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#35081voted by our readers
Watch and See
By MysticMonarch GOLD
Hamilton, Ohio

See the trees their bending and twisting, moved by the wind. Hundreds of years old, hundreds of branches, hundreds of feet tall. They've lost all of their leaves, i...
MysticMonarch GOLD, Hamilton, Ohio
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"If you love something, set it free. If it stays in place because it has long wooden roots buried deep in the earth, it was probably a tree."- Night Vale podcast, via twitter.

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#35082 Poetry
Brown Eyes
By lily9799 PLATINUM
Franklin, Wisconsin
lily9799 PLATINUM, Franklin, Wisconsin
49 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire

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#35083 Poetry
This Skin I Wear is Holding Me Back
By iwritepoetrynottragedies GOLD
Wiscasset, Maine
iwritepoetrynottragedies GOLD, Wiscasset, Maine
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." —Edith Wharton

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#35084 Poetry
Hidden Forever
By AnnemarieE GOLD
Wasaga Beach, Other
AnnemarieE GOLD, Wasaga Beach, Other
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Depression is a killer, and hell, it sure kills.

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#35085 Poetry
Mistakes
By xXPoptartKillerXx BRONZE
Heflin, Louisiana
xXPoptartKillerXx BRONZE, Heflin, Louisiana
2 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me because I know, even if its just for a second, that I've crossed your mind.

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#35086 Poetry
Useless Eyeliner
By WynterPage95 ELITE
Monticello, Arkansas
WynterPage95 ELITE, Monticello, Arkansas
164 articles 8 photos 76 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's better to burn out than to fade away..." -Kurt Cobain

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#35087 Poetry
Le Café Cliché
By LestyPatrick PLATINUM
Darlington, South Carolina
LestyPatrick PLATINUM, Darlington, South Carolina
43 articles 5 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and very fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid"John Keats

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#35088 Poetry
Traveler MAG
By DeanMoriarty SILVER
Newark, Delaware
DeanMoriarty SILVER, Newark, Delaware
9 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Letting it get to you. You know what that&rsquo;s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.&rdquo; <br /> &mdash; The Doctor

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#35089 Poetry
Paradoxes MAG
By mem228 DIAMOND
Attleboro, Massachusetts
mem228 DIAMOND, Attleboro, Massachusetts
80 articles 5 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

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#35090 Poetry
Live
By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should&#039;ve behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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