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#3311voted by our readers
Diamond
By writergirly GOLD
Preston, Other

Like a diamond in the rough, You’re exterior is tough. Your edges are as sharp as knives, Scratching all those in your life. A twinkle evident in your eyes, Identifying all th...
writergirly GOLD, Preston, Other
19 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have."
- Anonymous

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#3312 Poetry
Little Girl
By Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM
Bloomington, Illinois
Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
23 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life beats down and crushes the soul but art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler
He who lives upon hope will die fasting.
-Benjamin Franklin
If you're absent during my struggle. Don't expect to be present during my success.

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#3313 Poetry
Dancing with a Stranger
By EAR_SAP GOLD
Thomasville, North Carolina
EAR_SAP GOLD, Thomasville, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Empty your mind, be formless… shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend…”

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#3314 Poetry
Unforgiving Streets
By Claire_Eliza26 GOLD
Traverse City, Michigan
Claire_Eliza26 GOLD, Traverse City, Michigan
19 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
They tell us, "destroy what destroys you" and then they get mad when we hurt ourselves

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#3315 Poetry
I'm Waiting
By KaraTaylor DIAMOND
Neptune, New Jersey
KaraTaylor DIAMOND, Neptune, New Jersey
81 articles 17 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
"life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments"

"experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

"be as you wish to seem."

"it's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not."

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#3316 Poetry
From The Loss of Tony
By ClaireRC BRONZE
Oakland, California
ClaireRC BRONZE, Oakland, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3317 Poetry
This Point
By gfukes GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
gfukes GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
-Winnie the Pooh

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#3318 Poetry
Open your heart and Don't forget
By 2014Nation GOLD
Alma, Georgia
2014Nation GOLD, Alma, Georgia
10 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love. - Buddha

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#3319 Poetry
False Statements and Broken Promises
By Anonymous
#3320 Poetry
What Hurts More
By ValleyMae13 GOLD
Kingsville, Texas
ValleyMae13 GOLD, Kingsville, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Those who Endure, shall be saved" Mark 13:13

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