Friendship Poems
There are many different types of friendship poems. Here you will find poetry to inspire and remind you how special friends are in your life. We will feature short verses, along with entire poems each month. You may want to share these with your companions or pals.Whether it is an acquaintance, a best friend, or a new friend, hopefully the poetry here will remind you about the blessings of friendship. To quote LaFontaine, "Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life."
Featured Friendship Poems
I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me.
I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day,
as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
Poet: Edgar A. Guest
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There is no friend like an old friend
Who has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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While not written in a poetic form the words of James Boswell are one of our favorites on friendship,. "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
You may also enjoy friendship toasts and toasts for a friend which are verses in the form of a toast that you may find useful when toasting a friend; use these for a birthday, a wedding, or any other special occasion. These have usually been passed down for generations. Great to use with friends!
Visit us again next month for new poems about being friends and friendship.
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More friendship poems:
- Loyalty - no all friends are perfect, here is a poem about a friend, the good and the bad!
- A Mile With Me - the verses are ones that you will find true friends do with us.
- Old Friendship - about the relationship of old friends
- A Legacy - written to a friend about what friendship is and how to feel when one passes on
- Short Friendship Poems - verses are to the point but all describes friends and friendship
Friends Poet: Edgar A. Guest
Ain't it fine when things are going
Topsy-turvy and askew
To discover someone showing
Good old-fashioned faith in you?
Ain't it good when life seems dreary
And your hopes about to end,
Just to feel the handclasp cheery
Of a fine old loyal friend?
Gosh! one fellow to another
Means a lot from day to day,
Seems we're living for each other
In a friendly sort of way.
When a smile or cheerful greetin'
Means so much to fellows sore,
Seems we ought to keep repeatin'
Smiles an' praises more an' more.
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Blessed
Poet: Henry Van Dyke
Blessed is the man that beholdeth the face of
a friend in a far country.
The darkness of his heart is melted in the
dawning of day with him.
It is like the sound of sweet music, heard long
ago and half forgotten;
It’s like the coming back of birds to a wood
where winter is ended.
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Friends
Poet: Charles Kingsley
Friends, in this world of hurry
and work and sudden end -
If a thought comes quick of doing
a kindness to a friend -
Do it that very instant!
Don't put it off—don't wait!
What's the use of doing a kindness
If you do it a day too late!
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The poetry here is by an unknown Poet, however the verses are ones that a person who has a good understanding of what constitutes a friend has. The poetry could almost be a definition to what is a friend.
Friendship Pure
Poet Unknown
Friendship needs no studied phrases,
Polished face, or winning wiles;
Friendship deals no lavish praises,
Friendship dons no surface smiles.
Friendship follows Nature's diction,
Shuns the blandishments of Art,
Boldly severs truth from fiction,
Speaks the language of the heart.
Friendship favors no condition,
Scorns a narrow-minded creed,
Lovingly fulfills it's mission,
Be it word or be it deed.
Friendship cheers the faint and weary,
Makes the timid spirit brave,
Warns the erring, lights the dreary,
Smooths the passage to the grave.
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The poem A Friend is one which gives a decription of what a friend truly is. The Poet expresses their feelings of how they see a friend. We hope you enjoy the verses and thoughts.
A Friend Poet: Unknown
What is a Friend? I'll tell you.
It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself.
Your soul can go naked with him. He seems to ask you to put on nothing, only to be what you really are.
When you are with him, you do not have to be on your guard.
You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you.
He understands those contradictions in your nature that cause others to misjudge you.
With him you breathe freely - you can avow your little vanities and envies and absurdities and in opening them up to him they are dissolved on the white ocean of his loyalty.
He understands. - You can weep with him, laugh with him, pray with him - through and underneath it all he sees, knows and loves you.
A Friend, I repeat, is one with whom you dare to be yourself.
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Am sure if you have a good friend you will relate to the poetry below,
written by Poet, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. She was an English Poet
who lived during the period of 20 April 1826 to 12 October 1887. Her
work is famous and still lives on today!
Friendship
Poet: Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Oh, the comfort- the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe
with a person;
Having neither to weigh thoughts,
Nor measure words-but pouring them
All right out-just as they are-
Chaff and grain together-
Certain that a faithful hand will
Take and sift them-
Keep what is worth keeping-
And with a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.
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Words written to a best friend who no matter what is there to share, to care
and is a true friend. My hope is that you have a friend like this in your life.
Always There
by C. Pulsifer, (c) 2011
When I need encouragement
you are always there
When I need a comforting ear
you are always there
When I have joy to share
you are always there
When I have good luck to bear
you are always there
When I face the challenges of life
you are always there
When I need support and a hug
you are always there
So my friend I thank you
for always being there
And I can only hope that
I always there for you
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