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      <title>Original poem by Michael Dougherty</title>
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      <description>Made with wonder</description>
      <language>en-us</language>
      <pubDate>2018-01-03 15:24:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title> the faults of life </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong><br></strong><br></div><div>	I was born into the darkness destin to fall.<br><br></div><div>      Dark demon like hands grabbing, trying the steal away my light.<br><br></div><div>       The feeling of knives and pain was everything I knew.<br><br></div><div>       It was a slippery slope and i was sliding fast. <br><br></div><div>        I was sure I would fall and my short pathetic life would be over<br><br></div><div>    It almost was.<br><br></div><div>      Finding an escape was thought to be impossible <br><br></div><div>     My soul was slowly being consumed by darkness <br><br></div><div>     I feared nothing could stop it.<br><br></div><div>      To escape is to be completely free.<br><br></div><div>     But trying to do so is almost always fatal <br><br></div><div>    I learned to hide from the darkness. <br><br></div><div>     But it would always find me.<br><br></div><div>      While I was hiding and fearing what the darkness could do the me <br><br></div><div>   I was found by the light.<br><br></div><div>   His light. <br><br></div><div>        Slowly he was pulling me from the darkest depths of my soul.<br><br></div><div>He saved me.<br><br></div><div>   He saved me from the darkness<br><br></div><div>He is now my light.<br><br></div><div> My love.<br><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>&quot;The Races&quot;</title>
         <author>dartanian_barringer</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The smell of gasoline,</div><div> engines revving,</div><div> drivers waiting,</div><div> and adrenaline pumping.</div><div>Then it starts,</div><div>out of the pits to the track we drove.<br><br></div><div>With lights flashing,</div><div> hearts racing,</div><div> people cheering,</div><div> dirt flying,</div><div> dust rising, </div><div>and metal humming,</div><div> we drove.<br><br></div><div>Then it ends,</div><div>just as fast as it started,</div><div>with drivers tired,</div><div>and cars empty,</div><div>and dust settling,</div><div>and people leaving,</div><div>the races are done.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 19:18:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;The Roses And The Violets&quot;</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Roses are red,</div><div>Violets are blue,</div><div>Sugar is sweet,</div><div>And so are you.</div><div><br></div><div>But the Roses have wilted,</div><div>And the violets have died,</div><div>The sugar bowl is empty,</div><div>I just want to cry.</div><div><br></div><div>But the Roses have been stepped on,</div><div>And the violets have been turned to mold,</div><div>I burned down my father’s house,</div><div>Now I walk this road alone.</div><div><br></div><div>But the roses became bloody,</div><div>The violets covered in despair,</div><div>I killed my younger brother,</div><div>While duct taped to a chair.</div><div><br></div><div>Roses are blue,</div><div>Violets are red,</div><div>I sit in my room,</div><div>Writing this poem,</div><div>While I have blood dripping from my head.<br><br>I wrote “I’m Fine”,</div><div>And you believed it, <br>Even though, <br>My life was falling apart.<br><br>But I don't blame you,<br>I would have believed it too.<br>It's only 'cause <br>My only friends are <br>The Roses And The Violets,<br>They make me feel at home.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 19:40:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>2017</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Last year I did wrong,</div><div>I let the small things annoy me like a buzzing bee,</div><div>I didn't focus on the bigger picture I let it slip right by me,</div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong</div><div>I got myself some stressful situations of this there is no doubt,</div><div>I was stressing over stupid things all through my days,</div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong,</div><div>I involved myself in negativity, </div><div>I was never focused on the positivity,</div><div><br><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong,</div><div>Last year I had parts of my life that I now consider toxic,</div><div>Last year was a year poorly spent, </div><div>Last year did have some positive but more negative even so , </div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong,</div><div>Now I look back and see that last year I did wrong,</div><div>Now I focus on being better,</div><div>Now I am removing all bad,</div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong, </div><div>Now I watch other struggle the same as i did this past year, </div><div>Now I take last year not as a loss but as a lesson, </div><div>Now I focus on what's important and keep my head in gear, </div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong,</div><div>I am not perfect i make mistakes,</div><div>I learned from these indeed it is what I take from these that make me a special me, </div><div>I will not make these mistakes again of these mistakes i’m free </div><div><br></div><div>Last year I did wrong, </div><div>But this year i'm a whole new version of me. </div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 19:52:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zodiac will not be back  </title>
         <author>regan_miller</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/218630514</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>I practically have a plaque <br>from the common Jack <br>with the name Zodiac <br>even tho its lacking a fact.<br><br>Yet time keeps repeating with the same sentence spoken.<br><br></div><blockquote><strong><em>"Your nothing but zodiac" </em></strong></blockquote><div><br>The sentence smothers in sickness <br>when I stop no one else does.<br><br>Its a burden burned on my soul <br>but not from me but a simple mole.<br>The words burn and blister at lips but they never care if its at their affair.<br><br>I may have done research but that doesn't mean its my life. And you want to know a fact zodiac isn't who I am. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 19:55:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Things I Like To Do</title>
