Best Encouragingly Poems

True friends are kindred spirits.
You know they are true friends
When the barriers come down. . .
when nothing that you say to them 
could make them like you less.
And if they feel offended or let down by you,
you only have to talk things through.
Faults are forgiven;...

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I can see you up ahead of me
I am following 
in your footsteps

no matter how fast I walk
I cannot catch up 

your footsteps are bigger than mine
but they were warm 
and safe to step in

you turn around
and smile encouragingly
then return to your journey

thank you for...

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The turf is wet. 
Tinny rap splashes out, booming and the players are bouncing
Like boxers, ready for the air-balls
That they cleanly tap and set on the ground
With the surfaces of their cleats.
The rap is crashing.
The rain is dripping
From a sky done raining, 
Just feeling sorry...

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Mother thy land by all means utter
to find depth an need hug e're

Thy spirit by vast immensely blast
run through veins encouragingly fast 

Yet a cold field remains in thy heart
for th' dear yet of a son that hurt

That bird in his hand of all others
caught...

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I ate roaches for breakfast. Chocolate covered.
He studies my eyes, hoping for a reaction, or a bit of squeamishness.
I say yum yum and lick my lips.
They were not quite cooked, he informs me.
They kept running away from the plate.
The two with their legs out.
I smile...

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The night is threatening and cold
I am walking down the graveyard of my past
And I am trying to read
A vague messages of future
Childhood is standing, smiling,
And holding my heart in its hands
I want to join it
But it fades away

I am walking slowly, memories are vanishing
And...

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The witches dance tonight, he confided, with a leering grin.
I did not understand but recognized his gargoyleish evil twin.
They began to cackle, sounding a lot like witches if you ask me.
But witches are awesome. Their motto is “to no harm be”.

You do not seem fearful,...

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Though I’m all right
I’m not always sure
Though I feel fine
I need be assured

Hold my hand firm
Give it a squeeze
Hold my hand friend
Encouragingly...

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Those city's snowfalls in January
come down to earth surprisingly...
to induce an ideal stillness,and make
with an impressive effect,
lovely sceneries to be instilled
inside the inquisitive and perceptive mind!

Fluffy and swirling snowflakes
give glitter and beauty
to lifeless and drooping trees
sheltering the holly's shrubs,
which are fearful of showing  entirely
their...

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It was 64ºf and overcast this morning when Lisa and I started our 5-mile jog to the Harbor and back. We always start our semesters this way. We’re emotionally ready for fall weather and hopefully, a long and cruel winter.

Sunny, Lisa, Leong and I were...

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Mary, the daughter of some parental friends, is on her high-school-senior college-tour and my mom (on Face Time) told me their plans called for them to be in New Haven over the weekend.

“Would you mind taking an hour to give her a campus tour?”
I rolled...

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Deliberately recognizing the sun against the moonbeams
I see your eyes gleam and your happiness screams
Into my eager ears over the years and I’m tension-whelmed with the tears I shed
Hanging at the last thread, giving in to dread instead…instead…instead…

Hangover over your hating irrationally
Anticipation with hesitation with...

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We’re coming up on the spooky pumpkin-latte season, when days suddenly end, while I’m busy in some sterile, fluorescent chemistry-lab and there’s nothing to do but walk down dark science-hill to the dorm.

Is that rustling the sound of leaves or footsteps?  The most effective...

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pottery row
lead me to the beach

pottery row
the ocean in now within reach

pottery row
thank you for all the scenery

pottery row
i appreciate the blue sky and the greenery

pottery row
your back roads are so lovely

pottery row
i welcome your purpose when your encouragingly shove me

pottery row
i am happy that...

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