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February 5, 2009
By hello.peaches PLATINUM, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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hello.peaches PLATINUM, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;i don&#039;t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: i love you as one loves certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.&quot;<br /> -Pablo Neruda

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I’m placing a firefly’s wing on your lips
and powdering your eyelashes
with butterfly dust, (so you can make the world fly)
because this is reality and faeries
don’t exist unless my happy ending does.

But you spoke too fast –
and the iridescent wing fell paper-like to the floor,

where I crunched it,
when I stepped in
for a kiss.

© Ashley B., North Port, FL

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Silenced_in_Anxiety GOLD said...
on Jul. 23 2011 at 10:20 pm
Silenced_in_Anxiety GOLD, Easton, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.&quot; - Rosa Parks

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I am in love with this :) i want this on a big poster in my room and i'm picky about what i read so this should say something. this is so great. your such an artist. i just can'tget over how much I love this poem :) <3
reblep GOLD said...
on May. 18 2011 at 8:23 pm
reblep GOLD, Chester, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
the sun through my window, warming my skin...

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this is so cute, and i love the way you put it. the metaphor is amazing. (:
a_essie BRONZE said...
on Dec. 15 2010 at 8:44 pm
a_essie BRONZE, St. Louis, Missouri
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Fairy Tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. --G.K. Chesteron

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love it! "because this is reality and faeries don't exist unless my happy ending does" and "where I crunched it, when I stepped in for a kiss" are great lines!
Marlyre PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 15 2010 at 9:45 pm
Marlyre PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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&quot;when you cry, do you waste your tears?&quot; Madonna

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wow... that is pretty much all I can say except the editors wont let me :) kudos for you if that moment really happened! read some of mine?
MelanieLouise PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 5 2010 at 11:23 am
MelanieLouise PLATINUM, Plymouth, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong

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love love love :) you are a great writer ! keep at it, Mel
ChelzH SILVER said...
on Jul. 14 2010 at 4:55 pm
ChelzH SILVER, Ranson, West Virginia
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This is really good.:) <3 Congrats on being in the mag.
Zero_K DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 14 2009 at 6:39 pm
Zero_K DIAMOND, Moosic, Pennsylvania
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&quot;Life&#039;s no fun if you&#039;re not insane, otherwise you grow up to be an accountant.&quot; -Moi

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Woah. This is amazing.

-Blessed Be!

+++ZERO+++
LoveLikeWoe DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 23 2009 at 6:28 pm
LoveLikeWoe DIAMOND, LeSueur, MN, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
Whoever laughs first has the sickest mind.

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this is really good!!! i loved it. :))))
kellygurl365 SILVER said...
on Oct. 23 2009 at 6:28 pm
kellygurl365 SILVER, Cave Junction, Oregon
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wow! you are amazing i love the way you write! great job