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March 1, 2010
By lovetowrite22 SILVER, ..., Colorado
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lovetowrite22 SILVER, ..., Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
"Everything happens for a reason."

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My life
is just
like
my hair.
Not straight,
not boring,
and definitely
NOT
simple.
Instead it's
complex,
confusing,
and temperamental.
My life
is just
like
the first curl
you see.
It may look
a certain way
on Saturday,
but completely different
on Sunday.

© Heather R.

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crazyhair16 said...
on May. 18 2014 at 10:18 pm
is this poem a metapor? pleas answer quick i need it for a school assignment if it is. 
lovetowrite22 SILVER said...
on Jan. 17 2011 at 4:20 pm
lovetowrite22 SILVER, ..., Colorado
5 articles 0 photos 37 comments

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&quot;Everything happens for a reason.&quot;

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haha wow!!!! you don't know how much that means to me! thank you so much!:) i will check out your work right now. haha wow. i cant believe this. thanks again:)
jocy101 said...
on Dec. 31 2010 at 6:00 pm
i loved your poem i chose it to be in an essay im writing for school about a recent peice youv'e read recently and i chose yours because it felt really deep
lovetowrite22 SILVER said...
on Oct. 12 2010 at 10:51 pm
lovetowrite22 SILVER, ..., Colorado
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&quot;Everything happens for a reason.&quot;

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thank you for the feedback!=) i will read some of your work soon!
j-rye SILVER said...
on Oct. 6 2010 at 11:49 am
j-rye SILVER, Toronto, Other
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace - Jimi Hendrix

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i felt the same way about the ending, but i thought the poem was overall very clever and well constructed!
lovetowrite22 SILVER said...
on Sep. 28 2010 at 10:20 pm
lovetowrite22 SILVER, ..., Colorado
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ohh lol well thank you for the feedback!=)
KelleySchorn SILVER said...
on Sep. 28 2010 at 9:48 pm
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Whatever you are be a good one-some president i dont remember which<br /> procrastinaters unite!...tomorrow!!-matt<br /> i&#039;m F-U-L-LLLLL i think i can spellllll-allie =]

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this is really good but at the end i get th feeling of incompletteness as if thers more that u forget to write down...rlly good tho i like the comparison :))
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wow i love this-great job-i love how your comparisson-awesome!!! please checkout some of my work when you get the chance