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  1. 21. Love Is Better Than Hate

    • By Poppy Cooke
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2009 with permission of the Author.

    Don't judge a book by its cover.
    Love is better than hate.

    Life's too short to waste opportunities

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  3. 22. Drowning

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

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

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  5. 23. The Dark Days Will Pass

    There will be dark days,
    when you feel alone
    with your aching heart
    but that doesn’t mean

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    I think that is true to every person's life, and what he or she needs is patience that brings a glorious morning after a gloomy night. I had also once gone through such dark days, which later...

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  6. 24. The Terrifying Thing About Love

    • By Madalina Coman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

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

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

  7. 25. Like The Moon

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I will be
    like the moon
    and learn to shine
    even when

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    Very insightful. Self-love can be (and maybe should be) the first love we encounter. Even when we're not perfect.

  8. 26. A Fallen Leaf

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

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    I believe this poem is referencing the fleeting duration of the human life span. A leaf in the spring starts out green and tender. Until the frost comes in the fall and gives the leaf a...

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  9. 27. Fly!

    • By Linette
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Open heart and open mind,
    On a journey of a lifetime.
    Love and respect all,
    Get back up when you fall.

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  10. 28. Smile, Rainbow, A Helping Hand

    • By Michelle Ebel
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016 with permission of the Author.

    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.

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  11. 29. Just The Beginning

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

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

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  12. 30. Finding Hope

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

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

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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.

  13. 31. Choose How You Spend Your Time

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

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

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  14. 32. Snowflakes

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

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

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

  15. 33. The Time Between

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Somewhere between
    hello and goodbye
    a whole life happened.
    And now, I am left to wonder

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  16. 34. What Healing Is Meant To Look Like

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I don’t know
    what healing
    is meant
    to look like,

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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.

  17. 35. Seeing Ourselves Clearly

    • By Lauren Bowman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    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.

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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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  18. 36. The Strength In You

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

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

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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.

  19. 37. The Comfort Of Pain

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

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

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  20. 38. Just The End

    • By S.L. Gray
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I regret the end.

    The way we couldn't
    leave one another

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    Wow! Good job. Sometimes hindsight will have us saying "What if?" And in the final review of an ended relationship, there may have been something else we could have done to make things work...

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  21. 39. Despite It All

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

    And despite
    it all,
    I cannot
    bring myself

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  22. 40. Put Heartbreak To Rest

    Put heartbreak to rest.
    Untangle your soul
    from its tight grip.
    Say goodbye to the

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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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