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A Short History of Being Half Alive
By quinn-is-on-fire SILVER
Chester, Connecticut

i told you i was transgender through a poem  you told me you didn’t understand the definition but when you did you tugged at my skirt and begged me to keep myself you...
quinn-is-on-fire SILVER, Chester, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The anger is, I have no power, but I'm full of opinions" - Fran Lebowitz

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#1072 Poetry
Dearest
By TheRareBreed PLATINUM
Lambertville, Michigan
TheRareBreed PLATINUM, Lambertville, Michigan
43 articles 0 photos 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I guess that means we're just products of whoever made us and we don't have much control. The thing is, when people use that phrase, they ignore the most critical part: the falling. Within the logic of that saying, the apple falls every single time. Not falling isn't an option. So, if the apple has to fall, the most important question in my mind is what happens to it upon hitting the ground? Does it touch down with barely a scratch? Or does it smash on impact? Two vastly different fates. When you think about it, who cares about its proximity to the tree or what type of tree spawned it? What really makes all the difference, then, is how we land.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

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#1073 Poetry
If I Believed MAG
By AStimac BRONZE
Ellington, Connecticut
AStimac BRONZE, Ellington, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#1074 Poetry
Self repair
By Tiger-14 GOLD
Hamburg, Iowa
Tiger-14 GOLD, Hamburg, Iowa
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forward”.

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#1075 Poetry
Mourn
By LizbethV22 BRONZE
Lewisville, Texas
LizbethV22 BRONZE, Lewisville, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes you will never know the VALUE of a moment, until it becomes a MEMORY"

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#1076 Poetry
There’s no staircase to heaven Unless it through earth’s loveliness
By Sprinkle_Autumn SILVER
Colombo, Other
Sprinkle_Autumn SILVER, Colombo, Other
5 articles 11 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Friends are Magic

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#1077 Poetry
The Coalport Doll
By Ela2611 PLATINUM
Vancouver, Columbia
Ela2611 PLATINUM, Vancouver, Columbia
43 articles 30 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
Give the ones you love , the wings to fly roots to come by and reasons to stay …….

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#1078 Poetry
Blood and Tears
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
- Native American proverb

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas

What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.
- Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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#1079 Poetry
Too many
By Anonymous
#1080 Poetry
CAT Scan
By Amelia_Elder BRONZE
Jacksonville, Florida
Amelia_Elder BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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