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This poem shows what people go through and how they feel sometimes.
The tone of the poem is sadness.
"I'm not exactly sad"

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This poem is great at showing that stress is going to haunt you until you realize that you can manipulate it to better yourself.
The tone of the poem is calm
A word that helps create this tone is embrace

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What is the greatest gift? by Mary Oliver (Luis Timothee)

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What is the greatest gift? by Mary Oliver (Luis Timothee)

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I like this poem because it shows that there are so many good things in the world or many things that can happen in the world and question what is the greatest gift in the world is interesting. The tone of this poem is curious and a phrase that can show that is the use of "Could it be...".

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Poems To Send To Friends

A million "I love you's" will never properly convey how much I cherish my friends. In 2021, my gratitude for them has reached new levels as we're navigating a virtual world. Hearts need holding, anger calls for conversation, sorrow ignites sharing, and not one of us is leaving this time period unchanged. All of this without being able to reach out and touch a hand, hug a shoulder, or wipe a tear from a grieving face.

"Hearts need holding, anger calls for conversation, sorrow ignites sharing, and not one of us is leaving this time period unchanged."

So how do you bridge the space between? How do you celebrate togetherness without gathering? I've been turning to reading and writing poetry. Its offerings help me remember what it's like to be in physical community with my long-distance friends. I'm seeking solace in poetry when loneliness comes calling, and allowing each stanza to nourish me with hope during this heavy moment.

If you're feeling alone right now, that's okay. Loneliness happens more easily as the seasons start to grow a little colder, a little darker, so reach out for support if you can (here are some affordable online therapy options). If you're not lonely, consider someone who might be feeling that way and connect for a conversation.

Below, you'll find 17 poems about friendship that are warming my heart or moving me to action right now. Spanning loss, celebration, and revolution, these poems remind me that we are all stronger together. Many are just excerpts, so be sure to click through to read the poems in their entirety. Sit with them, meditate on them, and share them with your loved ones. And when you're done, share your favorite poems about friendship in the comments below. 💛

1. Alone by Maya Angelou

"Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone."

"Make me laugh over coffee,
make it a double, make it frothy
so it seethes in our delight.
Make my cup overflow
with your small happiness.
I want to hoot and snort and cackle and chuckle.
Let your laughter fill me like a bell.
Let me listen to your ringing and singing
as Billie Holiday croons above our heads."

"To all my friends who have been with me in weakness
when water falls rush down my two sides

To all my friends who have felt me in anguish
when this earthen back breaks between the crack of two blades

To all my friends who have held me in rage
when fire tears through swallows behind tight grins

I know you
I see you
I hear you"

"why be evasive
when you can listen to an audio book
about a biologist
on a mysterious expedition
to Area X
an area cut off from civilization
today I've spoken to no one
and I feel fine
but feelings aren't facts my friends
and I've eaten the last of the cheese
and table water crackers
and I have no salary
but I will hold you"

6. Sybil by Julia Ward Howe

"And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.
And he answered, saying:
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace."

8. Red Brocade by Naomi Shihab Nye

"The Arabs used to say,
When a stranger appears at your door,
feed him for three days
before asking who he is,
where he's come from,
where he's headed.
That way, he'll have strength
enough to answer.
Or, by then you'll be
such good friends
you don't care."

9. 1383 by Emily Dickinson

"at the function, i feel myself splitting into too many rooms of static
you touch my hand & there i am

*

do you want to be best friends?
a box for yes, a box for no"

"When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit."

"i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i've called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you're born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don't think you're beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that."

"Now you are strong
And we are but grapes aching with ripeness.
Crush us!
Squeeze from us all the brave life
Contained in these full skins.
But ours is a subtle strength
Potent with centuries of yearning,
Of being kegged and shut away
In dark forgotten places.
We shall endure
To steal your senses
In that lonely twilight
Of your winter's grief."

16. Silhouette by Janice Lobo Sapigao

"more and more of my friends
are becoming parents or partners
to plants

i have lived long and short enough
to remember the homegirls who
danced non-stop until three a.m.
the moon a parabola to our party
i've grown up enough
to see them sing their favorite slow songs
to herbs and succulents on their windowsills
in homes they sowed from dreams"

"it is like the world

hasn't happened

when I call out

all my friends are there

everyone we love

is still alive gathered

at the lakeside

like constellations

my honeyed kin

honeyed light

beneath the sky"

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Emily Torres is the Managing Editor at The Good Trade. She's a Los Angeles transplant who was born and raised in Indiana, where she studied Creative Writing and Business at Indiana University. You can usually find her reading or writing, caring for her rabbits, or practicing at the yoga studio. Say hi on !

