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#1451voted by our readers
By Jordi2112 PLATINUM
Gardner, Kansas

Once upon a time there was a bird. A bird that was just born, and there was. There was a bird with blurry eyes and a heavy head, and there it was. A bird with saggy skin and a...
Jordi2112 PLATINUM, Gardner, Kansas
29 articles 6 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” <br /> ― Marilyn Monroe


#1452 Poetry
By madsdaws BRONZE
Staten Island, New York
madsdaws BRONZE, Staten Island, New York
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#1453 Poetry
By IreneD BRONZE
Oxford, Mississippi
IreneD BRONZE, Oxford, Mississippi
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I've worked on my weaknesses, I made them my strengths."

#1454 Poetry
By Air GOLD
Frisco, Texas
Air GOLD, Frisco, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Doubt kills more dream then failure ever will

#1455 Poetry
mpascual31 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1456 Poetry
By ROY07 PLATINUM
Hyderabad, Other
ROY07 PLATINUM, Hyderabad, Other
22 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."<br /> - E.E. Cummings

#1457 Poetry
By CharlieM_13 BRONZE
Mobile, Alabama
CharlieM_13 BRONZE, Mobile, Alabama
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"When I'm sometimes asked 'when will there be enough women on the supreme court?' and I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that." - RBG

#1458 Poetry
Cucoolchameleon GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
19 articles 2 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is no greater agony than an untold story within you" - Maya Angelou

#1459 Poetry
By Kimora Braithwaite
Indian Trail, NC
#1460 Poetry
By Jayanti_08 BRONZE
New Delhi, Other
Jayanti_08 BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dying is an art like everything else, I do it exceptionally well" - Sylvia Plath