Friendship Poems | Examples

Friendship Poems

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My Golden Spoon

My Husband
My Golden Spoon!

When I was swimming in the waters, I saw a boat to swim towards.
I never knew that it would become my lifeline,
though it was just a piece of wood.

It stayed with me, accepting all my thoughts.
The breeze once opened its eyes
and taught me to talk.

— Poor thing, it carried so many droplets of water;
I wonder how much it suffered in the water.

Once upon a day, I fell in love,
and I met the same water again.

I searched for my lifeboat yesterday,
trying to understand what was so special about
this “best piece of wood.”

And my mind finally realized—
it was my “Golden Spoon.”

letters

outcasts
orphans
they found home in each other
always together
never far

Distance was never a problem
Two peas in a Pod
those twos 
they have been friends since forever
people would pair them up
while they tried to catch the train
life flew by in the same manner

Distance became a problem
she got into science
while he got into art 
she was practical
always thinking 
he was delusional 
always writing 
playing pranks
while she got into trouble
trying to get him out
playing keep away with her glasses
while she punches him in the gut 

she could bear anything but his tears 
while he could bear anything but her anger 
losing her, his only fear 
Now do you think distance could be an obstacle

writing was his passion 
while she was his need 
c'mon 
letters they wrote everyday 
regardless of the weather
Now people will twist it 
by saying it was love letters
but should i tell you what was written in them 

I am getting married 
you better attend

Inner Tyrants

Who are the tyrants within? 
The ones from past experiences, yelling opinionated. 

Younger Self.
Sitting at a bar,
Yelling jokes and sitting stagnant. 

More naive Self.
Stuck in violence,
Accepting anything as love. 

Childless Self.
Hopeful but uneducated,
Incapable of understanding eternal love. 

Sabotaging Self. 
Feeling like the good is closing,
Grasping onto each joyful moment in fear.


Conditional Self.
Requirements to embrace again,
Forgetting how far they've come. 

I've met these TYRANTS...
I've sat along side them in empathy,
Who am I, accepting them again?


Talking in Silence

I never told you what I felt
I kept it all to myself
Darkness filling up my soul
Emotions spun out of control
Evil thoughts circled my brain
My heart feeling so much pain
There was so much going wrong
Happening for way to long
Day by day it just got worse
My silence was like a curse
That would leave me so unsteady
Because I was never ready
To share what was deep inside
Each night I secretly cried
Because words I needed to say
To you would just slip away
Every time I tried to seek
The courage I'd become weak
Now I sit here with one thought
Why I never really fought
The angered demons way down deep
Just one whisper or a peep
From my lips right to your ears
Might have taken all my fears
Away -- but I was not that smart
Now its too late  I broke the heart
Of a friend I've known forever
Who stood by me through stormy weather
But this raincloud that follows me
Left both of us in misery

You're not alone

Whenever you're sad and blue
There is one thing you should do
Reach out for me -- I'll be there
It doesn't matter when or where
You can always count on me
A true friend is what I'll be

Premium Member A Boy's Doggy History

A boy living alone
  Never gave up like a stone

Struck by stern and stormy weathers 
  Yet surviving like a full grown-dog, playing around heathers


CANADA 911

GANDER NEWFOUNDLAND

38 PLANES HAD TO LAND

FOLKS GAVE A HELPING HAND

AFGHANISTAN, WHERE

CANADIAN TROOPS SERVED THERE

WE DID OUR FAIR SHARE

remembering 9/11

America remember in your darkest moment
Murder fell from the sky the nation united
Etched together forever is your united grief
Remember in that single moment the world 
In unison the world came together as one
Choosing to stand side by side as a friend
America your darkest day the world came

Premium Member One Inch At A Time

One inch at a time at her very slow pace,
I could not spy her fuzzy face.
Orange and black she crawled along.
To the Tiger Moth family she’d soon belong.
Enjoying dandelions and miniature clover, she seemed to be scolding my toe to move over. "I can predict how winter will be,” she whispered softly and gently to me, then hibernate like a squirrel in a tree”  "One inch at a time, at my very slow pace, I can never join in any race, I always move at a very slow pace" repeated the woolly caterpillar with poise and grace.
“Now sweet dreams” she professed, “I rest my case”

Strangers in memories

I went to that bench
where we laughed until tears
and cried until smiles.

And suddenly, a bullet of
memories hit me.

You were there,
but in a face I barely remember
now.

Maybe time tore us apart,
but left the memories for my heart.

Funny, isn't it?

How you gave me so many memories
just to become one yourself.

Premium Member Where is the Love

Take a look around the world
people hurting everywhere you look
I ask you where is the love 
Today stop think before you speak
Then love can really leak
out to the person hurting on the street

Friends no longer friends
Why is this , because loves gone away
Once walked hand n hand
Now can't look each other in the eye
Children treated cruelly too
Everyone is seeking to be loved

Will you make a difference my friend
And let your love send
Out to others who seek it so much
We can make a difference today
Stopping hurt, chasing blues away
Reach out and touch somebody's heart today

BACK IN YOUR COURT

CANADA FIGHTS BACK

COURAGE TRUMP THOUGHT WE DID LACK

OUR TARIFF ATTACK

Premium Member Footles for Tea

just one
no fun

now two
woo hoo

have three
for tea

one more
makes four

now five
arrive

one's sore
now four

one flees
now three

one's through
now two

tea's done
just one

Premium Member The Lantern of Diogenes

His lantern shining on a summer's day,
To pierce the darkness of the human soul,
His pace deliberate, seeking on his way,
To find a man of only virtue full.
An idle quest, a philosophic stunt?
For surely roses cannot bloom in caves;
That man of virtue would the Furies hunt,
An angel cannot swim a sea of knaves.
But let us cast that light in different light,
Not if a man can be what cannot be,
But if one holds a candle in the night,
And choose a raft to be on moody sea?
For full perfection shall not grace this Earth,
But in the little things, lies life its worth.

Premium Member The Blue Collar Poet

The Blue Collar Poet

I am but a poet of simple, rigid mind,
With formal education, where hindsight isn't blind.
Sometimes I look at TRUE poets of education in the lits,
And wonder if it's true or if I'll ever fit.

For I look at other works of art and see that I'm quite plain;
I don't have the background to achieve the glory, fame.
But I am quite popular among my workers on the crew,
For my simple message just shines right on through.

I can speak in riddles, backward, or in rhymes,
But my simply worded message creates the best of times.
They are my blue-collar audience of hardworking men,
Soaking up the poetry as an honest clan.

I hope I've brought a little hope or introverted thought,
Something they can take with them that wasn't even bought.
Sometimes, when it hits with them, it's like water to and fro,
Wetting down the soil and planting seeds to grow.

Sometimes there's a snicker, sometimes there's a laugh,
But when they go quietly, I know they feel my path.
Yes, it's true I wish to master my art,
But the day my crew don't know me by my heart or my pen,
That's the day I wrap it up and truly say amen.

Friendship Categories

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