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#415711voted by our readers
Short MAG
By mellebelle SILVER
Worthington, Ohio

This afternoon, at the hairdresser's, With the roar of the dryer in my ear, I watched a slightly out-of-focus dump truck drive past, And I felt like a child again. My feet ha...
mellebelle SILVER, Worthington, Ohio
6 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When I was young, my mom told me that happiness was the key to life. At school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I was old. I said 'happy'.They told me I didn't understand the project, and I told them they didn't understand life." -John Lennon

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#415712 Poetry
An Unheard Scream is Still a Scream
By TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE
Salmon, Idaho
TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE, Salmon, Idaho
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I know that life is busy and hard, and that there&rsquo;s a crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job and khaki pants and a haircut. But don&rsquo;t. Please don&rsquo;t. Please keep believing that life can be better, brighter, broader, because of the art that you make. Please keep demonstrating the courage that it takes to swim upstream in a world that prefers putting away for retirement to putting pen to paper, that chooses practicality over poetry, that values you more for going to the gym than going to the deepest places in your soul. Please keep making art for people like me, people who need the magic and imagination and honesty of great art to make the day-to-day world a little more bearable. And if, for whatever reason, you&rsquo;ve stopped&ndash; stopped believing in your voice, stopped fighting to find the time&ndash;start today. - Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines<br /> <br /> &quot;And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.&quot;<br /> -Nietzsche<br /> <br /> &quot;You were born crying, so die smiling.&quot;

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#415713 Poetry
(1) New Message
By MikaylaT BRONZE
Exeter, New Hampshire
MikaylaT BRONZE, Exeter, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
In that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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#415714 Poetry
Salem Via Arthur Miller
By Anonymous
#415715 Poetry
why is it nighttime
By benndelisle GOLD
Morrisonville, New York
benndelisle GOLD, Morrisonville, New York
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#415716 Poetry
15 seconds
By marlea keidong GOLD
Schoharie, New York
marlea keidong GOLD, Schoharie, New York
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#415717 Poetry
The Ghost in Me
By cinderella PLATINUM
BEVERLY HIILLS, California
cinderella PLATINUM, BEVERLY HIILLS, California
38 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is a book, you can write or read, but what ever you do keep flipping the pages

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#415718 Poetry
Till There's Nothing Left
By AmieNight BRONZE
Brightlingsea, Other
AmieNight BRONZE, Brightlingsea, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Gotta fall before you fly

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#415719 Poetry
Waves
By OurVoices PLATINUM
Merrimac, Massachusetts
OurVoices PLATINUM, Merrimac, Massachusetts
31 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are&quot; - e.e. cummings

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#415720 Poetry
Hands
By Espii BRONZE
WDM, Iowa
Espii BRONZE, WDM, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stay rad.

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