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Waiting
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California

Waiting for this class to end as the day begins to close. Waiting to sense the beauty in the small, unblossomed rose. Waiting for summer to come so I can fin’lly be fr...
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

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Just Because
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

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Missing a Friend
By k.s.h. GOLD
Depauw, Indiana
k.s.h. GOLD, Depauw, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost

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The Ilusionist
By teacupsandpoems GOLD
Valley Stream, New York
teacupsandpoems GOLD, Valley Stream, New York
10 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.<br /> Herbert Bayard Swope

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Never
By k.s.h. GOLD
Depauw, Indiana
k.s.h. GOLD, Depauw, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost

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Poetry
The Tenth Inning
By Gracious PLATINUM
Go Away, Kansas
Gracious PLATINUM, Go Away, Kansas
22 articles 0 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life sucks and then you die, yeah, i should be so lucky&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Jacob, Twilight<br /> <br /> I&rsquo;m still that girl who falls when she runs, Getting back up, because falling is fun.

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God Bless America
By k.s.h. GOLD
Depauw, Indiana
k.s.h. GOLD, Depauw, Indiana
11 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.<br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Frost

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Beautiful As Can Be
By Night-Goat PLATINUM
Rockville Centre, New York
Night-Goat PLATINUM, Rockville Centre, New York
35 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;m so happy &#039;cause today I found my friends, they&#039;re in my head

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Epiphany
By ShannonJr GOLD
Newton, North Carolina
ShannonJr GOLD, Newton, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.&rdquo;<br /> William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Does he really think big emotions come from big words?&rdquo;<br /> Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

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Let Me Take You Back
By SkyLane PLATINUM
Scituate, Massachusetts
SkyLane PLATINUM, Scituate, Massachusetts
25 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
never regret anything that once made you smile.

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