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By boredcatwantstoread BRONZE
Chaing Mai, Wisconsin

These trees grew in the cityIn the little squares allotted for themThey bear marks of the past and yetWe contained them with cement and tilesButthe roots are pushing through the cr...
boredcatwantstoread BRONZE, Chaing Mai, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Look for a beautiful thing and you will find it. It is not far, it will never be far." <br /> -Sara Teasdale


#672 Poetry
By CSR15 SILVER
Olympia, Washington
CSR15 SILVER, Olympia, Washington
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By A-Writer SILVER
Pleasanton, California
A-Writer SILVER, Pleasanton, California
8 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched-they must be felt with the heart."- Helen Keller

Dragonrider16 PLATINUM, Omaha, Nebraska
20 articles 4 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
we are all born with a divine fire in us. our effort should be to give wings to this fire.

#675 Poetry
By Kaz SILVER
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Kaz SILVER, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might dream along with you, and in this way memory, imagination, and language combine to make spirits in the head.<br /> --Tim O'Brien

#676 Poetry
By Anonymous
#677 Poetry
By GenerationLostInSpace GOLD
Abington, Pennsylvania
GenerationLostInSpace GOLD, Abington, Pennsylvania
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“'The Answer to the Great Question... of Life, the and Everything... is... forty-two. I checked it very thoroughly,' said the computer, 'and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.'” - Douglas Adams

stefanienikolov PLATINUM, Longmeadow, Massachusetts
33 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try." - Alexander the Great

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By Blondie83 BRONZE
Dike, Iowa
Blondie83 BRONZE, Dike, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't let people get to you, they are just trying to make themselves look better than you because your already on top.

#680 Poetry
By York_Lancaster SILVER
Lexington, Massachusetts
York_Lancaster SILVER, Lexington, Massachusetts
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment