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The Dance
By Regen BRONZE
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

Never to know it takes all your might To conquer the spirit of the ball, You hear a sound in the midst of night Come through your concrete wall. You follow the song down the s...
Regen BRONZE, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is no such thing as good or bad but thinking that makes it so." (Shakespeare)

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#1432 Poetry
Thirteen Black Cats on Friday the Thirteenth
By Lucy-Agnes PLATINUM
Clarksville, Ohio
Lucy-Agnes PLATINUM, Clarksville, Ohio
22 articles 0 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world." - Justice Antonin Scalia

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#1433 Poetry
Ballad of a Bathroom Spider MAG
By maxwasherex BRONZE
Eubank, Kentucky
maxwasherex BRONZE, Eubank, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#1434 Poetry
Look Into My Eyes
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

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#1435 Poetry
You Took My Breath Away
By a.(L) SILVER
a.(L) SILVER,
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
. . . So take too many pictures, laugh too much and love like you&#039;ve never been hurt, because every 60 seconds you spend upset, is a minute of happiness you will never get back. ( L ) <br /> <br /> <br /> xoxo, a.(L)

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#1436 Poetry
What's Never Forgotten
By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy&#039;s first Law of Equivalent Exchange.&quot;

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#1437 Poetry
All Wound Up
By kate_anne PLATINUM
Cedartown, Georgia
kate_anne PLATINUM, Cedartown, Georgia
41 articles 7 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.<br /> -Stephen King

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#1438 Poetry
The Afternoon Bench
By SunkistKisser BRONZE
Tempe, Arizona
SunkistKisser BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Not one would mind, neither bird not tree<br /> If mankind perished utterly<br /> And Spring herself, when she woke at down,<br /> Would hardly know that we were gone.&quot; ~Sara Teasdale<br /> (Yea, I know, it&#039;s kind of deep, but I kind of dig it.))

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#1439 Poetry
The Basement
By Cocobean DIAMOND
Brooklyn, New York
Cocobean DIAMOND, Brooklyn, New York
70 articles 0 photos 17 comments
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#1440 Poetry
Martyr of the Lake
By hyacinth-girl GOLD
Marlborough, Massachusetts
hyacinth-girl GOLD, Marlborough, Massachusetts
15 articles 13 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
‘My candle burns at both ends;<br /> It will not last the night;<br /> But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—<br /> It gives a lovely light!’<br /> -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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