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By Anonymous

I should not like to be a Fish With mouth agape and far too wide And scales of gilt and bronze and silver Adrift in artificial tides Acting like I am not dreaming Of rivers...

Poetry
By WishfulDoer GOLD
Portland, Oregon
WishfulDoer GOLD, Portland, Oregon
14 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
If ignorance is bliss, why is our country so complicated?

Poetry
By Raytheraym PLATINUM
Belton, Missouri
Raytheraym PLATINUM, Belton, Missouri
47 articles 35 photos 457 comments
.BeautifulDisaster. SILVER, Whittier, California
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." -The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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By Kodak15 SILVER
Boaz, Alabama
Kodak15 SILVER, Boaz, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I regret i have only one life to give to my country." - Nathan Hale

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By DeusExMachina SILVER
Reading, Pennsylvania
DeusExMachina SILVER, Reading, Pennsylvania
7 articles 6 photos 93 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other--child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway toward the goal-box of solitary death

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By yasmina.tabbal GOLD
Beirut, Other
yasmina.tabbal GOLD, Beirut, Other
10 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can get arrested for wearing those colors - Zach, A Chorus Line

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By msn9896 GOLD
Billings, Montana
msn9896 GOLD, Billings, Montana
11 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. ~H.A. Overstreet

AshleeMarie BRONZE, Gilbert, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.<br /> -Edgar Allan Poe

UglyMushroom GOLD, Columbus, Ohio
11 articles 65 photos 202 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s a monday. I got nothin&#039; goin&#039; on...&quot; ~O. Rogers