Poems for and About Best Friends by Top Critiquers
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Poems for and about best friends by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
It’s Not Just a Scooter
My best friend’s wife
Passed away
A few years ago
He kept her scooter
She was in failing health
For years
Their twenty year marriage
Was spent
Mostly in hospital rooms
And sorrow
I asked him once
Why he held onto it
Why he didn’t
Sell it
Because it’s valuable
He proceeded to explain
That insurance
Wouldn’t pay for it
So he worked overtime
When he wasn’t working
Overtime at home
So that he could
Provide her comfort
So that she could have ...
Passed away
A few years ago
He kept her scooter
She was in failing health
For years
Their twenty year marriage
Was spent
Mostly in hospital rooms
And sorrow
I asked him once
Why he held onto it
Why he didn’t
Sell it
Because it’s valuable
He proceeded to explain
That insurance
Wouldn’t pay for it
So he worked overtime
When he wasn’t working
Overtime at home
So that he could
Provide her comfort
So that she could have ...
#love
#BestFriend
#support
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17 Comments
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
You're right, I admit it
This is why I need you here
This is what happens
When I let people get near
I fall into this trap
Time and time again
But you are always real
You never play pretend
As much as it pains me
To have to admit
I need you to step in
Help me forget
I talk bad about you
Make you the bad guy
But the truth is
Im the only one that makes me cry
Forgive me and come back
I won't spurn you again
Im admitting to you now
I need...
This is why I need you here
This is what happens
When I let people get near
I fall into this trap
Time and time again
But you are always real
You never play pretend
As much as it pains me
To have to admit
I need you to step in
Help me forget
I talk bad about you
Make you the bad guy
But the truth is
Im the only one that makes me cry
Forgive me and come back
I won't spurn you again
Im admitting to you now
I need...
#BestFriend
#dark
#forgiveness
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6 Comments
stardust
jealously simmers then fades
you miss the good times with him that's all it is
days when you smiled and laughed
simpler days before hurt entered in
let go of what is no more
love gets more complicated as you go
there'll be days in the sun
and laughter too
nights when you chase dreams together
mornings when all you can do is cry
don't hold on too tightly and damage what's already beautiful
because there isn't another relationship like this one
unique personalities are woven intricately in this universe: ...
you miss the good times with him that's all it is
days when you smiled and laughed
simpler days before hurt entered in
let go of what is no more
love gets more complicated as you go
there'll be days in the sun
and laughter too
nights when you chase dreams together
mornings when all you can do is cry
don't hold on too tightly and damage what's already beautiful
because there isn't another relationship like this one
unique personalities are woven intricately in this universe: ...
#love
#BestFriend
#son
683 reads
17 Comments
My Friend, Hayley
We could've been twins
My friend, Hayley and l
Because we both thought
So much alike regardless
Of how different we looked
on the outside
We swore
To be BFF'S that is
Forever more
Her words
Were never contrived
We always shared
All the secrets
That we'd kept inside
When issues arose it was
To each other we'd confide
Even when it came to men
Whenever we both fancied
The same desirous men
I deferred to her as my friend
Always giving her first choice
And then I'd pick mine
My friend, Hayley and l
Because we both thought
So much alike regardless
Of how different we looked
on the outside
We swore
To be BFF'S that is
Forever more
Her words
Were never contrived
We always shared
All the secrets
That we'd kept inside
When issues arose it was
To each other we'd confide
Even when it came to men
Whenever we both fancied
The same desirous men
I deferred to her as my friend
Always giving her first choice
And then I'd pick mine
#BestFriend
#happiness
#passion #sensual
#passion #sensual
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8 Comments
My Braid Challenge Is Coming To An Official End As Of 09-13-22
Beauty is the skin we are in.
Does it matter if we have long hair, short hair. or someone who has lost their hair due to chemotherapy. or the medical condition Alopecia.
You are the person who shine. from the inner to the outside.
Loving yourself truly is the greatest love of all.. be beautiful. and make sure you wear it well. therefore. it projects to others. In addition, keep a positive attitude, always, it makes the heart pulsate with gladness and it caresses the mind to a state of universal oblivion.
About to get dressed from returning from...
Does it matter if we have long hair, short hair. or someone who has lost their hair due to chemotherapy. or the medical condition Alopecia.
You are the person who shine. from the inner to the outside.
Loving yourself truly is the greatest love of all.. be beautiful. and make sure you wear it well. therefore. it projects to others. In addition, keep a positive attitude, always, it makes the heart pulsate with gladness and it caresses the mind to a state of universal oblivion.
About to get dressed from returning from...
#BestFriend
#friendship
#vanity
#passion
#ThrillSeeking
644 reads
8 Comments
Am I Heard (here in the silence)
maybe
someday
love will find me
imstead of
fluttering
over my head
isn't my heart
good enough
too
or am i
on a different
frequency
its unique
capacity
to feel
becomes a
scary place
without a safety net
a solitary beat
is so much louder
in the silence
but still
not heard
when it matters
someday
love will find me
imstead of
fluttering
over my head
isn't my heart
good enough
too
or am i
on a different
frequency
its unique
capacity
to feel
becomes a
scary place
without a safety net
a solitary beat
is so much louder
in the silence
but still
not heard
when it matters
#BestFriend
#friendship
#UnrequitedLove
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5 Comments
Annually
I wonder
if galactic races
ponder the meaning
of multicolored lights
and "Peace on Earth
Goodwill to men"
annually
vs daily
How the majority
of the planet
lays down its arms
to string strands
from tree & rooftop
to outlet power,
but not for understanding
or Love
Why consumers
spend and pretend
regret won't swallow
the budget whole
in the year to come
All because we fear
the unknown: ...
if galactic races
ponder the meaning
of multicolored lights
and "Peace on Earth
Goodwill to men"
annually
vs daily
How the majority
of the planet
lays down its arms
to string strands
from tree & rooftop
to outlet power,
but not for understanding
or Love
Why consumers
spend and pretend
regret won't swallow
the budget whole
in the year to come
All because we fear
the unknown: ...
