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By GraceCatherine8 GOLD
Warner Robins, Georgia

Everyday there are heroes who Lay down their lives So ordinary people Like you and me can survive We don’t remember Most of their names To us, all of them Are mostly the...
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


#6562 Poetry
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

#6563 Poetry
By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We know what we are, but not what we may be&quot; - Shakespeare

#6564 Poetry
By erinXrose PLATINUM
Albuquerque, New Mexico
erinXrose PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are two great days in a person&#039;s life, the day we are born and the day we discover why.&quot;

#6565 Poetry
By WhosKara PLATINUM
Milford , Massachusetts
WhosKara PLATINUM, Milford , Massachusetts
43 articles 8 photos 0 comments
#6566 Poetry
By MonaLisa218 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
MonaLisa218 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You must be the change you wish to see in the world&quot;

#6567 Poetry
By Anonymous
#6568 Poetry
By Anonymous01 PLATINUM
Baldwinsvillle, New York
Anonymous01 PLATINUM, Baldwinsvillle, New York
29 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot;<br /> -Ernest Hemingway

#6569 Poetry
By gonzales.shonn BRONZE
Peralta, New Mexico
gonzales.shonn BRONZE, Peralta, New Mexico
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#6570 Poetry
express&inspire GOLD, Toronto, Other
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
never forget and always forgive, and i hope in your life you\&#039;ve learned how to live