Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 2

Teach Them Well
- By Kirsten Robinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

You are not defined
by the way other people
see you
treat you

You are not defined
by the way other people
see you
treat you
love you

You are defined
by the way you
see yourself
treat yourself
love yourself

Others will do unto you
as you teach them how to;
teach them well

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Put Heartbreak To Rest
- By Harpreet M. Dayal
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

Put heartbreak to rest.
Untangle your soul
from its tight grip.
Say goodbye to the

Put heartbreak to rest.
Untangle your soul
from its tight grip.
Say goodbye to the
parts holding on.
Move forward in peace
and discover the new,
evolved you.
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These are the word I needed just to be in peace. I have experienced broken relationship ties from friendship ties, family ties and relationship ties. It's hard to let go, but I have to....

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What Healing Is Meant To Look Like
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
I’ve been holding on to little fragments of you for a long time, because I could never bring myself to let you go all at once.

But deep down, I know I need to let go of these pieces. I can’t move on when I’m living next to these reminders of the people we were - the way we wrapped ourselves in each other. I don’t know what healing is meant to look like, but this feels like a good place to start.

in Short Poems

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,
but washing
the smell of you
from my hoodie
feels like
a good place
to start

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I'm very fond of short, powerful, poems, and this is one for sure. Recovery can be the hardest thing we do, but it's always, always, worth it. Good write/read.

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Your Wounds
- By Lauren Jarvis-Gibson
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
You Are Stronger Than Your Scars

in Short Poems

Time doesn’t heal wounds
to make you forget.

It doesn’t heal wounds to

Time doesn’t heal wounds
to make you forget.

It doesn’t heal wounds to
erase the memories.

Time leaves you with a scar
to remind you of how you fought through it.

Time leaves you with a scar
to remind you of how you bled

and how you survived.

You survived.

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Very nicely done. I totally agree with you. I've used this same approach in my own life. I think sometime we pay more attention to what we're about to go through instead of how much you've...

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I'm Busy Finding Me
- By Lorelei
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in I Miss You Poems

I miss you in silence
And every moment in between
But I’m a little busy unfolding
Those pieces of who I used to be

I miss you in silence
And every moment in between
But I’m a little busy unfolding
Those pieces of who I used to be
I miss you at sunrise
Until it’s time to greet the moon
But darling,
Don’t you see,
I don’t miss you any less than yesterday
I’m just a little busy
Finding me.
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One has to find themself, I agree, and not be totally reliant on somebody. I know because I was never allowed to live freely; now my independence I treasure dearly.

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Winter Lullabies
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Winter Poems

Winter speaks
in blusters
and lullabies fall
with the snow.

Winter speaks
in blusters
and lullabies fall
with the snow.
Some float
through the air
like flecks
of magic,
and some
settle like dreams
that didn't want
to be caught.

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Her Cup Never Ran Dry
- By Bethny Ricks
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
Rest. Keep leaning. Keep praying. Keep inhaling, and then find the courage to exhale.

These are the words that skipped through my tired mind 30 minutes ago. And all I heard back in my soul is “I see you, and I will refill your cup. My well never runs dry.”

in Faith Poems

no matter how weary
she kept pouring

but her cup never ran dry, for God

no matter how weary
she kept pouring

but her cup never ran dry, for God
renewed her strength daily, and
gave her a peace
beyond all understanding

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You Could Have Given Up
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Poems about Life Struggles

You could have given up,
but you kept on going.
You could have seen obstacles,
but you called them adventures.

You could have given up,
but you kept on going.
You could have seen obstacles,
but you called them adventures.
You could have called them weeds,
but instead you called them wildflowers.
You could have died a caterpillar,
but you fought on to be a butterfly.
You could have denied yourself goodness,
but instead you chose to show
yourself self-love. You could have defined
yourself by the dark days, but instead
through them you realised your light.

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Another good one! I enjoyed it very much. And I think most of us can relate; I know I can. Thanks for sharing.

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Like The Moon
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

I will be
like the moon
and learn to shine
even when

I will be
like the moon
and learn to shine
even when
I am not whole.
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Very insightful. Self-love can be (and maybe should be) the first love we encounter. Even when we're not perfect.

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When You're Next To Me
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
Whenever you were next to me, there was no rest of the world. There were no stars painting light to the darkness, no wind at our backs, no birdsong in the trees. To me, there was only ever you.
Even now, things slow down and pause when I think of you. There are still those little sections of lost time, where everything is drowned out by those unanswerable questions about what might have been.

in Short Love Poems

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.
As though my senses
cannot focus
on anything
but you.

