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By Panirap SILVER
Plano, Texas

Dear Grandson I lie in the wake of sleep, and dwell on the tainted lines of sadness. I am gone my dear.. from the world And from the sea that holds me still… I send this en...
Panirap SILVER, Plano, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
An old friend will help you move. A good friend will help you move a dead body. - Jim Hayes


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By lissa_ GOLD
Salt Lake City, Utah
lissa_ GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
16 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you don&#039;t stand for something you&#039;ll fall for anything.&quot;- Suckerpunch<br /> &quot;The purpose of life is to be a better version of yourself.&quot;- Lucy Hale

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By 14MNKMizzu1 GOLD
Columbia, Missouri
14MNKMizzu1 GOLD, Columbia, Missouri
19 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
We dont read poetry becuase it&#039;s cute, we read poetry becuase we&#039;r part of the human race- Dead Poet&#039;s Soceity

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By CarolynQ GOLD
Manalapan, New Jersey
CarolynQ GOLD, Manalapan, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 220 comments
PaigeStreet PLATINUM, Juneau, Alaska
47 articles 0 photos 218 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stay golden&quot;<br /> - Johnny (The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton)

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By MaggieElaine GOLD
Los Alamos, California
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
11 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,<br /> like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.<br /> And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.<br /> And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time.&quot; - Bright Eyes

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By akrreid BRONZE
Wexford, Pennsylvania
akrreid BRONZE, Wexford, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I never said it was going to be easy--I said it was going to be worth it.&quot;

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By EnigmaticBeing PLATINUM
Santa Barbara, California
EnigmaticBeing PLATINUM, Santa Barbara, California
22 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.&#039;<br /> James A. Baldwin

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By Elisabeth Edokwe BRONZE
Princeton, New Jersey
Elisabeth Edokwe BRONZE, Princeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By merelyacitizen DIAMOND
Waynesville, North Carolina
merelyacitizen DIAMOND, Waynesville, North Carolina
64 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
I reject your reality and substitute my own.