7 Heartfelt Poems to Share and Cherish on Friendship Day

“A Poison Tree” by William Blake

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“I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

“A Friend” by Gillian Jones

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“A person who will listen and not condemn
Someone on whom you can depend
They will not flee when bad times are here
Instead they will be there to lend an ear…”

“To All My Friends" by May Yang

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“… To all my friends who have held me in rage
When fire tears through swallows behind tight grins
I know you
I see you
I hear you…”

“Will You Ever?” by Kaitlin M Yawn

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“… I don’t think you could ever know
Just how truly special you are,
That even on the darkest nights
You are my brightest star…”

“Sonnet 104” by William Shakespeare

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“To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed…”

“I Love You” by Roy Croft

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“… I love you for 
the part of me that you bring out;
I love you for 
putting hand into my heaped-up heart
And passing over all the foolish, weak things
that you can’t help dimly seeing there, 
And for drawing out into the light
All the beautiful things
that no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find…”

“On Friendship” by Khalil Gibran

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“… When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the ‘nay’
In your own mind, nor do you withhold the ‘ay.’
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, 
All expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed…”