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The Girl I Used To Be
- By Stephanie Bennett-Henry
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Change Poems

Try as I may, try as I do,
there are days when I wish
I could go back
to the girl I used to be

Try as I may, try as I do,
there are days when I wish
I could go back
to the girl I used to be
and tell her about
all the roads to avoid.
But if I did that
I may not have become
the girl I am now,
and I am too proud of her
to risk taking even one piece
of her journey away.

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Give Me That Peace
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Meaningful Poems

I don’t need to be the sun;
the center of it all.
Always present.
Always burning.

I don’t need to be the sun;
the center of it all.
Always present.
Always burning.

I mean, have you seen
how beautifully the fireflies dance
on warm summer nights?

Give me that peace.
That light.
That choice.
The ability to surround myself in darkness,
or to subtly, yet brilliantly
glow.
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Just The End
- By S.L. Gray
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Breaking Up Poems

I regret the end.

The way we couldn't
leave one another

I regret the end.

The way we couldn't
leave one another
without wounds.

The way we made
it seem as if
all the love we shared
was wasted time.

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Wow! Good job. Sometimes hindsight will have us saying "What if?" And in the final review of an ended relationship, there may have been something else we could have done to make things work...

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These Stories We Wear
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

these stories we wear –

scars,
stretchmarks,

these stories we wear –

scars,
stretchmarks,
wrinkles,

are wrongly labelled
as imperfections.

but aren’t they such beautiful,
courageous signs
of how we have lived?
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Butterfly Wings
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Change Poems

We all need
some measure of comfort,
the safety of a cocoon,

We all need
some measure of comfort,
the safety of a cocoon,

But I remind myself
that change is good,
that I cannot spend
my whole life
being a caterpillar,

that courage
wears butterfly wings
and the sky has never looked
more inviting.

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Great job. I really like it. Putting on our wings and taking another chance could be the very best thing for us.

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Tightly Interwoven
- By Vic Lejon
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Confused about Love Poems

people have told me
to let you go

but they don’t

people have told me
to let you go

but they don’t
understand
if I did, I’d lose
myself too

that’s how tightly
we are interwoven

you are as much a part of me
as I am of you

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Moving On Was Never Meant To Be Easy
- By Floribel
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Moving On Poems

Moving on was
never meant to be easy.
It will hurt, it will be painful,
it will be exhausting,

Moving on was
never meant to be easy.
It will hurt, it will be painful,
it will be exhausting,
but it will always be
worth it.
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Bright Light
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Hope Poems

I see you, darling.
Holding on to your hope with both hands.
Feeling exhausted with all the turbulence.
But not letting go.

I see you, darling.
Holding on to your hope with both hands.
Feeling exhausted with all the turbulence.
But not letting go.
Shedding and bending
and growing and trying. So much trying.
And you are right,
your old life is a bad fit for you now.
There is more for you out there.
There is more for you inside too.
Keep holding on to your hope.
The world needs more of that right now.

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Wow! That is an awesome piece. I really like it. It's very moving. I love the flow and the word choice. I am so glad I stumbled onto it. Thank you.

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Seeing Ourselves Clearly
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
when you are standing inside of it.
Valleys are best seen from peaks.
Mountains from their bases.

It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
when you are standing inside of it.
Valleys are best seen from peaks.
Mountains from their bases.
The ocean from the shore.
Perhaps this is why we rely on other’s eyes
to see ourselves clearly.
Perhaps this is why we struggle to wholly view
who we are.
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One should always keep an open mind when viewing the world around them, and what you say in your beautiful poem is so true, and other people often can see our inner beauty before we do. That...

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And The World Carries On
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

The plates will still shift
and the clouds will still spew.
The sun will slowly rise
and the moon will follow too.

The plates will still shift
and the clouds will still spew.
The sun will slowly rise
and the moon will follow too.

Life’s beauty will continue
to flourish all around,
but now you are gone,
these birds have no sound.

And my heart does not beat.
It is still inside my chest.
My tears keep on falling
and my head will not rest.

But I have no choice only
to move through this life.
Endlessly attempting
to fill this longing that is rife.

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Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 2

Rest. Keep leaning. Keep praying. Keep inhaling, and then find the courage to exhale. These are the words that skipped through my tired mind 30 minutes ago. And all I heard back in my soul is “I see you, and I will refill your cup. My well never runs dry.”

Rest. Keep leaning. Keep praying. Keep inhaling, and then find the courage to exhale.

These are the words that skipped through my tired mind 30 minutes ago. And all I heard back in my soul is “I see you, and I will refill your cup. My well never runs dry.”