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#5331voted by our readers
By abhandari BRONZE
London, Alabama

A Cry for Douma Embarrassed by today’s barbarism, We stand together in grievance, sorrow and anger, Justice must reign for the victims, Let this not be an unchecked cancer,...
abhandari BRONZE, London, Alabama
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Aspire to Inspire.<br /> <br /> The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.


#5332 Poetry
By mayy_897 SILVER
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
mayy_897 SILVER, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To define is to limit"

#5333 Poetry
By cz20 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
cz20 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5334 Poetry
CheyenneC GOLD, Vero Beach, Florida
14 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways.

#5335 Poetry
By fangela PLATINUM
Fort Lee, New Jersey
fangela PLATINUM, Fort Lee, New Jersey
20 articles 1 photo 0 comments
prachi_c BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5337 Poetry
By angello BRONZE
Oregon City, Oregon
angello BRONZE, Oregon City, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
AmaraKwameTheOnlyOne GOLD, Durban, Other
10 articles 1 photo 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind. <br /> – Kwame Nkrumah

#5339 Poetry
By Jaclyn Dimatteo SILVER
Paso Robles, California
Jaclyn Dimatteo SILVER, Paso Robles, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't know if this is supposed to be a quote by me but this is Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

#5340 Poetry
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.”<br /> ― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen