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#3561voted by our readers
Memoir of a Shadow
By zoeyfisher99_ GOLD
Hollywood, Florida

We were shadows  dancing on the wall  behind the sunlight,  growing with each flick  of the wrist or graceful  pirouette across smooth  white pl...
zoeyfisher99_ GOLD, Hollywood, Florida
11 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you want to see in the world"- Mahatma Ghandi

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#3562 Poetry
Untitled
By FearlessStars BRONZE
Tucson, Arizona
FearlessStars BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night - Galileo Galilei

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#3563 Poetry
Tidal Wave
By InkyOwl GOLD
Bloomington, Indiana
InkyOwl GOLD, Bloomington, Indiana
10 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where Words fail, Music speaks.<br /> ~Hans Christian Anderson

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#3564 Poetry
Escapism Vol. 1
By lsvach2026 BRONZE
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
lsvach2026 BRONZE, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3565 Poetry
Anxiety
By TheRareBreed PLATINUM
Lambertville, Michigan
TheRareBreed PLATINUM, Lambertville, Michigan
43 articles 0 photos 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”<br /> ― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

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#3566 Poetry
Monster
By sashajgrosberg BRONZE
Bethesda, Maryland
sashajgrosberg BRONZE, Bethesda, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3567 Poetry
Garden State
By dzhang-20 GOLD
Hillsborough, New Jersey
dzhang-20 GOLD, Hillsborough, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.<br /> – Ernest Hemingway

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#3568 Poetry
What Are You Waiting For?
By Sunflowergirl GOLD
Mansfield, Texas
Sunflowergirl GOLD, Mansfield, Texas
18 articles 49 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
“This week I've been reading a lot<br /> and doing little work. That's the way<br /> things ought to be. That's surely the<br /> road to success.” -Anne Frank

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#3569 Poetry
Justice
By MY21 PLATINUM
Irving, Texas
MY21 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of. The tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln

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#3570 Poetry
Death of Creativity
By BrokenLaughter SILVER
Chicago, Illinois
BrokenLaughter SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
7 articles 1 photo 1 comment
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