         <author>erik_agustin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/218630936</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div> </div><div>The Things I Like To Do</div><div>By Erik Santos-Agustin</div><div><br></div><div>I am all alone in my room</div><div>Looking to see where I can go</div><div>Sitting alone in a dark gloom</div><div>But there is something out there that I can do</div><div><br></div><div>The Things I Like To Do</div><div>Are to watch &amp; play sport</div><div>For the outside yard I go</div><div>To play football &amp; soccer</div><div><br></div><div>From there I play with my little brother</div><div>Later then I have some fun with the whole family</div><div>When I’m at school, I use my skills</div><div>My Reading &amp; Math Skills to pay the bills</div><div><br></div><div>When I talk to my friends, I know what they say</div><div>By then, I already know some other languages</div><div>With my family I learn to speak Spanish</div><div>But in school, I learn to speak French.</div><div><br></div><div>By the time, I am back in my room</div><div>I still have nothing else to do</div><div>But there on the floor lies a book</div><div>Which contains what I like to call Mysteries.</div><div><br></div><div>When I read, it helps me feel better</div><div>But as I stopped, I just noticed something</div><div>With all the things I did today</div><div>These are The Things I Like To Do.</div><div><br> </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 19:57:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Don&#39;t you worry...</title>
         <author>david_agustin_amigon</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/218652098</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>+</div><div>My son let me tell you something: </div><div>Life is full of obstacles,</div><div>There are the good and bad times</div><div>There will be times when you fly,</div><div>Or times when you sigh</div><div>That’s ok cause  </div><div>You don’t to worry child</div><div>I will always have a plan for you </div><div>There is no need to worry </div><div>just live your life and fill your story.</div><div>but never misuse your life</div><div>or the consequences will stab you with a knife.</div><div>So don’t worry child he also has a plan for you </div><div>He knows that i value, </div><div>you.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-03 22:25:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <author>corinne_muscarella_bland</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219158029</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp; <strong>Never Forgotten</strong></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Every word every post&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;Will be forever lost but never forgotten&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; You say all these cruel things you think people forget</div><div>Not seeing the internal harm you cause&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; Because you don't see it you think it’s fine&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; But trust me it’s never gone threw the computer&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; Not seeing the damage you’ve&nbsp; caused</div><div>&nbsp;Thinking it’s funny you laugh and make jokes</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp; But to the person it was intended to it wasn't funny&nbsp;<br>never forgotten&nbsp;<br>They will forget your face but never the cruel words your mouth spoke</div><div>Think before you say something that can hurt someone</div><div>Every post every word&nbsp;</div><div>Never gone just lost&nbsp;</div><div>The harmful words you once spoke before are sirens going off in someone head</div><div>Telling them they’re not good enough</div><div>Never forgotten</div><div>Think before you hurt someone&nbsp;</div><div>You are all important and can make a difference&nbsp;</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-07 15:29:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>i look forward</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219331522</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>they say there's a light<br>at the end of all the dark,<br>there is a light<br>and at the end of every winter,<br>there will be summer<br>but i have yet to see this light,<br>and i have yet to feel this warmth<br>but i look forward<br>i hope for this light<br>and i dream of this warmth<br>soon this winter will come to an end<br>soon this darkness,<br>will be chased away with this light. <br>the winter might be long,<br>but it does not last forever<br>the darkness might feel empty<br>it might feel deep<br>but the light will be so bright<br>you will look past that empty feeling<br>i look forward<br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 13:35:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>just human</title>
         <author>elijah_effner</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219477109</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div> </div><div>If you can run like sonic</div><div>If you can jump like mario</div><div>If you can think like L</div><div>If you have the morals of mob</div><div>If you have the strength of saitama</div><div>You word be unstoppable </div><div>But you are not</div><div>You are just a human</div><div>No special power </div><div>No kamehameha</div><div>No super speed or strength</div><div>No psychic power or the force</div><div>No special transformation</div><div>Just a human a soft,fragile human</div><div>If human did not have sword,</div><div>Bows and arrows,</div><div>Shield</div><div>Or guns we are defenseless</div><div>Because we are just human</div><div>If humans never learn to make weapon</div><div>Humans would have die a long time ago</div><div>But we did learn </div><div>And we make weapon and shelter</div><div>We make up for are weakness</div><div>We are just humans and we have some "nices toys"</div><div>That we make and one day maybe we will have </div><div>Some special power</div><div>Because we are just humans.  </div><div><br> </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 18:10:52 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>the life of endless despair that en lights </title>
