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Selfish poetry
By Timeslime BRONZE
Columbus, Ohio

You can’t write a poem about yourself   At least that’s what they told me   Selfish words are not to be heard   At least that’s what they told me   Your pain, you...
Timeslime BRONZE, Columbus, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When moving forward one must look back, lest they risk the chance of moving backwards.

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#6372 Poetry
The silent scream
By Anonymous
#6373 Poetry
You Know Who You Are
By Moony-Parker SILVER
Hogwarts, Other
Moony-Parker SILVER, Hogwarts, Other
7 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”<br /> ~Anais<br /> <br /> “It is the quality of one’s convictions, not the amount of followers that determines success.” ~Remus Lupin<br /> <br /> “We both have a bit of light and dark in us. What we act on defines who we are.” ~Sirius Black<br /> <br /> “Wingardium Leviosa.”

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#6374 Poetry
Forbidden Fruit
By alicewrites BRONZE
Greenbrier, Tennessee
alicewrites BRONZE, Greenbrier, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love this mansion<br /> Though it is too many windows<br /> .. To open halfway each morning<br /> .. To close halfway each night"

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#6375 Poetry
MY HOLE
By bossygyal332 GOLD
Nairobi, Alabama
bossygyal332 GOLD, Nairobi, Alabama
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Go to the extra mile it's never crowded

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#6376 Poetry
the cost of your voice
By this_unflower PLATINUM
Lincoln, Rhode Island
this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
46 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
i will never understand<br /> why you held me<br /> if you were afraid of warmth<br /> <br /> you should have known<br /> i was fire<br /> <br /> - Rupi Kaur , the sun and her flowers

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#6377 Poetry
standing under a street lamp
By Rsnail-925 PLATINUM
Boulder, Colorado
Rsnail-925 PLATINUM, Boulder, Colorado
29 articles 11 photos 106 comments

Favorite Quote:
A story has as many versions as it has readers - Winter Of Our Discontent

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#6378 Poetry
the changes one dare not to sound
By swaba BRONZE
Kotakkal, Other
swaba BRONZE, Kotakkal, Other
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#6379 Poetry
The Fall
By Luminous_ GOLD
Auburn, California
Luminous_ GOLD, Auburn, California
12 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Welcome to Trench

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#6380 Poetry
Tá sé Scamallach MAG
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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