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#480081voted by our readers
By Anonymous

  I come from a country like America, a democratic and prospering nation. I come from stereotypes about where I was born that aren’t even true. I...

#480082 Poetry
By jade.kasondra BRONZE
Fairfield, Ohio
jade.kasondra BRONZE, Fairfield, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#480083 Poetry
By Anonymous
#480084 Poetry
By Kittie BRONZE
Elk Park, North Carolina
Kittie BRONZE, Elk Park, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#480085 Poetry
trblue GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
14 articles 7 photos 141 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and slap that mother@#?!&* upside the head. "

#480086 Poetry
By NerysJimenez BRONZE
Bronx, New York
NerysJimenez BRONZE, Bronx, New York
4 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life. Love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love iluminates it.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#480087 Poetry
By K.Spirit PLATINUM
Nashville, Tennessee
K.Spirit PLATINUM, Nashville, Tennessee
26 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#480088 Poetry
343GuiltySpark BRONZE, Jabalpur, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#480089 Poetry
By marleevarlee GOLD
Cincinnatus, New York
marleevarlee GOLD, Cincinnatus, New York
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
What would you do if you weren't afraid?

#480090 Poetry
By GoatGreen GOLD
Boise, Idaho
GoatGreen GOLD, Boise, Idaho
13 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
We make a living by what we make, but we make a life by what we give