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41. Just The Beginning
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 25, 2021
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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42. Choose How You Spend Your Time
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020
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.

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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43. My Life
- By Kimberly L. Mixon
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2016
My life really hasn't been easy, and when it gets bad, I love to write my feelings down and transform them into poetry. Hope I can help uplift someone today.

Hardships In Life

My life hasn't been great,
But I've made it through.
My life hasn't been easy,
But God said, "I've got you."

My life hasn't been great,
But I've made it through.
My life hasn't been easy,
But God said, "I've got you."
My life hasn't been all I've wanted,
But I have all that I need.
For God so loved the world.
That's what puts my mind at ease.
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44. Winter Lullabies
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021
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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45. A Place To Be
- By Abimbola T. Alabi
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 9, 2022
We all love being free. Still, how many really are? In the competitive, acquisitive world of today, I sometimes wonder how often we live free.

Poem About Being At Ease

Ever gotten there?
To that place where
You have nothing to prove
and can just be.

Ever gotten there?
To that place where
You have nothing to prove
and can just be.
Nothing to hide
and all can see.
Nothing to lose
and so you can breathe.
Right in that place where
you know you're free.
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46. The Comfort Of Pain
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 28, 2021
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.

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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47. Drowning
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity.

They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.

They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.
But when I least expect it.
When life seems to be
a quiet stream of continuity.
They come to disrupt.
So forceful they pull me under,
so that I am drowning and once again,
can’t catch my breath.

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48. Our Brothers We Shall Defend
- By Justin Montana Williams
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2011
I wrote this poem to describe the emotional pains soldiers bring home. I wrote this last year in the eighth grade. These brave men and women serve overseas and see the horrors of war. They will never forget but will never stop defending.

To those whom I've fought with
and to those I don't know your name,
we fought by one another.
You did not die in vain.

To those whom I've fought with
and to those I don't know your name,
we fought by one another.
You did not die in vain.
We fought, you died,
we bled, and I cried,
Even until our untimely end,
our country, our families, our brothers,
we shall defend.
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49. A Simple Plan
- By Irwin Mercer
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2017
In today's life, everything is so complicated and complex that we forget what's really important. Life doesn't really need to be as complicated as we make it. Life is basically simple, live each day to the fullest and make a stand for your beliefs.

A Simple Way To Live Your Life

Simple Sam was a simple man.
He lived each day by a simple plan.
Enjoy your life and live while you can.
Make each day count and take a stand.

Simple Sam was a simple man.
He lived each day by a simple plan.
Enjoy your life and live while you can.
Make each day count and take a stand.

Stand on the left or stand on the right,
Whichever one you think is right.
Live each day as if your last.
Life's too short and gone too fast.

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50. The Strength In You
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 28, 2021
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.

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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51. Nothing Gold Can Stay
- By Robert Frost
Robert Frost is one of the most famous poets from the 1900s. He never earned a formal college degree, but he did receive honorary degrees from more than 40 colleges and universities. This famous poem shows that everything in life is cyclical and that the beauty in nature only lasts for a short period of time. Even though life ends, there is new life waiting to come forth.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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52. A Teacher
- By Mridulika Ganguly
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2015
A teacher is like a candle that burns itself to light the world of others, the one who builds the pillars of a nation, so we should respect teachers.

Poem Sharing The Power Of A Teacher

A teacher introduces us to a new vision of life,
to make us as sharp as a knife.

Someone who gives us a new sight,

A teacher introduces us to a new vision of life,
to make us as sharp as a knife.

Someone who gives us a new sight,
to make us reach the greatest height,
to give us the greatest flight.

So a teacher
makes a human being
the most intelligent and
respectable creature.
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53. Those Who...
- By Marijke Theart
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2016
I am a South African girl, and I have been writing poems for 5 years now.

Those who judge are the ones who hurt the most.
Those who preach are the ones who got preached at the hardest.
Those who want to know everything are the ones who know the least.
Those who have anger are the ones who really do care.

