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#468921voted by our readers
By emmagm BRONZE
Montclair, New Jersey

Once upon a time, I had a writer’s bump on my right middle finger. I stole a pencil with frogs on it so my words would have magic in them. Now my fingers all feel the same...
emmagm BRONZE, Montclair, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?"


#468922 Poetry
By the3rdkind GOLD
Santo Domingo, Other
the3rdkind GOLD, Santo Domingo, Other
11 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
One day you are seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And that someday is yesterday. And this is your life. - Nathan Scott (OTH)

#468923 Poetry
By always_tomorrow GOLD
Sacramento, California
always_tomorrow GOLD, Sacramento, California
10 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't dwell on the shores of your troubles, else the tide might come in and you'll start drowning.

Shraboni Sarkar BRONZE,
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#468925 Poetry
By Anonymous
#468926 Poetry
lara starr BRONZE, Middleburgh, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.

#468928 Poetry
By FaithSnyder16 ELITE
Metamora, Ohio
FaithSnyder16 ELITE, Metamora, Ohio
180 articles 8 photos 97 comments

Favorite Quote:
Write what you know, and dream of. - Jane Austen<br /> People throw rocks at things that shine - Taylor Swift<br /> Just Keep Swimming! Just Keep Swimming! - Ellen DeGengeres as Dory

ghummanonfire GOLD, Lahore, Other
10 articles 1 photo 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
A coward dies a million times. A courageous man only dies once.

#468930 Poetry
By Anonymous