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#437151voted by our readers
rooftops;
By misseili ELITE
Troy, Michigan

I dangled my toes off of the precipice And drank in the greying sky that seemed So heavy with all of the sadness in the world. It froze my blood and it dried out my mind But I...
misseili ELITE, Troy, Michigan
168 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process." - Vincent Van Gogh

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#437152 Poetry
I Must not Linger
By Anonymous
#437153 Poetry
Farewell
By Casidy BRONZE
Markham, Other
Casidy BRONZE, Markham, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow-anonymous

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#437154 Poetry
Masks
By Sadiya BRONZE
Moodus, Connecticut
Sadiya BRONZE, Moodus, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself; Everyone else is taken. - Oscar Wilde

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#437155 Poetry
Heroin
By Anonymous
#437156 Poetry
A Thousand Feet
By PoetAndYouKnowIt PLATINUM
Westfield, New Jersey
PoetAndYouKnowIt PLATINUM, Westfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There will always be someone who is smarter than you. Skinnier than you. Stronger than you. More popular than you. There will always be someone better than you, but there will never be someone who is YOU."

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#437157 Poetry
Stop...
By Motherofpearl GOLD
Paxton, Illinois
Motherofpearl GOLD, Paxton, Illinois
11 articles 10 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? -Rainer Maria Rilke

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#437158 Poetry
Murky Waters
By KCAwesomePossum BRONZE
Frisco, Texas
KCAwesomePossum BRONZE, Frisco, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Psychology is wondering if that makes ketchup a smoothie."

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#437159 Poetry
Train of Thought, Rain of Naught
By nathaneskinazi BRONZE
Bogota, Other
nathaneskinazi BRONZE, Bogota, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#437160 Poetry
Pale Blue to Black
By Anonymous