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#23771voted by our readers
Nothing than Something
By Libra97 PLATINUM
Salem, Oregon

Better is it to be something than nothing Though a strange contradiction it's true For better to have a meaningful nothing Than a meaningless something In you
Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
34 articles 0 photos 45 comments
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#23772 Poetry
Like Moths & Butterflies
By Ashlyn_Starr PLATINUM
Oak Grove, Missouri
Ashlyn_Starr PLATINUM, Oak Grove, Missouri
31 articles 17 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life often feels like it's spinning. Just stop and look at the design being made."~ Advice given to me by my aunt Kaitlyn

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#23773 Poetry
Pain!
By LoveLikeWoe69 GOLD
Zachary, Louisiana
LoveLikeWoe69 GOLD, Zachary, Louisiana
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#23774 Poetry
My Mother Kathy
By Kaylin01 GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
Kaylin01 GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
When you can't sleep at night it's because reality is finally better than your dreams- Dr. Suess

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#23775 Poetry
Why Do I Need Hugs?
By DebbieCupcake GOLD
Willimantic, Connecticut
DebbieCupcake GOLD, Willimantic, Connecticut
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live Long Love Life

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#23776 Poetry
Bridge Troll
By Fionab BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee
Fionab BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The Summer Day<br /> Who made the world?<br /> Who made the swan, and the black bear?<br /> Who made the grasshopper?<br /> This grasshopper, I mean-<br /> the one who has flung herself out of the grass,<br /> the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,<br /> who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-<br /> who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.<br /> Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.<br /> Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.<br /> I don&#039;t know exactly what a prayer is.<br /> I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br /> into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br /> how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br /> which is what I have been doing all day.<br /> Tell me, what else should I have done?<br /> Doesn&#039;t everything die at last, and too soon?<br /> Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br /> with your one wild and precious life?<br /> &mdash;Mary Oliver

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#23777 Poetry
Why????
By Giggity4456 GOLD
Sheridan, Oregon
Giggity4456 GOLD, Sheridan, Oregon
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing to fear is fear itself.&quot;<br /> &quot;I hear it&#039;s beautiful over there...&quot;

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#23778 Poetry
Sudden Effect
By EricH PLATINUM
Madison Heights, Virginia
EricH PLATINUM, Madison Heights, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
And before our world goes over the brink,<br /> Teach the believers how to think.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Philip Appleman

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#23779 Poetry
i am unwanted
By Anonymous
#23780 Poetry
The Rope
By Maggie15 BRONZE
Arlington, Virginia
Maggie15 BRONZE, Arlington, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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