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  1. 21. If You Stand For Nothing You Will Fall For Anything

    • By Lydia Preston
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2018 with permission of the Author.

    A time has come
    and it is now.
    Will you take a stand
    or bend your knee and bow?

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  3. 22. Miss Rosie

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    when I watch you
    wrapped up like garbage
    sitting, surrounded by the smell
    of too old potato peels

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  5. 23. 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.

  6. 24. 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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  7. 25. 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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  8. 26. Seeking Peace

    • By Evette Lucille Subramoney
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2016 with permission of the Author.

    I am broken,
    Shattered into irreparable pieces.
    Who is going to save me?
    When will all of this cease?

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  9. 27. Praise With Grace

    • By Rabab N. Hammoud
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2016 with permission of the Author.

    When all the doors shut in your face,
    Have faith and continue to praise.

    When you can't bear the thought of yesterday and dread tomorrow,

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  10. 28. 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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  11. 29. 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.

  12. 30. 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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  13. 31. 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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  14. 32. 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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  15. 33. 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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  16. 34. 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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  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. A Salute To Survivors Of Life


    • By Doug W Benson
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 13, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    When half of your body
    fails to respond,
    And words and phrases
    are there, but then gone...

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    Audra:
    Thank you so much for taking the time to send a message and share with me a brief glimpse into your life experience! None of us can truly understand what you've been through since...

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  19. 37. 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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  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. My Place In The Universe

    • By Luann Winkle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    One time there was a mountain,
    and I said, "I can't climb that mountain,"
    and I turned back and took a different path.
    And along the way I encountered wild beasts,

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  22. 40. Hearts Are Resilient

    • By Liz Newman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Hearts are delicate
    yet incredibly resilient.
    They break and break open,
    yet they beat

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