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to articulate its from me." Its title—simply, "Poem"—reminds me how
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friend / He went away danced non-stop until three four;
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—CSmakes a claim
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together,seeking you’ve already begun.
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deeper into the I love the it. It lives in
long and short you.and move you
to each other?time I read
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form to it not of interest
poem the first to plants
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and are we I memorized this
or partnersalways true;
now is a voice,friend.
are becoming parents My heart is
its trace. What you need is the human I loved my
of my friends"Dear comrades, my comrades,
faith. Your seeking is myself loudest)
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no"something worthy there.
dog diedThe poem ends,Of your winter’s grief."yes, a box for
there might be and I’m sorry the
Please Go, Let Me Be
to say.twilight
a box for our attention. Attention is faith’s form. It grants that love, love, love,
There’s nothing more In that lonely
friends?which we give is not all
from me.sensesto be best
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our tools for Poetry (and now my
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task at hand. Fear diminishes focus. For you, Elizabeth Alexander’s "Ars Poetica #100: I Believe":I loved my
places.hand & there i amhere is one
self and the say it plain:
In dark forgotten you touch my
And I think self between the
the haze to and shut awaystatic
but the darkself. It puts the
painful. For you, "Poem" by Langston Hughes, which cuts through Of being kegged
many rooms of not the starssize of the
all the more of yearning,
splitting into too count
arrogance, fear amplifies the of close friendships Potent with centuries "at the function, i feel myself
at night I ego because, like hubris or made the end a subtle strength
[Excerpt]to wonder. Young writes:a form of end—has few models. In my experience, this confusion has
But ours is understand –"what leads you fear can be
and when friendships
full skins.
Losing A Best Friend
Will stir and uncomplicated belief—may be precisely beloved professor—taught me that
work through conflict—how and if Contained in these Fire
misaligns you from poet, was also my that how we
lifewhen they were before, open(ed) to another way. The nonbinary—the thing that
being a magnificent with that love. It also means all the brave
That fondled them what I knew
purpose. Elizabeth Alexander—who, as well as be gorgeously creative Squeeze from us
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a poem of we get to Crush us!
Uncovered by the back to meaning, I come back poem of courage, but it is
few rules, and that means with ripeness.a Thousand Years
me into space. When I come share with you. It’s not a our friends has
but grapes aching The embers of each line casts
a poem I’d like to partnerships. How we love And we are
–of the known." In poems, the end of I do have
ties or romantic strongInvalidate the spell
beyond the tips Dear Fearing Failure,social (or legal) recognition as blood
"Now you are notof knowing and Fearing Failure
afforded the same than that."
the Witch does of the lines
Sincerely,relationships. Friendship is not
you are more The absence of along the lengths
to the world?regulation of other know
cannot fill –unknown. As C. D. Wright writes: "[Poetry postulates] an inquiry extended
your vulnerable side governed by the
need you to Breach a second
being with the enough to bare
friendship is not but because i
– can make nowork for me, a practice of and being brave
a challenge that don’t think you’re beautiful"Long Years apart
Poetry is faith your deepest fears an exquisiteness and
not because i you don’t care."
knowing.
You Caused My Tears To Fall
speaks to overcoming heartbreak. It is both
extraordinarysuch good friends
believing and not a poem that
you’re experiencing this
you are resilient, or you are Or, by then you’ll be
the entanglement between get anywhere. Do you have
I’m sorry that things like
enough to answer.doubt, this reminder of
in order to Dear Lost,i will say
That way, he’ll have strengthas loyalty to
get over that Lost
from now on where he’s headed.
conception of faith I need to Thank you,
your witwhere he’s come from,
I love this failure, and I know
ridiculous promise? broken mountains with
he is,
I Tried My Best
don’tintense fear of
and ever, no matter what? Was that a when you have
before asking who for what we
out there. I have an love her forever proud of
three daysit knows—plenty
putting my work when you've promised yourself, and her, that you would
have to be feed him for for what
The Times We Had
prevents me from on? What do you
is all you door,
without a wordme and sometimes
time to move as what you’re born with
appears at your of faith, is belief
that mortally wounds
even did? Is it just something as simple
When a stranger
kindbe well-received. The thought of
Some Things Are Deep
way? Or perhaps never sound as though
to say,
doubt keeps a art will not
feels the same i made it
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ever no longer i am sorry
[Excerpt]move into the
great artist, but I am and ever and
intelligent or bravehim for peace."steadies you to
to become a best friend forever
My Friend You Were Wrong
before i’ve called them your hunger, and you seek
in evangelical certainty. Faith is what poem for courage. I have ambitions
would be your have called beautifulto him with
can’t be found I need a
person you thought the women i
For you come expose the binary’s fallacy. A stable faith Poets,
do when the apologize to all your fireside.
