Friendship Sonnet Poems

Written: November 20, 2023, For Joseph May Contest
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How pointless to fight for global friendship.
We scatter...

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Dinner with friends while soft candlelight glows
We're dressed in formal attire, both genders
Goblets of wine while conversation flows,
what fond memories the moment renders.

Shared recollections from...

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Written: November 11, 2023
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Zeal, which requires forbearance as its root,
      Akin to...

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I am now "away from the noise,"  
my fruit gum I am chewing.  
Sitting here wondering what the boys,  
could be doing.  

 
 
Now all unpacked,  
a book I...

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You said you were cured
What sickness doth ail you?
I thought we were friends
So what wall did you break through?

We chat so infrequently
Your condition is hidden
Like...

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Oh, friend once close, in passion's fiery dance, 
Now vanished, like a fleeting specter's chance.
Our paths diverged, collided in fierce fray, 
A tempest of rejection,...

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Oh, once upon a time I saw a bird.
The bird was sitting, lonely, on a tree.
I looked at it and it looked down at me.
Then...

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Good neighbors, sweet friends, Can you forgive me?

In long, still and creeping hours of study,
I can be stern and inaccessible.

My studies tax me to basest...

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She's my neighbor; we study, from childhood, in the same school.
When we were younger, we regarded ourselves as best friends.
As she grows, she starts to...

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Co-Exist, Neither Of Us Fear The Knife

I saw the crescent moon in dappling sky
Gentle wind danced about and moaned
Earth spoke quite clear and told the...

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My many many thoughts linger, 
in the dusting of the springtime, 
I turn pages with my finger, 
I love to read each loving rhyme. 

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Spent too much time mourning dead dreams of mine, 
Look you in the eye with my wistful stare. 
Withdrawn for so long, you won't find...

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In me, the first day of school is relentless
I wake with old dreads lodged in my chest
My home moves endlessly, it’s countless
Now every moment is...

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I see girls send each other cards and cake,
Condolences or hugs, the sweetest rhymes,
Given as free as breath, to share or take,
True friendship’s memories of...

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And fallen apart from the deck of friend
Smiling face rung the bell of pure gladness
He would come to enjoy time with our band
No hatred theme...

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