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(ariyanna)
tone-  sad
why i like it- just comes up the real-world situations happening right now

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Tone- motivational
I like that it is true and used all the time. When people don't have confidence, they don't perform.

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I found this poem on youtube and its pretty good.

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I found this poem on youtube and its pretty good.

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(Joanna)

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeu82Ug4

I always wondered why I like the villains more
And I think it might be because they get on the floor
Down on their knees
For her and only her
Something in me stirs
A hero would sacrifice her to save the world, showing that they are indeed pure hearted and honest
But a villain would tear the world apart if she was hurt, that is a promise
They seem selfish, manipulative, and rude to everyone around
But he treats her like a Queen, his and only his, sitting beside him on a throne with her crown
I think villains are misjudged and that most of the time we don't get to see their story
For if we knew it, the hero may not seem so full of glory
Monsters are made, not born
And any soul tortured, confused, and abused incidentally would not have time to mourn
So the next time I defend the villain of the tale
Remember that they too, were once broken and frail

- I like this poem because sometimes we believe things that may not be true and we assume things of other people
- tone: defensive
- "I think villains are misjudged and that most of the time we don't get to see their story For if we knew it, the hero may not seem so full of glory"

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1. Van Gogh poem
2. https://images.app.goo.gl/5azBYv3fqpF2aKJV9
3.Because its a pretty good poem and i just like reading it

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I feel
That
There is
Nothing
More truly
Artistic
Than to
Love People
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/728457308478220044/
Tone: Adoring
also//crystal almaraz

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-The tone of this poem is inspiring
-"there are no shortcuts"
-I like this poem because what he is saying is something I really believe that you put in work and you will get rewarded.
“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life."
https://quotefancy.com/quote/867616/Michael-Jordan-If-you-do-the-work-you-get-rewarded-There-are-no-shortcuts-in-life

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I liked this poem because it summed up our thoughts on the pandemic.
Tone: Depression

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Wrapped up in your words,
but your words have turned into wire with
pins and needles ripping through my skin
Wrapped up in your words,
unable to breath because the feelings I once shoved down my throat have been slowly rising
Wrapped up in your words,
unable to seek help, because the screaming won't do anything besides get people people to tell me I am just seeking attention
I'm wrapped up in the words that once used to caress me, but now torture me day and night.
Wrapped up in the words I used to crave, the words I used to need.
but have now failed to protect me , and love me.
- I like this poem because it really resonates with me and others who might have a complicated relationship with someone. The tone of the poem would be desperation. A phrase that contributes to the tone would be the last line , ".. have now failed to protect me, and love me".

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Your dreams are where your heart is
They're more fragile than life itself
Over and over you cast them aside,
only to find more
Now, rest in peace
Pounding impulses defile the things we wish for
and the more we forget
the more we remember again
In this beautiful, cruel world
all I can do is ask why we're still alive
Oh, with our strength--and our weakness--
What are we going to protect if there's no sense
to anything anymore?

- I like this poem a lot because it expressing things of which I feel a lot.
- Sentimental
- "What are we going to protect if there's no sense to anything anymore?"
(Jessamine A.)

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"Most of all learn to laugh at yourself, and meet each day with a sense of humor."
-i really like this poem because i try and follow this everyday, evertime i do something dumb i can alway look at myself and laugh and learn from it
-humorous
-"learn to laugh at yourself"

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welcome to a day in the life of a woman- rupi kaur

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welcome to a day in the life of a woman- rupi kaur

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I constantly wonder if it's too dark to be outside.
when I'm walking alone
all I can think of is what
I might have to use as a weapon.
the pen in my purse. my keys.
the rings on my fingers. the heels on my feet. trying to remember what other women do to protect themselves from rapists and murderers.
I scan the face of every man
in case I need to identify him in a lineup.
parking garages make me nervous.
I scan the backseat of my car before I get in.
even pulling into my driveway and walking to my front door feels unsafe.
the walk takes only a minute but it's all the time he'll need to turn me into a statistic.

- I like this poem a lot because it illustrates what women (and men) go through on a daily basis