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June 5, 2010
By crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
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&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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Where do words go when they get erased?
Do they go to some secret and faraway place?
Or go into your eraser- is that what they do?
Waiting patiently there to be born anew?
Do they climb up your body, and back into your brain?
Do they just fall off of your paper, with patters like rain?
Do they hide under desks, make homes under chairs,
Do they sneak into your clothes through your rips and tears?
Do they fly into the sky, float off all about,
Til they find a new pencil from which to come out?
Are they stored by some person, in boxes, on shelves?
Well I guess we’ll never know,
Until that day comes,
When we get erased ourselves.

© Victor K., Las Vegas, NV

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crubs33 DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 17 2010 at 6:32 pm
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
58 articles 3 photos 750 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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Thanx!!! i will!!!
CarolynQ GOLD said...
on Jul. 17 2010 at 10:27 am
CarolynQ GOLD, Manalapan, New Jersey
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Brilliant. Truely original and well thought out, I can honestly say I haven't heard a poem like this, Good job Five stars :) check me out.
starlight26 GOLD said...
on Jul. 16 2010 at 10:48 pm
starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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*life isnt about pretending to be something you&#039;re not. It about being who you are and finding someone <br /> who loves every bit of it.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Life&#039;s tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late&quot;

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Wow. extremely creative. i like it :) Good idea of a poem!
crubs33 DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 16 2010 at 4:06 pm
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
58 articles 3 photos 750 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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I dont really know but i think this must have been from maybe fourth, fifth grade??
Collado92 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 16 2010 at 10:39 am
Collado92 PLATINUM, Ft.pierce, Florida
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Oh cool cool so you been writing for quite awhile then, how old were you when you first started?
crubs33 DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 11:07 pm
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
58 articles 3 photos 750 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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Thanks!!!!!!
silenthinker BRONZE said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 11:06 pm
silenthinker BRONZE, Woodbury, Minnesota
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Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open Question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible. -Robert Fitzgerald

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I really like this poem.  Its clever and fun to read.  I like the last line.  I agree with love2run, I think it adds meaning.
crubs33 DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 10:23 pm
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
58 articles 3 photos 750 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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Thanks sooooo mucH!!!!!!
crubs33 DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 10:23 pm
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
58 articles 3 photos 750 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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Haha like love2run said... last line= deeper meaning :) thanks i just found alot of poems from when i was little.. they were cute so i posted them this is one!!! :)
love2run GOLD said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 1:20 pm
love2run GOLD, Star Valley, Wyoming
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&quot;I failed my way to success.&quot; Thomas Edison<br /> &quot;What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?&quot; Pre<br /> &quot;A ship in harbor is safe, but that&#039;s not what ships are built for.&quot; John Shedd

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This is really good, and I think the last line gave it a deeper meaning than one would first think.
Collado92 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 15 2010 at 12:11 pm
Collado92 PLATINUM, Ft.pierce, Florida
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I totally like this, it's like arandm thought that you played upon.It's creative. One suggestion tho I  think the last line is a little weak kinda thru it offf. Besides that I like it.&Same to you keep writing =)

-Amanda C