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#1441voted by our readers
By antha GOLD
Hackensack, New Jersey

Envy of the birds, We stole their flight, Now they drop in the dead of night. Envy of the terminates, We stole their mounds, Concrete hardens on their grounds. Envy of the le...
antha GOLD, Hackensack, New Jersey
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#1442 Poetry
By IreneD BRONZE
Oxford, Mississippi
IreneD BRONZE, Oxford, Mississippi
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I've worked on my weaknesses, I made them my strengths."

#1443 Poetry
By Jordi2112 PLATINUM
Gardner, Kansas
Jordi2112 PLATINUM, Gardner, Kansas
29 articles 6 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” <br /> ― Marilyn Monroe

#1444 Poetry
By madsdaws BRONZE
Staten Island, New York
madsdaws BRONZE, Staten Island, New York
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#1445 Poetry
By IreneD BRONZE
Oxford, Mississippi
IreneD BRONZE, Oxford, Mississippi
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I've worked on my weaknesses, I made them my strengths."

#1446 Poetry
By Air GOLD
Frisco, Texas
Air GOLD, Frisco, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Doubt kills more dream then failure ever will

#1447 Poetry
mpascual31 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1448 Poetry
By ROY07 PLATINUM
Hyderabad, Other
ROY07 PLATINUM, Hyderabad, Other
22 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."<br /> - E.E. Cummings

#1449 Poetry
By CharlieM_13 BRONZE
Mobile, Alabama
CharlieM_13 BRONZE, Mobile, Alabama
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"When I'm sometimes asked 'when will there be enough women on the supreme court?' and I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that." - RBG

#1450 Poetry
Cucoolchameleon GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
19 articles 2 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is no greater agony than an untold story within you" - Maya Angelou