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By per PLATINUM
Spartanburg, South Carolina

a guitar string.with dusty grooves,crackling and tight underher oily fingertips. a fading sloganon an empty highway'sbillboard, with amber rustand hooked on tired eyes. a dried r...
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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By Jemerson GOLD
Byfield, Massachusetts
Jemerson GOLD, Byfield, Massachusetts
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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By Ellie-Burns PLATINUM
Louisville, Kentucky
Ellie-Burns PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
32 articles 1 photo 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.

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By AlecZH BRONZE
Cary, North Carolina
AlecZH BRONZE, Cary, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By RoseAmore GOLD
Austin, Texas
RoseAmore GOLD, Austin, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Rejoice! The broken are the more evolved! Rejoice!&quot; -Split (2016)<br /> &quot;Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.&quot; -Pablo Piscasso

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By Anonymous
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Angel_M0713 BRONZE, Houston, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
jybellman SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Answer./ That you are here--that life exists and identity,/ That the powerful play goes on, and you may/ contribute a verse." - Walt Whitman (also quoted by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society.)

#5660 Poetry
By Rune DIAMOND
Tama, Iowa
Rune DIAMOND, Tama, Iowa
58 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.<br /> — Isaiah 24:1