         <author>damian_nunez</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219477580</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><strong><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;life can be very happy to others&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; but for people like me who are unique&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;with their life of despair of fallen loved&nbsp; ones or friends that get hurt but for one specific reason and it’s you.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;They blame all of their despair&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to your fate heart &amp; soul to all the</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>mistakes you have committed to be</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>&nbsp;called a sinner &amp; resign yourself&nbsp;</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>from being called a saint of the gods.</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>&nbsp;But in these times now you shouldn’t</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>&nbsp; be forceful of letting other treat you like that ever just avoid them and be yourself&nbsp; for who you really are on the inside. Tell other the real truth and prove them wrong and give them what you got because your not the one to blame its them for blaming you for the person your not tell them to be your allies not your enemies because they will be the one who gets stabbed&nbsp;&nbsp;in the back for what they have done.</em></strong></div><div><br>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 18:12:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Toxic Air</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219484849</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Air Is Toxic</div><div>When Your Gone</div><div>Why have you left me</div><div>For so long</div><div><br></div><div>You scream, we fight</div><div>Your face turns blue</div><div>But no matter what </div><div>I’m still in love with you</div><div><br></div><div>You escaped from the gates</div><div>Of our forbidden love</div><div>Yet you flew back in </div><div>Like a rare black dove</div><div><br></div><div>Never noticed from the crowd</div><div>Your eyes read cursed </div><div>The world outside is dangerous</div><div>For indoors can be worse</div><div><br></div><div>The air is toxic</div><div>Only when your near </div><div>But it was me </div><div>Who kept the toxic here</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 18:26:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219491870</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp;</div><div>Scoring a goal is the Best feeling</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;When you kick the ball and see it go into the net</div><div><br></div><div>Hear everyone screaming from the excitement</div><div><br></div><div>A feeling you get where you feel good about yourself</div><div><br></div><div>When you have the ball at your feet</div><div><br></div><div>Feeling it and rolling it around is just amazing</div><div><br></div><div>One of the best views</div><div><br></div><div>Seeing the ball in the air</div><div><br></div><div>Looks small but when it comes down</div><div><br></div><div>Looks a lot bigger</div><div><br><br><br><br>&nbsp;<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 18:42:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219494585</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The beauty of silence in nature.</div><div><br></div><div>Just stop to observer and here just for a second.</div><div><br></div><div>The lightest wind creating a silence.</div><div><br></div><div>Hearing nothing except your own body.</div><div><br></div><div>A beautiful silence.</div><div><br></div><div>No other silence like it.</div><div><br></div><div>A silence to think in.</div><div><br></div><div>A silence to live in.</div><div><br></div><div>A peaceful state of being.</div><div><br></div><div>The presence of pure nature. </div><div><br></div><div>Something to truly cleanse the soul.</div><div><br></div><div>Nature is something to enjoy.</div><div>The silence of Nature is something to cherish.</div><div><br></div><div>The silence is something to heal.</div><div><br></div><div>The silence is something that can nurture.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the best things.</div><div><br></div><div>The best thing to help.</div><div><br></div><div>The worst thing to pass up.</div><div><br></div><div>The silence of nature is the essence of life.</div><div><br></div><div>The silence can help all</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 18:48:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>~A War To Win~</title>
         <author>megan_miller13</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mdougherty3/l1ed6z7sd83w/wish/219502814</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>You shouldn't give up when a single&nbsp; bloody battle has ended,<br><br>you shall wait patiently till the long hard tiring war has fully been won.<br>It's clear as glass that I am only a medic in this war,<br><br>I may sit and wrap the wounds from the cold swords of the solders that would ride against you during the war,<br><br>I also may whisper comforting courageous words into your ears trying to help and guide you but a medic like I shall not step upon the battle field it is not my battle to fight nor my war to win,<br><br>It's your duty to choose to stand and fight or just give up the fight,<br><br>I know, we all will have our battles to fight one day or another,<br><br>I have lost some of mine but have won others,<br><br>Scars have been let upon my body from the deep twisting unhealed wounds,<br><br>That still to this day hurt and burn the scars may fade away one day but the memories will forevermore still linger.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-08 19:05:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>A friend</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A friend<br>Is someone that everyone needs<br>A friend<br>Is that special one <br>A friend <br>Is someone you tell everything<br>A friend<br>Can be a boy or a girl<br>A friend<br>Is someone that is always their<br>A friend<br>Will always listen to you<br>A friend <br>Will never leave you in the dust<br>A friend<br>Will help you through thick and thin<br>A friend<br>Will always stand by your side<br>A friend <br>Is someone everyone needs<br> </div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-01-09 14:27:44 UTC</pubDate>
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