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Family Reunion
By Jb3Vibe PLATINUM
Pembroke Pines, Florida

On them hot dead heats of the Mississippi cotton fields, the breezy cool brisk deep aqua blue lake in the back of great grandma, Hattie’s, old farm house. Lands owned by my grandm...
Jb3Vibe PLATINUM, Pembroke Pines, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
The Guy in the Glass<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,<br /> <br /> And the world makes you King for a day,<br /> <br /> Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,<br /> <br /> And see what that guy has to say.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> For it isn&#039;t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,<br /> <br /> Who judgement upon you must pass.<br /> <br /> The feller whose verdict counts most in your life<br /> <br /> Is the guy staring back from the glass.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He&#039;s the feller to please, never mind all the rest,<br /> <br /> For he&#039;s with you clear up to the end,<br /> <br /> And you&#039;ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test<br /> <br /> If the guy in the glass is your friend.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> You may be like Jack Horner and &quot;chisel&quot; a plum,<br /> <br /> And think you&#039;re a wonderful guy,<br /> <br /> But the man in the glass says you&#039;re only a bum<br /> <br /> If you can&#039;t look him straight in the eye.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,<br /> <br /> And get pats on the back as you pass,<br /> <br /> But your final reward will be heartaches and tears<br /> <br /> If you&#039;ve cheated the guy in the glass.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Dale Wimbrow (c) 1934 <br /> <br /> 1895-1954

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#276162 Poetry
I Wish
By Joshua Latta BRONZE
East St. Louis, Illinois
Joshua Latta BRONZE, East St. Louis, Illinois
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#276163 Poetry
That's Why
By Skylar_01 BRONZE
Bay City, Michigan
Skylar_01 BRONZE, Bay City, Michigan
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#276164 Poetry
in the dark
By messie.egghead SILVER
Fayetteville, Georgia
messie.egghead SILVER, Fayetteville, Georgia
7 articles 0 photos 18 comments
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#276165 Poetry
The Broken Pendulum
By MinorMistakes PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
MinorMistakes PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
45 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
never lose what you have but gain what is lost

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#276166 Poetry
Who Am I
By Anonymous
#276167 Poetry
Broken MAG
By mereCat PLATINUM
Horsham, Other
mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
46 articles 0 photos 183 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am finally colouring inside the lines I live between&quot;

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#276168 Poetry
Summer
By Anonymous
#276169 Poetry
nausea
By sunandroses BRONZE
Fountain, Colorado
sunandroses BRONZE, Fountain, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.&quot; Charles Simic

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#276170 Poetry
Crave
By serendipityy GOLD
Dreamlanding, Maryland
serendipityy GOLD, Dreamlanding, Maryland
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
yo!

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