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Poetry
By GraceCatherine8 GOLD
Warner Robins, Georgia

Valentine’s Day It’s a day of love When we get shot with arrows From a weird baby above It is a day to tell people Our true feelings A day to give someone a ring When you...
GraceCatherine8 GOLD, Warner Robins, Georgia
16 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The poet&#039;s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.&rdquo; <br /> ― JaneKenyon


Poetry
By tatertot15 SILVER
West Bend, Wisconsin
tatertot15 SILVER, West Bend, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.&quot;<br /> ~Martin Luther King jr.

Poetry
By MusicNote3 GOLD
23071, Virginia
MusicNote3 GOLD, 23071, Virginia
11 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.&quot;<br /> &mdash; Oscar Wilde (The Critic as Artist)

Poetry
By MickCalhoun BRONZE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MickCalhoun BRONZE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;&ldquo;Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I&#039;m not going to make it, but you laugh inside &mdash; remembering all the times you&#039;ve felt that way.&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

Poetry
By Flyingbunny SILVER
Desoto, Missouri
Flyingbunny SILVER, Desoto, Missouri
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Music is no illusion, but rather a revelation. Its triumphant power lies in the fact that it reveals to us beauties we find in no other sphere; and the apprehension of them is not transitory, but a perpetual reconcilement to life.&quot; -Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky<br /> <br /> &quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we know and understand, imagination points us to all we might yet discover and create.&quot; -Albert Einstein

Poetry
By sunset_skylight SILVER
Saratoga, California
sunset_skylight SILVER, Saratoga, California
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Confidence is the best accessory you can own- Anonymous

Poetry
By hippyteen BRONZE
Masontown, West Virginia
hippyteen BRONZE, Masontown, West Virginia
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
trust is like a mirror you can fix it if it is broken, but you can still the crack in the reflection.

ValleyMae13 GOLD, Kingsville, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Those who Endure, shall be saved&quot; Mark 13:13

Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

Poetry
By DomA. GOLD
Royal Palm Beach, Florida
DomA. GOLD, Royal Palm Beach, Florida
12 articles 1 photo 13 comments