Those who judge are the ones who hurt the most.
Those who preach are the ones who got preached at the hardest.
Those who want to know everything are the ones who know the least.
Those who have anger are the ones who really do care.
Those who have hurt are the ones who have nothing to be hurt with anymore.
Those who don't understand are the ones wanting to be understood.
Those who know no fear are the ones who are the most scared.
Those who don't believe are the ones wanting to be noticed.
Those who relate to this are the ones who need it the most.
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54. Don't Neglect Your Love
- By Darren A. Mccallum
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018
Sometimes we take love for granted, whether that be your partner or your family. This poem is to remind us to take care of the ones we love.

Cherish The Love You Have

Love is like a bicycle
Left out in the storm
If it's not protected
Rust begins to form

Love is like a bicycle
Left out in the storm
If it's not protected
Rust begins to form

So unless you want your bicycle
To slowly rust away,
Provide a little kindness
When the sky begins to grey.
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55. Smile, Rainbow, A Helping Hand
- By Michelle Ebel
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016
Everyone has their days when they just need to be themselves.

At times we need a little smile
or a rainbow big and bright.
At times we need a helping hand
to help us make things right.

At times we need a little smile
or a rainbow big and bright.
At times we need a helping hand
to help us make things right.

At times our belief in ourselves
will teach us how strong we are.
That smile, that rainbow, that helping hand.
Our beliefs will get us far.
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56. Your Brilliance And Grace
- By Stephanie Bennett-Henry
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 4, 2021
Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness

Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness
and see nothing but
brilliance and grace.

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57. In Heaven
- By Jo
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2007
A very close friend of mine has recently taken his life. This poem is something I wrote for his mother who I have grown up with, or should I say, watched me grow up.

Up in heaven,
They have someone new

At those gates,

Up in heaven,
They have someone new

At those gates,
He'll be waiting for you

Not just now,
We need you here

We'll all help you through
Each and every tear
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58. The Time Between
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020
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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59. Life Isn't Black And White
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 25, 2021
You can be unhappy and still be in love.
You can be in love and still walk away.
You can walk away and still feel the weight of loss.
You can feel the weight of loss and still stand tall.

You can be unhappy and still be in love.
You can be in love and still walk away.
You can walk away and still feel the weight of loss.
You can feel the weight of loss and still stand tall.
You can stand tall and still be grieving.
You can be grieving and still find joy.
You can find joy and still miss what you had.
You can miss what you had and still long
for more.

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60. Worthy
- By S.C. Lourie
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 9, 2021
Sometimes
you’ve got to look
straight into the
tired eyes of the

Sometimes
you’ve got to look
straight into the
tired eyes of the
woman staring back
at you in the mirror
and tell her that
she deserves the
best kind of love,
the best kind of life
and devote yourself to
giving it to her
all over again.

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41. Just The Beginning

42. Choose How You Spend Your Time

43. My Life

My life really hasn't been easy, and when it gets bad, I love to write my feelings down and transform them into poetry. Hope I can help uplift someone today.

44. Winter Lullabies

45. A Place To Be

We all love being free. Still, how many really are? In the competitive, acquisitive world of today, I sometimes wonder how often we live free.

46. The Comfort Of Pain

47. Drowning

This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity.

48. Our Brothers We Shall Defend

I wrote this poem to describe the emotional pains soldiers bring home. I wrote this last year in the eighth grade. These brave men and women serve overseas and see the horrors of war. They will never forget but will never stop defending.

49. A Simple Plan

In today's life, everything is so complicated and complex that we forget what's really important. Life doesn't really need to be as complicated as we make it. Life is basically simple, live each day to the fullest and make a stand for your beliefs.

50. The Strength In You

51. Nothing Gold Can Stay

52. A Teacher

A teacher is like a candle that burns itself to light the world of others, the one who builds the pillars of a nation, so we should respect teachers.

53. Those Who...

I am a South African girl, and I have been writing poems for 5 years now.

54. Don't Neglect Your Love

Sometimes we take love for granted, whether that be your partner or your family. This poem is to remind us to take care of the ones we love.

55. Smile, Rainbow, A Helping Hand

Everyone has their days when they just need to be themselves.

56. Your Brilliance And Grace

57. In Heaven

A very close friend of mine has recently taken his life. This poem is something I wrote for his mother who I have grown up with, or should I say, watched me grow up.

58. The Time Between

59. Life Isn't Black And White

60. Worthy