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February 16, 2015
By Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Short dresses

pretty faces

hidden fractures

at awkward places.

 

Bubble hearts

break apart

the slightest touch

is poisoned dart.

 

Fears tower
words empower
and saltwater
runs like showers.

 

And here we burn

as tables turn

the myth of learning..

we come, to mourn.

© Jeremiah R., Highland Village, TX

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Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 28 2017 at 11:52 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thank you! I'm lucky to have found a reader as great as you, Allen.
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 6 2015 at 12:08 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thanks, I had not really expected such compliments for this particular poem, so it really means a lot. @SaphiraBrightscales @Amai-kun
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 5 2015 at 5:03 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

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OHMYGOODNESS This is possibly the best short-sentenced-rhyming poem (as in poem of its kind) that I have read on here. It has left me completely at a loss for words! Although it is extremely (extremely!) hard to pick, I'd say the second stanza is my most favourite. I WANT TO READ MORE POETRY. You post little :'(
Allen. PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 1 2015 at 8:24 pm
Allen. PLATINUM, Palo Alto, California
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[i]No matter how much people try to put you down or make you think other things about yourself, the only person you can trust about who you really are is you[/i] -Crusher-P

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I usually don't like the rhymed poems I see here on Teen Ink because a lot of them are amateur and awkwardly rhymed, but this absolutely blew me away. It's like all of the words just shape themselves in your thoughts. Your poetry seems almost effortless. *fanboys*
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 1 2015 at 8:13 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.
Zolenz DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 24 2015 at 6:20 pm
Zolenz DIAMOND, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Other
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Favorite Quote:
The pain that have cost us, the evils which have never happened. <br /> - Thomas Jefferson

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This is incredible. I love reading something and seeing words put together in a way I have never imagined. Just reading the first stanza, I was like wow, I need to read the rest of this!