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  1. 21. Laughter

    • By Katie Lou
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2016 with permission of the Author.

    A little bit of laughter,
    A little bit of tears,
    A little bit of happiness,
    A little bit of fear.

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  3. 22. Battle Scars

    • By Carol M. Chicane
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Be brave.
    You already are.
    Look at what you've made it through.
    The wounds of your past have healed.

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    It is a poem which infuses courage to those who have direct experience of war, making them think positively about life, forgetting the bitter past. We also faced a similar situation as a...

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  5. 23. Stout Sprout

    • By Hannah R. Soummers
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2020 with permission of the Author.

    A sunflower will grow
    With much beauty to show,
    But the wind must blow,
    Which brings the rain and the snow.

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  6. 24. Warrior Girl

    • By Jodi M. Kucera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2022 with permission of the Author.

    A match was struck that ignited the flame.
    Now ashes and rubble are all that remain.

    Defeated, she's left standing alone,

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  7. 25. Finding A Will When Wanting To Quit

    Times will get rough and sometimes tough,
    Where you may say that you have had enough,
    Where you may fall and need a lift,
    Where the hurt of your pains may leave you stiff.

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  8. 26. Take A Step Back

    • By Aaron Stone
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Take a step back,
    Learn how to breathe.
    Take a step back
    And just be.

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    This was a beautiful poem about taking control. I deeply enjoyed this, especially because at the moment, I am going under quite a large amount of stress. There is a huge exam that includes...

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  9. 27. She Is Magic


    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    She wildly dances
    to the beat of her own heart
    a strong and fearless protector,
    she’s hauntingly beautiful

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  10. 28. She Is Strong

    • By Mary Ann Parks
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.

    At birth,
    she was strong.

    It was her

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    This is very similar to my younger sister. About 2 years ago she was really sick. I look back on pictures of her before she was diagnosed (T1D) and I can't believe I didn't notice something...

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  11. 29. The Beauty Of A Tree

    • By GabbyMac60
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Can there be anything more lovely
    Than the beauty of a tree?
    Her leaves shimmering in the wind,
    Dancing so gracefully.

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  12. 30. Sympathy

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    I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
    When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
    When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
    And the river flows like a stream of glass;

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    If Paul Laurence Dunbar were still here on earth, I'd tell him how wonderful those words were in his poem called Sympathy. A bird needs to feel the wind beneath its wings, for the freedom...

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  13. 31. Can You See Me?

    • By Beau Ehresman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Just because you don't like what I am,
    Just because you don't like what I've become,
    Just because you don't like me,

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    I'm 13 years old and I'm bisexual. My family is Christian and nobody knows but my sister. She's bi also. I wanna tell them, but I don't know how they'll react.

  14. 32. The Man In The Mirror

    • By Cristofer Rodriguez
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2012 with permission of the Author.

    Who is that man?
    Staring back at me
    Is he a part of my past?
    Or who I am destined to be?

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    Dude, I understand completely. Sometimes I don't know who I am or who I'm supposed to be.

  15. 33. Climb Every Mountain

    • By Eric R. Harvey
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.

    We all have a massive mountain to climb,
    Especially those who've lost someone dear.
    But climb that big mountain, we surely must,
    If we are going to overcome fear.

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  16. 34. Courage

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    Courage isn't a brilliant dash,
    A daring deed in a moment's flash;
    It isn't an instantaneous thing
    Born of despair with a sudden spring

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  17. 35. I Will Protect And Love My Inner Child

    A single flash of a camera
    And a moment frozen in time
    Can never truly tell the tale
    Of that child left behind.

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  18. 36. Defeat

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    Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
    You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
    And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.

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  19. 37. It Takes A Certain Courage

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    It takes a certain courage:

    Just to be,
    to fight for your happiness

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  20. 38. Exhale Anxiety

    • By Raquel Franco
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I send anxiety
    a cease and desist letter.
    I close her mouth.
    Unbind her gnawing disquiet,

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  21. 39. Your World

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    Your world is as big as you make it.
    I know, for I used to abide
    In the narrowest nest in a corner,
    My wings pressing close to my side.

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  22. 40. Your Bravery

    You have come so far,
    trekked forward
    shedding layers of
    everything that

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