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Form is Emptiness
By Bryn03 BRONZE
Plattsburgh, New York

Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. Atoms; compact and unbroken. The base of all forms, all matter, even ourselves. Yet, they are as unfilled as the great wide void of space....
Bryn03 BRONZE, Plattsburgh, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have studied many times<br /> The marble which was chiseled for me&mdash;<br /> A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.<br /> In truth it pictures not my destination<br /> But my life.<br /> For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;<br /> Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;<br /> Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.<br /> Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.<br /> And now I know that we must lift the sail<br /> And catch the winds of destiny<br /> Wherever they drive the boat.<br /> To put meaning in one&rsquo;s life may end in madness,<br /> But life without meaning is the torture<br /> Of restlessness and vague desire&mdash;<br /> It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.<br /> <br /> -George Grey&#039;s Epitaph by Edgar Lee Masters

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#456592 Poetry
The Starry Night
By Halieek BRONZE
Franklin, Kentucky
Halieek BRONZE, Franklin, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.&rdquo; <br /> Lao Tzu

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#456593 Poetry
When I Hold a Treasure of the Sea
By flowerinthecranniedwall BRONZE
Silverado, California
flowerinthecranniedwall BRONZE, Silverado, California
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#456594 Poetry
Societys Slander
By RaveNevermore PLATINUM
Norfolk, Virginia
RaveNevermore PLATINUM, Norfolk, Virginia
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A fate worse than death is a life less lived

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#456595 Poetry
Our Philosophy
By Amy Montenegro BRONZE
West Chicago, Illinois
Amy Montenegro BRONZE, West Chicago, Illinois
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#456596 Poetry
Surviving Dreams
By Anonymous
#456597 Poetry
midnight, somewhere between march 19 and 20
By meg.aub98 BRONZE
Hardwick, Vermont
meg.aub98 BRONZE, Hardwick, Vermont
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#456598 Poetry
Decades Hence
By spinnerofyarns GOLD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
spinnerofyarns GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nobody but a reader ever became a writer.&quot; -- Richard Peck

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#456599 Poetry
The Return
By NoRefunds SILVER
Boise, Idaho
NoRefunds SILVER, Boise, Idaho
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#456600 Poetry
Death Casts A Shadow
By Shaylee Correll BRONZE
Wabash, Indiana
Shaylee Correll BRONZE, Wabash, Indiana
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