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21. Like The Moon
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
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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22. Your Wounds
- By Lauren Jarvis-Gibson
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021
You Are Stronger Than Your Scars

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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23. Put Heartbreak To Rest
- By Harpreet M. Dayal
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020
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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24. And The World Carries On
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020
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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This poem is really so good. I feel this poem; it's just amazing.

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25. Little Baby
- By Lisa
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2012
Poem about my baby girl and how much she means to me

Mother's Short Poem To Her Baby

Little baby, oh so small
One day you will be big and tall
I watch you while you laugh and play
My love for you grows every day

Little baby, oh so small
One day you will be big and tall
I watch you while you laugh and play
My love for you grows every day
I tell you this with my whole heart
I love you just the way you are
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So true. Before you know it the baby has grown. To a real mom they will forever be your babies.

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26. Just The End
- By S.L. Gray
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021
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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27. The Opposite Is Also True
- By Coral
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2018
My mother died 3 years ago from suicide (it's longer than I thought). I was just 11 years old. Since then, I have been writing poems. Some are just random scribbles. Others have a lot of thought. This poem is one I have written recently. My poems have been veering more toward "getting over it" recently. But I still miss her every single day, and I will never stop using my birthday wishes or shooting stars on wishing for her back.

Happiness And Sadness

They say it's sweet that we laugh
because our bodies literally
can't contain the
joy.

They say it's sweet that we laugh
because our bodies literally
can't contain the
joy.

But the opposite is also true. We cry
because our bodies physically
can't contain the
pain.
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Yeah, it is actually true. When we cry, we get relief from the pain.

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28. The Terrifying Thing About Love
- By Madalina Coman
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020
This is a popular piece from Madalina Coman's poetry book Unforgettable.

It is a terrifying thing
to watch love
walk in your direction
when you believe

It is a terrifying thing
to watch love
walk in your direction
when you believe
you are not ready
to receive it.

In the same manner,

it is quite terrifying
watching love
walk away from you
when you are not yet ready
to let go.

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Very well written and, in my opinion, very true. I like it and agree totally with it.

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29. Tribute To Dale Earnhardt Sr.
- By Mitchell Browder
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2011
I was in the Air Force and deployed to the Middle East the day Dale Earnhardt crashed. We were lucky enough to have a TV to see the race. Later that night, I sat in my bunk and wrote this for him.

I have built this machine with bleeding hands.
I have shaped it to slice the wind.
I have shined it with polish and sweat.
I have balanced it with feel

I have built this machine with bleeding hands.
I have shaped it to slice the wind.
I have shined it with polish and sweat.
I have balanced it with feel
and powered it with iron and steel.
I will become one with it and give it life.
I will know the wind like the falcon.
I will know speed like the cheetah.
I will not have fear
for this is where my spirit is free.
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I love this piece of poetry. It was very touching to read.

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30. The Song Of Wind
- By Natalia Huja
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2017
I wrote this poem because spring has gone and summer has arrived.

Spring Turning Into Summer

Wind is like peace.
A swaying song it sings.
Drifting away in the summer wind.
Dancing grass in the field,

Wind is like peace.
A swaying song it sings.
Drifting away in the summer wind.
Dancing grass in the field,
Flowers sing a windy song.
Good night, wind.
Spring has gone, summer is here.
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I enjoyed reading your poem on wind. There is something magical about just listening to the sound of the wind.

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31. I Love To Breathe In
- By Ann D. Stevenson
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 23, 2022
I lost my sense of smell when I got Covid, which made me appreciate my favourite scents much more when my sense of smell returned.

Recovering My Sense Of Smell After Covid

Homely aromas
of freshly baked bread.
Scents of the garden
infused in my head.

Homely aromas
of freshly baked bread.
Scents of the garden
infused in my head.

Wiffs of the sea
whilst walking the beach.
Sniffs of freshness
from an apple or peach.

The essence of a baby
breathed in from its skin.
And my love, ah my love,
I love breathing you in.
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32. Memories
- By Carley.Ruggles
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011
I wrote this remembering that my father and grandfather both sexually abused me, and I realized that I could move on.

Moving Beyond Bad Memories

Memories, memories
I have had.
Some were good, though most were bad.
Physical and sexual abuse occurred

Memories, memories
I have had.
Some were good, though most were bad.
Physical and sexual abuse occurred
And madness and sadness reoccurred.
I feel as though I'm on display as the messed up school girl here to stay,
but they will never know
how I will grow
and be someone someday.
So look at me in dismay
and you discourage me for the last time today.
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33. Let Love Go
- By Kerry P. Howland
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2017
I wrote this poem with the intention of letting go of someone I love deeply who no longer claims to love me.

