Best Hellos Poems

How many goodbyes are in a lifetime? 

Saying goodbye
 to go to school
 to go to work
 to travel separately away
 to end a visit that lags until the next time.

Who knows or recognizes that last final goodbye?

Knowing
 can be a gift or an obligation
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hello, my name is
Something you won't need to know
Good morning to you
Whereas you say the same to me
Hola, me llamo
Lo! It is a secret
Bonjour, je mappelle
Nothing, it is still a secret
Shalom, shalom
well, same to you
My name is a secret,
Something you won't need to know,
 So...

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A sweet hello.
That's how we started.
We went through our days without a care in the world.
And it all started through our sweet hello.
A sorrowful goodbye.
That's how we ended.
Our last days together were our worst.
And that last sorrowful goodbye was worst than anything we went through...

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frequent moving hurts a child's hellos so much the pains still adult hold
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The sight of her face 
inspired my belly 
to swell swiftly, 
and erupt 
into a confetti 
of awkward hellos 
and euphoric goodbyes. 
  
His voice belched 
with the throes 
of titillation. 
He knew his dog 
day in the sun 
had come to be 
for...

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It exists in the mind of a drifter;
That lives outside the realm of norm
It's a primary collector and curator of information,
And is designed to protect, serve and inform.
   From within its posture it is elevated.
   Invisible to most;
   It...

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In a strange sort of way.
I've always wished that we've gotten together. 
Be it a dream; that we would speak in hellos than good byes.
True love by means of evolvement.
Maybe I shouldn't think of you this way.
To bootleg myself in what I truly believe. 
The...

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We stood in the dark
Not a word spoke between us two.
We hardly knew each other yet,
We saw each other whole hearted.
The stars began to light up.
The moon above our heads.
Our eyes half full.
Anticipation.
A civilization coming to life in the blink of an eye.
With millions of...

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I know her through the cheap hellos,
shared taxi cabs, subways below,
strolling in the fresh fruit aisle,
shared bench for lunch, a sidewalk smile,

but not like I knew my sisters,
their blistered toes, and bathroom woes,
heartaches from a stolen kiss,
and sorrows from our dead parents.

We...

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Living day by day and life just flows
Before you know it your youth goes
And friends become people you used to know
It's been a long time between hellos

Time passes you by on the run time flies
Would of, could of, should of, don't even try
Some how, something...

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Soupers often engage in emotional ways.
There can be depth in what two might exchange.
When someone leaves our shared Soup domain,
their diminished light is a missed, valued sight.  
Some remarks feel like word-shaped embraces
and time together often leaves valued traces.
Is is not odd, just plain...

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