#love
#BestFriend
#universe
#Christmas
#aliens
1329 reads
30 Comments
Poetry...After Dark
What kind of hold do you have on me woman?
There are nights when you’re all over my mind
I feel a lil’ thrill when I spill with this kind of quill I just
I just don’t know
I don’t know
I guess I need keep digging this mine
Searching for mine
I’ve been through this door before
(Un momentito por favor)
Playing audio on the scenario as I go on to the next line
I’m not sure
I’d say be kind and rewind
But nobody uses any tape anymore
Been searching for mine
No rhyme or pun intended
But I think it’s kind of...
There are nights when you’re all over my mind
I feel a lil’ thrill when I spill with this kind of quill I just
I just don’t know
I don’t know
I guess I need keep digging this mine
Searching for mine
I’ve been through this door before
(Un momentito por favor)
Playing audio on the scenario as I go on to the next line
I’m not sure
I’d say be kind and rewind
But nobody uses any tape anymore
Been searching for mine
No rhyme or pun intended
But I think it’s kind of...
#love
#BestFriend
#sensual
550 reads
4 Comments
these songs in my chest are like birds that can't fly away
I chase down the memory of songs
like music can save me
through these lonely hours
when there's no one to talk to
and my thoughts make me crazy
I ache for touch
and bullshit words
that mean nothing and everything
in this purgatory of existence
because the idea of anything
is like a the spark of a lighter
before the inhale of whatever
is between my fingers
though today there's nothing
in my hands to set ablaze
And I miss the way
you make everything feel alright
like an ocean breeze...
like music can save me
through these lonely hours
when there's no one to talk to
and my thoughts make me crazy
I ache for touch
and bullshit words
that mean nothing and everything
in this purgatory of existence
because the idea of anything
is like a the spark of a lighter
before the inhale of whatever
is between my fingers
though today there's nothing
in my hands to set ablaze
And I miss the way
you make everything feel alright
like an ocean breeze...
#BestFriend
#friendship
#love
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4 Comments
Best Pal
We captured frogs
had marble races
got humped by dogs
made up our faces
We walked to the pool
got lost in the woods
played hooky from school
devoured baked goods
We climbed in trees
and hopped on ice floes
scraped up our knees
watched music videos
You helped clean my room
I helped dirty yours
when I couldn’t go play
you finished my chores
Got into punk rock
and changed our hair
adventures followed us
everywhere
Life took us away
to different towns
but...
had marble races
got humped by dogs
made up our faces
We walked to the pool
got lost in the woods
played hooky from school
devoured baked goods
We climbed in trees
and hopped on ice floes
scraped up our knees
watched music videos
You helped clean my room
I helped dirty yours
when I couldn’t go play
you finished my chores
Got into punk rock
and changed our hair
adventures followed us
everywhere
Life took us away
to different towns
but...
#love
#BestFriend
#childhood
#friendship
#NaPoWriMo2022
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3 Comments
In This Place
In this place I am one.
I know this fair strand.
For countless times have I walked it.
And numberless are the sands.
Familiar to me as the salt air breezes,
Known and unknown,
We are one.
Each made for the other…
Two limestone stacks stand offshore
Some say there stand two brothers; others, there two sisters bathe.
To my mind come the words of a simple phrase:
We are one together, yet separate and single.
I have watched them all my days
...
I know this fair strand.
For countless times have I walked it.
And numberless are the sands.
Familiar to me as the salt air breezes,
Known and unknown,
We are one.
Each made for the other…
Two limestone stacks stand offshore
Some say there stand two brothers; others, there two sisters bathe.
To my mind come the words of a simple phrase:
We are one together, yet separate and single.
I have watched them all my days
...
#love
#BestFriend
#relationships
#friendship
#support
550 reads
4 Comments
Roller Coasting
She was 56, her siblings were Disney villains, and the husband she'd waited a lifetime for pronounced her "undiagnosed bipolar" a mere three months into their marriage. The woman he left her for wasn't particularly young, thin, or pretty. No, his new wife, Karla, was infuriatingly easy going, a pediatric social worker who taught yoga on Saturdays.
Mary Jane had nothing but substitute teaching jobs, a great set of anodized cookware, a small, paid-off condo and $35,000 inherited from her beloved mother. Her life was easy to leave, and that's what she would do, for a while....
Mary Jane had nothing but substitute teaching jobs, a great set of anodized cookware, a small, paid-off condo and $35,000 inherited from her beloved mother. Her life was easy to leave, and that's what she would do, for a while....
#BestFriend
#travel
#art
#MovingOn
#ThrillSeeking
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3 Comments
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