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#2221voted by our readers
Civilized
By A.L.Sommer DIAMOND
Brookfield, Wisconsin

We call ourselves civilized- We pee in a bowl. We claim to have feelings, A mind, and a soul. We call ourselves civilized- We can shoot stuff. We can make drugs, And play...
A.L.Sommer DIAMOND, Brookfield, Wisconsin
64 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world; there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children do. We were all born to make manifest the glory of God that's within us - it's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela

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#2222 Poetry
Dear, The Love of my Life
By jolieh2 BRONZE
Lebanon, Ohio
jolieh2 BRONZE, Lebanon, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#2223 Poetry
mourning doves
By per PLATINUM
Spartanburg, South Carolina
per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
40 articles 11 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde

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#2224 Poetry
What I Should Have Done
By poetofthedeepbluesea GOLD
Nashville, Tennessee
poetofthedeepbluesea GOLD, Nashville, Tennessee
12 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"One day you will tell the story of how you've overcome what you're going through now and it will become a part of someone else's survival guide."
- Unknown

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#2225 Poetry
The Brick
By PoeticMan GOLD
Fort Worth, Texas
PoeticMan GOLD, Fort Worth, Texas
16 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."


- Socrates

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#2226 Poetry
Who do you think you are?
By ivaramos224 GOLD
Austin, Texas
ivaramos224 GOLD, Austin, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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#2227 Poetry
Ovation for Planet Earth
By Lydiaq ELITE
Somonauk, Illinois
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

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#2228 Poetry
The Tapestry of Self
By polinaperin PLATINUM
Espluegues De Llobregat, Other
polinaperin PLATINUM, Espluegues De Llobregat, Other
23 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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#2229 Poetry
Wilting Flower
By Anonymous
#2230 Poetry
Ruined Mine
By WritingTheWriteWay PLATINUM
St. Louis, Missouri
WritingTheWriteWay PLATINUM, St. Louis, Missouri
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"They laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at them because they're all the same"(Kurt Cobain).

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