Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 4

I Am Worthy
- By Alison Malee
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.
I wanted to share my current mantra with you all, with the hope that it might help you feel worthy + mindful today. The world is heavy, but we do not have to carry it all at one time, and despite all of the hard decisions and weight of the day to day, you are doing your best, and that IS enough.

in Inspirational Poems

I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince me otherwise.

I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince me otherwise.

I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince me otherwise.

I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince me otherwise.

I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince me otherwise.

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I Want To Tell You
- By Lorelei
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in I Miss You Poems

There’s so much I want to say to you,
words I buried in my mind
but when it’s time to sing the verses
the melodies come out wrong.

There’s so much I want to say to you,
words I buried in my mind
but when it’s time to sing the verses
the melodies come out wrong.

I want to tell you
that I still miss you
even though I know I shouldn’t.
I want to tell you
that I wish to hold you
even though I can’t.
I want to tell you
you are the one
even when you couldn’t be.

But most of all
I want to tell you
that I love you
and I never stopped

But maybe one day
you’d keep telling me, instead.

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Someone To Walk With Me
- By Raquel Franco
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
You are whole all on your own. Forever love is finding the one who will walk alongside you.

in Short Love Poems

I was never looking
for another half
to make me whole,
just someone

I was never looking
for another half
to make me whole,
just someone
who was willing
to walk with me
no matter how far
I strayed.

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The Time Between
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

Somewhere between
hello and goodbye
a whole life happened.
And now, I am left to wonder

Somewhere between
hello and goodbye
a whole life happened.
And now, I am left to wonder
just how long
I will be
grieving its death.
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It Feels Like A Lifetime Ago
- By Raquel Franco
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Heartbreak Poems

Feels like a lifetime ago
that I loved like that.
Wanting more
and more and more.

Feels like a lifetime ago
that I loved like that.
Wanting more
and more and more.
There are no photographs.
No forgotten sweatshirts.
No saved brunch receipts
or concert tickets.
No proof that I was madly
in love with you.
We carved our names
into nothing.
My skin aches knowing
all I have left
is a fading film reel
of your smile.

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Let Love Grow
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Short Love Poems

I want to live in a world
where nobody is afraid
to fall in love
or admit it

I want to live in a world
where nobody is afraid
to fall in love
or admit it
and let love grow
like wildflowers
in the most unexpected
(but beautiful)
places.

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The Hand Of Fate
- By Beau Taplin
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
From Beau's book Here At Dawn: Poetry and Prose.

in Short Poems

There is no reason to feel troubled
if your path has not been made clear to you yet.
When you remain true to your spirit,
courageous in action,

There is no reason to feel troubled
if your path has not been made clear to you yet.
When you remain true to your spirit,
courageous in action,
and listen ever to the
small guiding voice in your heart,
you find the universe soon points out its place for you,
and then leads you there
gently by the hand.

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Hold Tightly To Your Smile
- By Ashleigh Rayl
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
This is an untitled poem from "The Soul" section of Ashleigh's new published poetry book, A Beautiful Difference.

in Hope Poems

You get through the bad days
because you have no other choice.
There is nothing else you can do
but hold tightly to your smile

You get through the bad days
because you have no other choice.
There is nothing else you can do
but hold tightly to your smile
and try to stay positive.
Focus on finding happiness in the little things,
and making small achievable goals
for yourself to feel purposeful.
To constantly remind yourself
that it could be worse
to make yourself feel better.
Giving up is not an option.
Crying all day is not an option.
Losing yourself is not an option.
You have to remember that
it is going to be ok.
It always is eventually.
You got this.

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You Are All That I Want
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Sweet Love Poems

Give me you
tired and tattered
restless and weary
a heart that’s been shattered

Give me you
tired and tattered
restless and weary
a heart that’s been shattered
Give me you
when you are less than tough
when you are not smiling
all your edges so rough
Give me you
when you can’t see the light
just open your heart
I will hold it so tight

Give me you.

You
are all
that I want
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Even When; Especially When
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Inspirational Poems

Even when you feel like a million scattered pieces,
you are still whole.
Even when you’re unsure of the path you’re walking,
you still have purpose.

Even when you feel like a million scattered pieces,
you are still whole.
Even when you’re unsure of the path you’re walking,
you still have purpose.
Even when your lover leaves you empty and begging,
you are still loved.
Even when you’ve tried and tried and failed and failed,
you are still worthy.
Even when;
especially when.

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We Rise
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Inspirational Poems

we crawl
we walk
we run
we fly

we crawl
we walk
we run
we fly

we fall
we break
we rage
we cry

we learn
we heal
we dream
we rise

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Learning To Let Go
- By Liz Newman
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Change Poems

Letting go doesn’t
always look how you think it will.
Sometimes it happens all at once.
Sometimes it’s in phases.

Letting go doesn’t
always look how you think it will.
Sometimes it happens all at once.
Sometimes it’s in phases.
Oftentimes it requires a few tries
and heartfelt goodbyes.
Even when it’s good for you,
letting go is hard on a heart.
But like the changing seasons,
we will learn to change too.
In time, in time,
In time…
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A New Beginning
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Poems about Life Struggles

sometimes I wonder
why life feels
so uphill most of the time.
but maybe

sometimes I wonder
why life feels
so uphill most of the time.
but maybe
the mountains are rooting for us.
maybe they want us to see sights
we would never get to see without them.
because in that moment,
when life takes your breath away
for all her beauty, you are reborn.
and I don’t think there is anything
more perfect
in this world than a new beginning.

