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#4021voted by our readers
Why Do I Stay
By CelineK GOLD
Fortlee, New Jersey

I’m held inside my boundaries. Surrounding me is nothing, But an open field of emptiness. Home to no one but me. No way out, Though I do not know. Lost in the sun, Te...
CelineK GOLD, Fortlee, New Jersey
15 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There something hidden in all of us. Small gift waiting to be discovered.” ~Jacqueline Woodson

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#4022 Poetry
Words Like Us MAG
By MacoroniNoodlez GOLD
Lakeville, Minnesota
MacoroniNoodlez GOLD, Lakeville, Minnesota
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”- anonymous

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#4023 Poetry
i broke myself
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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#4024 Poetry
A Sorrowful Beach Day
By Atreas4328 BRONZE
Newport, North Carolina
Atreas4328 BRONZE, Newport, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#4025 Poetry
fairy girl MAG
By notesappfiction GOLD
Bryan, Texas
notesappfiction GOLD, Bryan, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna

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#4026 Poetry
my hero, my mom
By laurennharriss SILVER
Hemet, California
laurennharriss SILVER, Hemet, California
9 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you never believed in heaven before her, and now all you understand is how to pray, and all you do is thank God over and over for her presence.&quot;

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#4027 Poetry
A River
By EDawgzz GOLD
Temperance, Michigan
EDawgzz GOLD, Temperance, Michigan
10 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you are feeling disheartened that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze and look ahead! -Kyojuro Rengoku

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#4028 Poetry
Students Today
By Fwallace BRONZE
Liberty Township, Ohio
Fwallace BRONZE, Liberty Township, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#4029 Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

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#4030 Poetry
What Is Poetry?
By Staleisha SILVER
No, Alabama
Staleisha SILVER, No, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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