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#2031voted by our readers
Sixteen MAG
By BriaL SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

I want to talk about sixteen. How at this age, naive teenagers receive keys to machines that end 1.3 million lives every year. How kids who are still required to raise their h...
BriaL SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#2032 Poetry
A Daily Wager
By AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM
Karachi, Other
AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM, Karachi, Other
22 articles 0 photos 21 comments
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#2033 Poetry
The Sun
By AlyssiaO5 BRONZE
Bayonne, New Jersey
AlyssiaO5 BRONZE, Bayonne, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#2034 Poetry
All the world's a stage
By raincat PLATINUM
Olympia, Washington
raincat PLATINUM, Olympia, Washington
21 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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#2035 Poetry
Tracks
By 13bookworm4596 SILVER
Mantua, Ohio
13bookworm4596 SILVER, Mantua, Ohio
7 articles 7 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Stay gold, Ponyboy." -Johnny Cade (S.E. Hinton)
"One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory." - Louis Zamperini

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#2036 Poetry
Stained Petals
By sofiamarti BRONZE
Boulder, Colorado
sofiamarti BRONZE, Boulder, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm full, and yet I know that if I stop eating this, I'll regret it" -Chandler Bing

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#2037 Poetry
Paper MAG
By summerchild GOLD
Chandler, Arizona
summerchild GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Some of us have been through so much that even something good feels like a set up.”
-Anonymous

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#2038 Poetry
Leaving poetry
By Anonymous
#2039 Poetry
A Day
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
- Native American proverb

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas

What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.
- Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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#2040 Poetry
Nothing Has Changed
By MessOfADreamer PLATINUM
North Tonawanda, New York
MessOfADreamer PLATINUM, North Tonawanda, New York
22 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn't, I would die." -Isaac Asimov

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