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By ciandra PLATINUM
Milpitas, California

One hushed splash and I crash into the tenebrous waves below. Something delicate cushions my fall With eyes unopened, my hand reaches out and touches a wall. A silky voice r...
ciandra PLATINUM, Milpitas, California
21 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.


KevinB. BRONZE, Liverpool, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”

Poetry
By KevinB. BRONZE
Liverpool, New York
KevinB. BRONZE, Liverpool, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”

Poetry
By Anonymous
Poetry
By mahliahing GOLD
Polk City, Iowa
mahliahing GOLD, Polk City, Iowa
17 articles 8 photos 12 comments
Poetry
By foreverSmall PLATINUM
Brighton, Michigan
foreverSmall PLATINUM, Brighton, Michigan
23 articles 0 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
Psalm 23:2-4

Poetry
By Anonymous
foreverSmall PLATINUM, Brighton, Michigan
23 articles 0 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
Psalm 23:2-4

Poetry
By SimplyC PLATINUM
Council Bluffs, Iowa
SimplyC PLATINUM, Council Bluffs, Iowa
23 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and speak what you feel, because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.<br /> -Dr. Seuss

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By StarlitSunrise DIAMOND
Clemmons, North Carolina
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND, Clemmons, North Carolina
56 articles 0 photos 253 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.&quot; ~Camille Pissarro