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By Anonymous01 PLATINUM
Baldwinsvillle, New York

It’s like falling off a mountain with no parachute. It feels like forever within a short fall. Everything moves slowly until you’re near the ground. And what is the grou...
Anonymous01 PLATINUM, Baldwinsvillle, New York
29 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot;<br /> -Ernest Hemingway


#6562 Poetry
The Woods MAG
By Anonymous
#6563 Poetry
By Probity GOLD
Atlanta, Georgia
Probity GOLD, Atlanta, Georgia
15 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What you think you are, you are becoming.&quot; - Muhammad Ali

#6564 Poetry
By sofiamp155 BRONZE
Bridgewater, New Jersey
sofiamp155 BRONZE, Bridgewater, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6565 Poetry
By Anonymous
#6566 Poetry
By AmandaWint3r GOLD
Mclean, Virginia
AmandaWint3r GOLD, Mclean, Virginia
15 articles 17 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The heart has reasons that reason does not understand&quot; -Jacques Benigne Bossuel

#6567 Poetry
By GraceCatherine8 GOLD
Warner Robins, Georgia
GraceCatherine8 GOLD, Warner Robins, Georgia
16 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The poet&#039;s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.&rdquo; <br /> ― JaneKenyon

#6568 Poetry
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.

#6569 Poetry
By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We know what we are, but not what we may be&quot; - Shakespeare

#6570 Poetry
By erinXrose PLATINUM
Albuquerque, New Mexico
erinXrose PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are two great days in a person&#039;s life, the day we are born and the day we discover why.&quot;