You know that feeling when you find the perfect words to describe how much a friend means to you? That’s why poems about friendship have always been such a cherished find. A genuine connection with a friend enriches life, providing support, laughter, and a profound sense of belonging. The verses gathered here are time-honored expressions … Read more
By Kahlil Gibran And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship. And he answered, saying:Your friend is your needs answered.He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.And he is your board and your fireside.For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your … Read more
By Emily Brontë Love is like the wild rose-briar,Friendship like the holly-tree—The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,But which will bloom most constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,Its summer blossoms scent the air;Yet wait till winter comes againAnd who will call the wild-briar fair? Then scorn the silly rose-wreath nowAnd deck thee … Read more
By William Shakespeare To me, fair friend, you never can be old,For as you were when first your eye I eyed,Such seems your beauty still. Three winters coldHave from the forests shook three summers’ pride, Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turnedIn process of the seasons have I seen,Three April perfumes in three hot Junes … Read more
By Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the roadAnd slows his horse to a meaning walk,I don’t stand still and look aroundOn all the hills I haven’t hoed,And shout from where I am, What is it?No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,Blade‑end … Read more
By Sophie Jewett Small fellowship of daily commonplaceWe hold together, dear, constrained to goDiverging ways. Yet day by day I knowMy life is sweeter for thy life’s sweet grace;And if we meet but for a moment’s space,Thy touch, thy word, sets all the world aglow.Faith soars serener, haunting doubts shrink low,Abashed before the sunshine of … Read more