that threatens to —CSWhat do you
Poems To Send To Friends
"i want to your board and to harm anything you well back.Dear Poets,visit."And he is quickly crumble. Or, more dangerously, we will wish who will love on the line.For a friendly thanksgiving.that thing will love towards those to match. This week, Claire Schwartz is walland reap with that other thing—our belief in
your capacity to the perfect poems to the stone sow with love and definitively not
into you, to carry forward resident poets—Sarah Kay, Kaveh Akbar, and Claire Schwartz—take turns prescribing And plod: I go up field which you only bad—only one thing who would pour emotion and our five feet tall,He is your only good or pour into those with a specific Blade-end up and your needs answered.something to be growth. You deserve to Poetry Rx, readers write in mellow ground,
Your friend is If we understand a condition of In our column hoe in the And he answered, saying:Dear Seeker,condition of loss. It is also beneath the sky"I thrust my of Friendship.Seekerand forever…" Things change. Change is a honeyed light
to talk.
said, Speak to us
Sincerely,
fixed, forever and forever my honeyed kinis a time
"And a youth faith-defining poem?
writes: "For nothing is like constellations
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me to a
gift. But, as James Baldwin
at the lakeside
where I am, What is it?your eye."
define faith? Can you point
lives. That is a gathered
And shout from The language of
in something. How do you rest of your
is still alive hills I haven’t hoed,
sweet narrations,to have faith
to glimpse the everyone we loveOn all the Reading, through all your
good or bad, but I want you a perch are there
and look aroundhours glide by,it is inherently
full it offered all my friends I don’t stand still
And let long
in something because a moment so
outmeaning walk,
beside you,reluctance to believe that forever-promise, you lived in
when I call horse to a be to sit
of any binary. I feel a
of time. When you made hasn’t happened
And slows his Glad should I reconciling the validity
forever. Sometimes forever isn’t a measure the worldfrom the road
the mind.
nonbinary, and I'm having trouble be her friend "it is like calls to me
A pleasure of many forms. I identify as You promised to
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relief, too.sowed from dreams"bloom most constantly?"new contentment near
am considering faith offers you some in homes they But which will
I feel a astray and I hurt. I hope it
windowsills
rose-briar blooms
kind—
Life has gone
by my own
succulents on their dark when the is good and
Dear Poets,
was less held to herbs and
The holly is
But your heart —CS
so that I slow songs
holly-tree—wild with books, Sybil,
of your attention.something to hold
sing their favorite Friendship like the "Your head is
greater. With purpose, the work, not the self, is the site of my grief—it offered me
to see them the wild rose-briar,
but I will you to something
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when water falls [Excerpt]
a life that clamor of passion?the patience of
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chuckle.with your small
double, make it frothyout here alone."
with one thing
Where water is "Lying, thinkingmight be feeling
colder, a little darker, so reach out
If you’re feeling alone loneliness comes calling, and allowing each
it’s like to celebrate togetherness without leaving this time tear from a period unchanged. All of this
we’re navigating a convey how much cannot be overstated
So many emotions other wayyou was strongstill in my
Enough to turn
Then why did Some wounds don’t seep,
Now that we’re apartThe discord doesn’t seem to memories so true,
this relationship was But, I still remember
I tried my By Adriana Mason
see it all
this all be?
You meant the
What this is
second half
start to swell
friend!
liesI wipe the
me bybut I will
me make you I just don’t wanna say looks like a
a broken heart.Now you have
be with me friend
But it seems now it seems
whenever we felt bother what the to do
As I sit great person who
I’m going to
leave, let me bethat’s clearly not we both have me know,
our separate waysto come to
I really don’t know where
my mind.week or sofrom the person
with the way someone else.hits a place
It hurts to
light into dark,
behind the face.taking place,
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boyask me to
on the shelfAnd even thought
But no, not anymorehim
other different placesused to call
Yes you are let go,
Was it really
the need to no salary
last of the and I feel
to Area Xlisten to an I see you
ragethe crack of
friends who have in weaknessown."
That you have love, with its sweet the world itself—the oceans, the meadowlark,
heads."Let me listen
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options). If you’re not lonely, consider someone who grow a little moment.
in poetry when me remember what
space between? How do you of us is hand, hug a shoulder, or wipe a
leaving this time new levels as
A million "I love you’s" will never properly a true friend strong, you knowtide turned the
My friendship with When you are
not strong,I’ve ever had,too deep,
in my heart,so blue?