Poem About Letting Go

His love for you,
he cannot show.
For this alone,
just let him go.

His love for you,
he cannot show.
For this alone,
just let him go.
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34. The Butterfly
- By Rick Hunter
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2016
I am constantly amazed by the simple beauty of all that is around us. All we need to do is to sit and be aware of the simple gifts of nature.

Beauty Of A Butterfly In Nature

The butterfly is a thing to behold,
with colors more beautiful than gold.

Flying hour by hour,

The butterfly is a thing to behold,
with colors more beautiful than gold.

Flying hour by hour,
going from flower to flower.

Oh, how I enjoy your beauty butterfly,
as I sit and watch you flutter by.
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You are so right!! I live in the country, where nature is so obvious around us. We need to take time to smell the roses. It's a beautiful feeling.

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35. Finding Hope
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020
Finding Hope In Unexpected Places

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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36. I Don't Like
- By Sally.F
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2009
I'm not a very hateful person, but I had to write an "I don't like" poem for school.

I don't like poachers and animal harmers,
Like Japanese whalers and fox shooting farmers.
I don't like people who waste and litter,
Bully and hurt or speak very bitter.

I don't like poachers and animal harmers,
Like Japanese whalers and fox shooting farmers.
I don't like people who waste and litter,
Bully and hurt or speak very bitter.
I don't like people who hurt plants and trees,
Who just don't care and do as they please.
I don't war and bullets of lead
And not much more than I've already said.

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I am in a drama class, and we were asked to recite a poem on stage. This poem really spoke to me.

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37. A Fallen Leaf
- By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When we are new to love, sometimes we fall too quickly and allow ourselves to be put in situations we end up regretting. Everything changes after that. Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American author and poet who became known as a poet even before graduating high school.

A trusting little leaf of green,
A bold audacious frost;
A rendezvous, a kiss or two,
And youth for ever lost.

A trusting little leaf of green,
A bold audacious frost;
A rendezvous, a kiss or two,
And youth for ever lost.
Ah, me!
The bitter, bitter cost.

A flaunting patch of vivid red,
That quivers in the sun;
A windy gust, a grave of dust,
The little race is run.
Ah, me!
Were that the only one.
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38. Better Will Come
- By M.B.Victoria
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020
It is so important to always hold on to hope. You owe it to yourself, and by holding on to hope you are allowing things to unfold in such a way that you are more likely to come across brighter days.

Have faith
that although it may seem
like the good has come and gone,
there will be better.

Have faith
that although it may seem
like the good has come and gone,
there will be better.

The better will
enter your life suddenly,
unexpectedly,
taking your breath away.
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39. Change Is A Beautiful Thing
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
let autumn be proof that
change is a beautiful thing
even though it can be
hard to see at first.

let autumn be proof that
change is a beautiful thing
even though it can be
hard to see at first.
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Good job. It's funny how change can be the thing we need the most but want the least.

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40. These Stories We Wear
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 1, 2021
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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Short Poems - Page 2

21. Like The Moon

22. Your Wounds

23. Put Heartbreak To Rest

24. And The World Carries On

25. Little Baby

Poem about my baby girl and how much she means to me

26. Just The End

27. The Opposite Is Also True

28. The Terrifying Thing About Love

This is a popular piece from Madalina Coman's poetry book Unforgettable.

29. Tribute To Dale Earnhardt Sr.

I was in the Air Force and deployed to the Middle East the day Dale Earnhardt crashed. We were lucky enough to have a TV to see the race. Later that night, I sat in my bunk and wrote this for him.

30. The Song Of Wind

I wrote this poem because spring has gone and summer has arrived.

31. I Love To Breathe In

I lost my sense of smell when I got Covid, which made me appreciate my favourite scents much more when my sense of smell returned.

32. Memories

I wrote this remembering that my father and grandfather both sexually abused me, and I realized that I could move on.

33. Let Love Go

I wrote this poem with the intention of letting go of someone I love deeply who no longer claims to love me.

34. The Butterfly

I am constantly amazed by the simple beauty of all that is around us. All we need to do is to sit and be aware of the simple gifts of nature.

35. Finding Hope

36. I Don't Like

I'm not a very hateful person, but I had to write an "I don't like" poem for school.

37. A Fallen Leaf

When we are new to love, sometimes we fall too quickly and allow ourselves to be put in situations we end up regretting. Everything changes after that. Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American author and poet who became known as a poet even before graduating high school.

38. Better Will Come

It is so important to always hold on to hope. You owe it to yourself, and by holding on to hope you are allowing things to unfold in such a way that you are more likely to come across brighter days.

39. Change Is A Beautiful Thing

40. These Stories We Wear