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An Ant’s Perspective
By hyacinth-girl GOLD
Marlborough, Massachusetts

The carpet is a mountain range  The giant men look rather strange When you’re an ant.  The soaked mud freezes under snow Tunnels turn cold and dark below When...
hyacinth-girl GOLD, Marlborough, Massachusetts
15 articles 13 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
‘My candle burns at both ends;<br /> It will not last the night;<br /> But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—<br /> It gives a lovely light!’<br /> -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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#2102 Poetry
False Accusations
By Choosing2Live4Christ PLATINUM
Wausaukee, Wisconsin
Choosing2Live4Christ PLATINUM, Wausaukee, Wisconsin
28 articles 13 photos 66 comments
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#2103 Poetry
Ode to Ozymandias
By wdickinson GOLD
Fredericksburg, Virginia
wdickinson GOLD, Fredericksburg, Virginia
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. <br /> -Oscar Wilde

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#2104 Poetry
the falcon
By alexandraacreel GOLD
Lorton, Virginia
alexandraacreel GOLD, Lorton, Virginia
15 articles 8 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.&quot;

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#2105 Poetry
Love Forever
By miss_salazar SILVER
Middleton, Idaho
miss_salazar SILVER, Middleton, Idaho
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#2106 Poetry
What I Feel
By yellow-pages SILVER
Still Not Available, Other
yellow-pages SILVER, Still Not Available, Other
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all a little weird and life&#039;s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.&quot; -Dr. Suess

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#2107 Poetry
Mirrors
By JenxGoesRawr GOLD
Roswell, Georgia
JenxGoesRawr GOLD, Roswell, Georgia
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This is how we&#039;ll dance when,<br /> When they try to take us down<br /> This is how we&#039;ll sing it.<br /> This is how we&#039;ll stand when,<br /> When they burn our houses down.<br /> This is what will be.<br /> Oh, glory.&quot;<br /> - Let the Flames Begin by Paramore

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#2108 Poetry
The Depressing Ballad
By Maculate_Dream DIAMOND
Riverside, California
Maculate_Dream DIAMOND, Riverside, California
71 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways to not succeed.<br /> <br /> All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

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#2109 Poetry
I'm Sorry
By KenLB PLATINUM
Hopewell Jct., New York
KenLB PLATINUM, Hopewell Jct., New York
49 articles 1 photo 3 comments
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#2110 Poetry
Being Alive
By RikkiMH BRONZE
Douglasville, Georgia
RikkiMH BRONZE, Douglasville, Georgia
4 articles 1 photo 2 comments
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