Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 2

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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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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Take Me To The Center Of Your Soul
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Falling in Love Poems

take me
to the center of your soul
show me where you hide
lead me to the forgotten wounds

take me
to the center of your soul
show me where you hide
lead me to the forgotten wounds
show me the other side

show me your broken pieces
and where it hurts the most
show me all of the scariest parts
introduce me
to your ghost

take me to all of the pain
let me dive into your darkest seas
take me to your secrets
let me walk through memories

take me back to desire
and lose me there forever
swallow me inside your heart
for I will leave there
never

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Just The Beginning
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

one day
it will be so clear –
what you thought
was the end,

one day
it will be so clear –
what you thought
was the end,
was really
just the beginning.

Some doors are hidden
until we are ready
to open them.

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Finding Hope
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.
Finding Hope In Unexpected Places

in Short Poems

I am learning to find hope
in the smallest and most unexpected places
like the whispers through the forest
and the velvet evening sky

I am learning to find hope
in the smallest and most unexpected places
like the whispers through the forest
and the velvet evening sky
and the way your love is bringing back
all the parts of my soul I thought I had lost.
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This poem speaks to me. I really like it. We spend so much of our time focusing on things that really don't make life better and we miss out on many of the things that do.

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Choose How You Spend Your Time
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
I spend an inordinate amount of time in front of an empty page, or a computer screen. In part, because I’m terrified of being forgotten, of living a life that isn’t worth remembering. So I’m constantly trying to leave something behind, be it poetry, fiction, art or music. While this makes me feel better about dying, there is a part of me that wonders how much I’m missing out on. That wonders about how I’m choosing to spend my time in the light. This poem is featured in my debut book Tell The Birds She’s Gone.

in Short Poems

You cannot
slow the setting
of the sun.
You can only choose

You cannot
slow the setting
of the sun.
You can only choose
how to spend
your time
in the light.
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The Strongest Part Of Me
- By Ashleigh Rayl
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
This poem is from Ashleigh Rayl's poetry collection, A Beautiful Difference.

in Inspirational Poems

Even in my darkest moments
I still have that little voice
encouraging me to go on.
To stand up and keep fighting.

Even in my darkest moments
I still have that little voice
encouraging me to go on.
To stand up and keep fighting.
To wipe my tears and pull it together.
To never give up.
That quitting is not an option.
That it will be ok no matter what.
Without that voice I would be lost.
I couldn’t make it in this world.
That is the strongest part of me.
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Missing You In Every Part Of Life
- By Lorelei
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2021 with permission of the Author.
in I Miss You Poems

I miss you
In all the pauses,
The loudness,
The quiet,

I miss you
In all the pauses,
The loudness,
The quiet,
The chaos,
Of my everyday
I miss you…
In all the spaces
You once lived,
In my heart,
My mind,
My skin,
My body & soul
I miss you…

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

I caught snowflakes
on my fingertips
but they melted
to my dismay.

I caught snowflakes
on my fingertips
but they melted
to my dismay.
I could not hold on
to something
that did not want
to stay.

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Awesome. When more of us realize that, the better off we all will be. I really like this poem.

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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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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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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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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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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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The Strength In You
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
I’ve spent my entire adult life struggling with anxiety, always worrying about the worst case scenario. Even now I don’t know how to love something without being terrified of losing it. If I’m honest, some days I feel like I’m built entirely of glass.
But I think there may be something profound in suffering; in the realisation that you’re stronger than you thought. I think back to the things I’ve been through, and while those experiences left their mark, I take solace in the fact that I’m still here; still pulling breath into these lungs. Maybe strength is a label that’s only earned from resilience; from enduring.
The truth is, I had no idea how much I could take until the world showed me. There is strength here, even if I never wanted to find it.

in Poems about Life Struggles

There is
a strength in you
you haven’t even
begun to find.

There is
a strength in you
you haven’t even
begun to find.

And that’s often
how life works.

You won’t know
how strong you are
until the world
forces you
to look.
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So true in that we really don't know how one will react until one has been there and has done it! Suffering is an important life experience. Great poem, thanks.

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The Comfort Of Pain
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
As a poet, I’ve grown used to embracing pain; to treating it as the fuel I need to create. These days I hold sadness to my chest like it’s another organ, something I’m terrified to be without. This doesn’t mean I’m always depressed or continually sad, but it does mean that I’ve learned to rely on pain I’ve already experienced. Sometimes, I wonder if I’ve begun to seek it out, to find new ways to shatter this thing behind my ribs.

Live this way long enough and, eventually, the heartbreak begins to feel comforting; like an old friend. If I’m honest, i can’t help thinking it’s the only thing I can rely on not to leave. It’s the closest thing I have to home.

in Poems about Sadness

Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,

Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,

even comforting.

I guess when
it’s the only constant
even heartbreak
can find a way

to feel like home.
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Just Tell Me You Don't Love Me
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Confused about Love Poems

Just tell me you don’t love me;
I can live with that.
I can acknowledge an ending when I see a period
firmly in place,

Just tell me you don’t love me;
I can live with that.
I can acknowledge an ending when I see a period
firmly in place,
but you won’t do that, will you?
No, you’ll let me down easy.
You’ll hold my hand, and look into my eyes,
and use one of those continuing lines,
I want you, but…

Don’t you know that but stands like a door
without a handle?
But looks like fresh cut flowers we pretend
aren’t already dying.
But feels like the false hope you hand me before
you walk away.

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I like this one very much. Holding on to false hope will lead to real hopelessness. It takes a special talent to recognize when it's time to let go, and it takes courage to do it.

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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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The Thing About Love
- By Alfa Holden
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
Love Can Put You Back Together

in Short Love Poems

The thing is:
Love will break you.
That is a guarantee.
Yet at the same time,

The thing is:
Love will break you.
That is a guarantee.
Yet at the same time,
it is the only thing
that can put you
back together.

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Wow! This is too cool. I really like it. And I really agree. Very good job.

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Love Worth
- By J. Iron Word
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Love Poems

be with someone
who fights for
you, someone who
knows you are

be with someone
who fights for
you, someone who
knows you are
worth it, someone
who knows love is
worth it.

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Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 2

This poem is from Ashleigh Rayl's poetry collection, A Beautiful Difference.