crysunshine BRONZE
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
Crysunshine BRONZE, Dry Ridge, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;How we survive is what makes us who we are.&quot;-Rise Against, Survive

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#380694 Poetry
Ghostly Spirit
By Anonymous
#380695 Poetry
the walk
By ahahahaahahha91 BRONZE
Tempe, Arizona
ahahahaahahha91 BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#380696 Poetry
I feel like I love him
By Anonymous
#380697 Poetry
clearly
By Hexenbiest SILVER
Winona, Ohio
Hexenbiest SILVER, Winona, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man.&quot;<br /> &quot;You don&#039;t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around -- and why his parents will always wave back.&quot;<br /> Life is a game, play it....Life is too precious, do not destroy it.&quot;<br /> &quot;Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.&quot;

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#380698 Poetry
Colors of Me
By Maddyandsnoopy GOLD
Rocklin, California
Maddyandsnoopy GOLD, Rocklin, California
10 articles 18 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.&quot; <br /> -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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#380699 Poetry
Hide From Yourself
By Chayle ELITE
Surprise, Arizona
Chayle ELITE, Surprise, Arizona
186 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.&quot;

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#380700 Poetry
Metamorphosis
By Tiwaz SILVER
Jackson, Missouri
Tiwaz SILVER, Jackson, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 28 comments
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