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#2041voted by our readers
Paradox Within Me
By PhoenixRainStorm BRONZE
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

The deafening silence that overtakes While the quiet explosion simmers down Through the closed cracks in my skull, Letting time destroy and build within.   The happily mi...
PhoenixRainStorm BRONZE, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
1 article 8 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
From the shore, the ocean is forever. It's a beautiful, dangerous place. Music is tied to the sea, born from the struggle, looking for hope. Because hope belongs in the dark places." -Jon Foreman of SwitchFoot

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#2042 Poetry
Nightingale
By Ela2611 PLATINUM
Vancouver, Columbia
Ela2611 PLATINUM, Vancouver, Columbia
43 articles 30 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
Give the ones you love , the wings to fly roots to come by and reasons to stay …….

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#2043 Poetry
synesthesia
By zoabel SILVER
Washington, District Of Columbia
zoabel SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Good trees died so that you could write. Respect that."

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#2044 Poetry
Superior Lips
By CrazyCatLady6 GOLD
New Radnor, Other
CrazyCatLady6 GOLD, New Radnor, Other
16 articles 0 photos 102 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There would be no shadows if the sun were not shining"

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#2045 Poetry
The Sun
By Me2008 PLATINUM
Houghton, New York
Me2008 PLATINUM, Houghton, New York
23 articles 104 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
And one day, the girl with the books became the woman writing them.

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#2046 Poetry
paper burns/tears/folds too easy MAG
By RobynElizabeth BRONZE
Webster Groves, Missouri
RobynElizabeth BRONZE, Webster Groves, Missouri
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"'I've had a splendid time,' she concluded happily, 'and I feel it marks an epoch in my life. But the best of it all was the coming home.'" - L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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#2047 Poetry
nothing gold can stay remix
By Bayzoul SILVER
St. Louis, Missouri
Bayzoul SILVER, St. Louis, Missouri
9 articles 2 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
no matter how big or how small, you can make a huge change in this giant world -paris white-lenard

“Every moment of life is precious and can never happen again.” –

spend as much time every day with your family and loved ones because you never know when that day is your last.
- Paris white-lenard

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#2048 Poetry
Superiority Wars
By Meher-Joshi BRONZE
Gurgaon, Other
Meher-Joshi BRONZE, Gurgaon, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#2049 Poetry
Lessons from the beast
By Kenzielee SILVER
Farmers Branch, Texas
Kenzielee SILVER, Farmers Branch, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know."- anonymous

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#2050 Poetry
A Mother's Struggle
By SkeletalWing PLATINUM
Olathe, Kansas
SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud" - Maya Angelou

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