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Friending Poems - Poems about Friending

in a looking-glass that sees both ways

...A poem is a mirror.
A ?o??i?.
A yes-I-can with crayons the color of Tachyons,
rushing out of whirl’ds where past-meets-future,
reaching for-words…
yet going back-words for some more.

It makes...

Categories: friending, art,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Meaningless Browsing - First Place Contest Winner

...Written: June 21, 2023

Twelve Bar Blues Poetry Contest        Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
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I sought peace in fl...

Categories: friending, analogy, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Flingin

...It’s Spring Fling today - an all-day campus concert with some up-and-coming music acts. We’ll be out there, in the rain if we have to, we're determined and somewhat waterproof. We went out earlier, d...

Categories: friending, school, student, teen,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Is Friendship Just a Delusional Fiction

...Is Friendship Just a Delusional Fiction?

Is friendship a lifeboat that floats on convenience?
Can we all divorce who we like with a gesture
that’s less than a wave on a l...

Categories: friending, friendship love, life,
Form: Rhyme

Ma Little Brown Chickadee

...(ah miss bing amiss with former mistress)

Oh Glenda (Miz Gee gee) 
     years elapsed since, I didst hawk 
     verboten fruit adrip
from yar verdant bough,  
     thy strong craven raven 
  ...

Categories: friending, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Love Off-Sprung

...futures cavort below the horizon
  an expectant dawn glows, duly announcing the first born arrival
  tomorrow then forward smiles, feeling good
  half planned momentous moment, ordering fate, shap...

Categories: friending, children, family, love, tribute,
Form: Verse

I Barely Know These People

...We carry our phones now.
We call them I-phones.
Not sure if this is because we are Internet-aware
Or simply I’s instead of We’s now.
It’s time to exchange mine for a newer model;
Happens every t...

Categories: friending, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

My Peeps

...When I was twelve 
I had a pen pal.
Letters came back and forth months at a time.
I waited a long time for words from my Peep.
Not anymore. Now I have Facebook Pen Pals.
Their words come instant...

Categories: friending, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Don'T Have the Right To

...Don't judge another person
The guy you think is a jerk may not be a jerk after all 
Why are we so quick to judge other people?
Either by their looks or their nationalities
Their race and what the...

Categories: friending, faith,
Form: Free verse

Yowl Part One A

...I’ve seen the minds of my generation bested by their handheld mobile devices,
texting for a dopamine rush, tuning out the reality around them.
I’ve watched them, withdrawn from present company, looki...

Categories: friending, computer-internet, parody,
Form: Free verse

Dreaming Realist

...Like a reaccuring nightmare,
Pondering life from the armchair,

Abruptly submerged in distant memories,
Leaving a smile that could last for centeries,

What if's plauge like vultures on decaying rema...

Categories: friending, confusion, fear, girlfriend-boyfriend, hope,
Form: Free verse

A Place Within

...Four walls surround her being,
content she has become
What she considers life,
is how prisoners live to some
Still, she travels round,
in a world that she knows well
To her, this place is home,...

Categories: friending, life, visionary, world,
Form: Rhyme

Brown-Eyed Girl Loving

...Down you upside hanging
By me danger dangling by
Bellybutton unsweatering

You sprite! Grin giggling
At me look laughing at
Legs in blue jean wrapping

You and tree branch playing
Just me gi...

Categories: friending, friendship, happiness, life, love,
Form: Free verse