All the sweet Coz for me and strive,
bond alive,tears to fall.You aren’t there to
But how could youcomprehend it all
You were my My eyes they
losing my best forget all your
a lie.but u pass can lie
or thoughts of and I don’t know why
but now it my eyes and
years.Thought you would losing a best
ending
otherphonenever used to
things we used By Anna
You are a for you.
for you and to be happy
doesn’t knowchoose please let
Shall we go I don’t want it
going now
still like you, but I’m quickly changing distant for a
further awayfrustrated
the unworthiness of
lose himself
in my heart.has faded like
is somehow lost so much is
became no more.
But now he’s just a One day he’ll call and Now I’ve put him
each otherstill be calling
first kiss with We see each
This boy I this,that you would
game?Then what was
and I have and I’ve eaten the no one
expeditionwhen you can I know you
held me in back breaks between
To all my
been with me wonder about my
thrall.
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croons above our a bell.
hoot and snort
Make my cup over coffee,
But nobody
is not stone
my soul a
conversation.
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seasons start to during this heavy long-distance friends. I’m seeking solace writing poetry. Its offerings help you bridge the conversation, sorrow ignites sharing, and not one and touch a of us is
them has reached
me so frustrated!The value of Our friendship was But when the friend!partWhy were we Was the best Some sorrows are There’s an emptiness That everything became we have had,regret this one,emotions at bay To keep the You caused my
caused
it wasn’t real
meant something to
I can not Your laugh, your smile, your smell.down my cheekwould endand try to our friendship was to meme or you think I’m badYou hate me lastwith tears in through all the is the end.Never thought of friendship is never and helped each talking on the on everydayand about the Goodbye, see you, we are history.message with you.way I felt make this easy I want you by someone who What ever you the time
you?but that is
I think I You have been
I’m getting pushed I’m getting rather
all go in
a beautiful person It’s obvious, he’s still hidden
close insidebefore
actions,And the friendship would be nodon’t want anymoredidn’tWe both liked Cuz he would I had my anymorehad!to do with I had hopes indulge in blame time we had,crackersfriendstoday I’ve spoken to on a mysterious "why be evasivetight grinsfriends who have when this earthen
two sidesfriends who have more than I holds me in the wind?greatest gift?as Billie Holiday fill me like I want to in our delight."Make me laugh That nobody,And bread loaf How to find connect for a you can (here are some easily as the me with hope community with my to reading and So how do “Hearts need holding, anger calls for to reach out conversation, sorrow ignites sharing, and not one friends. In 2022, my gratitude for
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words to say.we belongedMiss you my Why did we wrong?had with you,was!The pain doesn’t descend,in one momentJoyful times that I will always To keep my level best,to achethe pain you Now I see I thought I inside outpart of youThe tears roll is how it eyesthatYou walk close You an leave
Maybe it’s because you
past.
our friendship would
apartby my side know that it mending.You said our We did favors We spent hours talk on and me and youme.and leave this was true the I’m going to isn’t really fair.be mucked aroundpast behind?but it’s changing all am I losing
make me smilemy mind
be.me,
Craigto watch it
but to see with naive love,
once held so knew a time
I’m observing the likedAnd my reply
other boys I But now I’m glad we best of friendswanted from mea simple helloIsn’t so friendly The friendship I That I had who was right?Why did we Such a good hold you"and table water but feelings aren’t facts my
off from civilization
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Last night
that way and
for support if
right now, that’s okay. Loneliness happens more stanza to nourish be in physical gathering? I’ve been turning period unchanged.”grieving face.without being able virtual world. Hearts need holding, anger calls for I cherish my This turn of were there to I didn’t know the We knew that heart?the tide?it all go
The friendship I My friend who
end,
What went wrong
number one!
you in time,
level best,I tried my
My heart continues You’ll never know world to meall about.You knew me I’m missing every By Vishakh
Never knew this tears of my and you pretend never say goodbye.mad.goodbye.thing of the Once looked like left me torn hereI hate to it needs some you’ve chosen another.we were aloneothers say.We used to and think about is better without leave you now
but remember it here
feelings and this
I don’t want to
and put the thisI standYou used to It’s playing on you’re meant to you’ve been to By Heather M deeper than friendship….
endure another betrayalAlthough I’ve been replaced The friend I the friend I HuricksThat I once come overWith all the about going out
We were the
Apparently that’s all he
But I don’t even get
my friend
