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Ode To My Culture
By Jb3Vibe PLATINUM
Pembroke Pines, Florida

Culture is like music, always changing in style, and form From Hip Hop to Jazz! Culture is statistics set on every Black in this land, HIV, jail, sagging pants, and fatherless chi...
Jb3Vibe PLATINUM, Pembroke Pines, Florida
27 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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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#278502 Poetry
You Have To Be You
By ThePHSMuse PLATINUM
Pendleton, Oregon
ThePHSMuse PLATINUM, Pendleton, Oregon
21 articles 23 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.&rdquo;<br /> -William Shakespeare.

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#278503 Poetry
Like an Ange;
By poeticpower05 BRONZE
Bradenton, Florida
poeticpower05 BRONZE, Bradenton, Florida
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#278504 Poetry
Why Now?
By AwesomeAley GOLD
Levittown, Pennsylvania
AwesomeAley GOLD, Levittown, Pennsylvania
15 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Forget about yesturday it doesn&#039;t matter, Live for today as tho life doesn&#039;t matter, Wish for a tommorow as good as today and hopefully it will be better&quot; -aley (me)

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#278505 Poetry
Please Pass
By nightwolfsnow GOLD
Suffolk, Virginia
nightwolfsnow GOLD, Suffolk, Virginia
16 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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#278506 Poetry
The Ballad of One Nobody
By will phillips BRONZE
West Chester, Ohio
will phillips BRONZE, West Chester, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#278507 Poetry
superhuman
By sarahvt BRONZE
Underhill, Vermont
sarahvt BRONZE, Underhill, Vermont
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every writer I know has trouble writing.&quot;-Joseph Heller

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#278508 Poetry
Blue.
By flatcap12 GOLD
Roy, Utah
flatcap12 GOLD, Roy, Utah
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is when we hit our lowest point that we are open to the greatest change.&quot; -Avatar Aang

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#278509 Poetry
Grandfather's Poem
By Anonymous
#278510 Poetry
Desires
By Anonymous