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I Hope You Find Peace
- By Lorelei
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Poems about Life Struggles

I hope you find peace in your battles
I hope you find light within the darkness
I hope you find comfort in your storm
I hope you find your smile within the tears

I hope you find peace in your battles
I hope you find light within the darkness
I hope you find comfort in your storm
I hope you find your smile within the tears
I hope your heart beats lighter
when it starts to feel heavy
I hope you find the kind of love that stays
I hope you find someone who welcomes your broken pieces home.
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Trying To Balance Grief
- By Liz Newman
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2021 with permission of the Author.
One of the biggest things I’m learning about grief is how it demands different things from you every day. Some days, you’re able to get a lot done. You’re able to smile and be fully present with people. Everything feels fully balanced and manageable...steady. But other days, even normal daily tasks feel impossible to balance. And despite your best efforts, you can’t do it all. You try and build your schedule to match the day before, but it wobbles and leans and comes crashing down at your feet.

Grief will demand different things of you every day. Some days will be harder than others, but please don’t be harder on yourself because of it. The harder days need the most kindness, the most support, the most gentleness. The harder days need the most grace. If today is a harder day, I’m praying with you. I’m hurting with you. I’m holding on to hope with you.

in Grief Poems

Grief stacks
Itself up
Up
Up

Grief stacks
Itself up
Up
Up
As you try and balance
Your daily tasks
Your emotions
Your pain
The tower
Wobbles
As you try
To do everything
You normally do
Everything you
Normally can
But right now
You can’t
And it comes
All
The way
Down

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Ripples
- By Mark Bird
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Teacher Poems

The future of the world
is in your class today
So teacher do be proud
and trust in what you say

The future of the world
is in your class today
So teacher do be proud
and trust in what you say

For every word you utter
and everything you do
can realign a destiny
for him and her and you

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Let Them Miss You
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Moving On Poems

Let them miss you.
Let them wonder what wild joy you’re chasing,
why you didn’t think to invite them along.
Let them hear your laughter from afar,

Let them miss you.
Let them wonder what wild joy you’re chasing,
why you didn’t think to invite them along.
Let them hear your laughter from afar,
watch as it pulls the sun from the sky,
marvel at how easily you become that light.
Let them yearn to be your moon,
long for a chance to reflect the warmth you provide,
admire how you can be so vibrant and alive
without them beside you.

Let them miss you.
Let yourself learn how okay you are
on your own.

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It's About The Journey
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

How about sad but hopeful.
Lonely but looking inward.
Resting but planning your next step.

How about sad but hopeful.
Lonely but looking inward.
Resting but planning your next step.

How about fumbling but trying.
Anxious but learning patience.
Questioning but at peace with not having
an answer yet.

How about unsure but trusting.
Scared but overcoming.
Lost but knowing it’s about the journey
in the end.

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You're Better Off Without Me
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
I often picture what it would be like to see you again. To hear your voice, or feel the weight of your hand in mine. I rehearse what I'd say to you, whether or not I'd tell you about the poetry, how I'd reply if you asked me if I was happy, yet.

But the truth is I'll never tell you any of it. I won't call or find my way to your door. As much as I miss you, I know that you will want to love me - to pick up the pieces of me and hold them together, the way you always used to. And we'll end up back where we were, with you ignoring how much it hurt to try and love me - still giving even when there's nothing left for me to take.

If we're honest, we both know you're better off without me. If I really want you to be happy, then I have to accept that it means being far away from me. So I will love you from a distance, even if that means you believe the worst of me.

in Hurting Poems

I’ve written you
so many letters
I won’t send.
I’ve rehearsed

I’ve written you
so many letters
I won’t send.
I’ve rehearsed
phone calls
and played out
chance meetings
in my head.
And yet, I’ll never
tell you any of it.
Because I know
(deep down)
you’re better off
without me,
and I want you
to be happy,
whatever that means.
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Daily Reminder That You Are Worthy
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Inspirational Poems

And on Tuesdays you must look at
yourself in the mirror and say
“I am worthy. I need to be here.
And I am grateful I am.

And on Tuesdays you must look at
yourself in the mirror and say
“I am worthy. I need to be here.
And I am grateful I am.
There is beauty in my life and
I will find it. There is strength
in my soul and I will trust it.
There is purpose in my path and
I will unravel it. There is magic
in who I am and I will
believe in it.”
And then go climb your mountains
for today. And go find some
spectacular views.

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Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 4

I Am Worthy

I wanted to share my current mantra with you all, with the hope that it might help you feel worthy + mindful today. The world is heavy, but we do not have to carry it all at one time, and despite all of the hard decisions and weight of the day to day, you are doing your best, and that IS enough.

I Want To Tell You

Someone To Walk With Me

You are whole all on your own. Forever love is finding the one who will walk alongside you.

The Time Between

It Feels Like A Lifetime Ago

Let Love Grow

The Hand Of Fate

From Beau's book Here At Dawn: Poetry and Prose.

Hold Tightly To Your Smile

This is an untitled poem from "The Soul" section of Ashleigh's new published poetry book, A Beautiful Difference.

You Are All That I Want

Even When; Especially When

We Rise

Learning To Let Go

A New Beginning

I Hope You Find Peace

Trying To Balance Grief

Ripples

Let Them Miss You

It's About The Journey

You're Better Off Without Me

Daily Reminder That You Are Worthy