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A Caress
By Moonbeam BRONZE
Washington, District Of Columbia

My hand upon your face Caressing your cheek. Seeing eye to eye A chance encounter meet. I close my eyes and wonder How we got this far. For five months we've known As...
Moonbeam BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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#3452 Poetry
make a difference
By Bailey McKim BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
Bailey McKim BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3453 Poetry
Burning
By akell PLATINUM
Asheville, North Carolina
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.
-Octavio Paz

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#3454 Poetry
Cocaine
By dels.lemonade SILVER
Newbury Park, California
dels.lemonade SILVER, Newbury Park, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All monsters are human.

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#3455 Poetry
Summer
By jzeviad BRONZE
Virginia Beach, Virginia
jzeviad BRONZE, Virginia Beach, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3456 Poetry
The Orphan Girl
By 3mo_sw33ts SILVER
Gonzales, Louisiana
3mo_sw33ts SILVER, Gonzales, Louisiana
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all."

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#3457 Poetry
One day I was walking...
By bellabop101 BRONZE
Triangle, Virginia
bellabop101 BRONZE, Triangle, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other guy just blinked" -Dean Rusk

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#3458 Poetry
Souls Wings
By AutumnShadow SILVER
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
AutumnShadow SILVER, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Sanity is an illusion people came up with to make themselves feel better.

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#3459 Poetry
Not You Again
By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first Law of Equivalent Exchange."

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#3460 Poetry
The Forlorn Tree
By Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM
Bonney Lake, Washington
Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM, Bonney Lake, Washington
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
There are two ways to spread light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

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