Friendship Mentor Poems

We love people who hate us
Do all things with kindness 
Teaching them more about us 
To treat other people with kindliness

Life is too short 
Some...

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Hello Sunshine, Good day World
May I but sip from the Chalice
Rain, a rose, Quiet repose
The Warm that is Linda Alice


written by Michael in 1975

(I found...

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for R, my dear friend fighting against BPD



whether you're happy or feel very sad
think you are likeable or mostly bad
find yourself unsightly or rather pretty
wallow...

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I wanted to thank you 
But was unable to explain 
What your friendship means to me 
To share wonderful memories with 
It's a blessing to...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Sometimes friends that are far away
can be your best friend
He lives in Malta
Which is 7,609 km in distance from where I am
I came to PoetrySoup...

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IT REEKS ANEW
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


When a Cow Defecates Onto the Grazing Field
There Is a Stench, That All Miasmic Odors Yield
But Given Some Time the Weathering...

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My Mentor is My Friend

There was a time not long ago
Where I felt I had no friend
I thought if I stopped moving
In the trash can...

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Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There...

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I knew a group of ladies once, yes, I knew them quite well.
Let me tell you, they had some serious stories to tell.

No one spoke...

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I REMEMBER YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE SMILING AT ME.
I REMEMBER YOUR HUGS HOLDING ME SO CLOSE IN YOUR ARMS.
I REMEMBER THE LOVE AND CARE YOU GAVE...

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The coldness of the time of year, 
Should outshine the season’s warmth,
But along with Christmas comes, 
Friends, family, singing and parties, 
Greetings of good health...

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Feel In The Blanks
By Curtis Johnson

After watching the weather reports, Mr. Cee, who lived in California, called his sister in Brooklyn.  He misdialed and...

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Predestination is a fundamentalist Christian doctrine which says that god helps, or helped, you think when deciding whether or not to believe in him through...

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What you add up to may be less,
Than what’s inside and unseen, 
But your behaviour will determine, 
Happiness by where you've been. 

Our processes can...

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