Friendship Free Verse Poems

Cracks on the walls by Adejola Joseph
Cracks on the walls
If a wall is not opened lizard cannot enter
When a friendship is not broken
There can never...

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Do not go gentle into that good night but rage,
rage against the dying of the light
—Dylan Thomas


sunny outside, not
cloudy inside; out
of my mind, mindless
wandering and...

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All that 
remains 
of our 
love
is a faded Polaroid,
a carton of cigarettes,
and two cases of beer.
I'll forget you soon,
but for now,
I'm cracking open 
another one—
let's...

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Sunday 6th July 2025,
On this day. B turned one year older than last night.
I sent him best wishes through XMPP Apps.
However, he would never receive...

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You were picked straight from the stem—
a fruit fresh atop the bowl of offerings,
something that must be
fleece laid over blade.
Not taken, but accepted.
Not bitten, but...

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I witnessed your eyes and I 
Wrote a poem. Immediately 
When I got back home. 5 or 6 years ago
From now this was?

Cause at the...

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Your smiles frozen over,
and you stand tall above the water
like an iceberg, so tall and elegant
in your presentation.

But surface-level trickery
can’t fool or satiate
my scuba diver
curiosity.

I...

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Never had I heard a flutter so clear! 
nor more distinct than the settle of midnight wings; 
       ...

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"And my thoughts are all sensations"
And my sensations are all my thoughts.
The sun controls the moon,
and the moon controls me.

She said she was a she/they/we,
and...

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Cooled off to take a sip; two.
Greedily waking up; fading
of the whole cup - butterflies,
trees, flowers; drips touching
the final vestiges of Antigua.

Fear ascended into the...

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sunflower eyes,
honeycomb gaze,
symmetrical features,
beautiful face.
i want to get closer—
to erase the space
that exists between
your surface level sex
appeal
and celestial
grace. 

...

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Something that is
          wasted at times
          ...

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                        A...

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It’s alright  
                     ...

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Author  Dana Redricks 
July 7, 2025

Many use the word love, but do they really know what it means? Love is eternal and never does...

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