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18. Friends

For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".

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36. Glimmer

For a girl I met that evening, sitting quiet and not talking much - "It gets lonely sometimes as one waits - For love to come and flood the gates"

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37. Friends2

For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".

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75. Resilience

Paraphrasing Bryan Adams' Star in this line "Dont give up, dont look back, theres a silver lining, its out there somewhere - We need a shining star to depend on, so shine forth and find the star in there".

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88. Tarun

For a friend. "Watch as yon fledgeling finds some heaven in the sky - Straps to pull us up when life boots us in the backside".

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103. Grief

A cause to reflect on another's pain. "But in my heart I think I'll always know strife - As it ruins loved ones, cuts like a knife".

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108. Dear Lover

Introducing a [then] current interest to a dear old friend. "Whose smile could lift my mood, make me go around - Any obstacle that life threw at me, peace pervaded me".

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109. Maia

Full of feelings, this one after accepting that we could just be friends. Maia (divine race) of Tolkien. "When do we get back to when our lives had art - As on afternoons we spoke happily with nary a care"

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110. Choose Life

For a friend who was feeling low and despondent

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121. Healed

Looking back to the past and letting go

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123. Distance

For that platonic friend of mine who suffered distance too

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125. Friendship

A friend I've written on friendship about before

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141. Memory

For a past love - Yesterday I remembered you [memory]

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142. Smile

It's time to get the mix right, then explode like dynamite!

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146. Weaverbirds

For a couple I know. Begins with some random stuff

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148. Friend in Thee

For a newmade friend and mentor

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149. A house blessing

For that couple again

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166. Promise2

I wonder if we will see the splendour of friendship forged strong enough to ride the storms of any weather.

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170. Roll

wILL WE FIND A LOVE STRONG AND TALL.

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197. Victory

Time to up the ante and do justice to life.

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202. Hurt

Fill our hearts with peace and warmth - lord lead the way - help quell the turmoil, release us from the bitter fray.

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203. Gizmo

I cry now when I think of those fifteen years, how you showed how deeply you cared.

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204. The power is yours

With Abigail S

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213. Friends3

I thank her for her words of wisdom from which I keep remembering that life is best lived with utmost feeling.

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214. Lament

Another loss i cannot bear,my eyes go moist and teary,but he 's lived a full life-brought comfort to the weary.

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223. Perfect Again

some friends make life something to look forward to,don't evergo again.

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227. Help Me

You fill the role of an honest ,insightful well-wisher,you 've helped me rethink my ideas so thy can last.

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231. Jump

Incidents like these give us pause to rflect on thingsand remember how precious life is to one and all.

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249. Dear Brothers

For four very dear friends who wished the best for me and how its time for me to stop playing the victim and instead come into my own

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250. Regaining Faith2

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19. Letters Jun2017

3 separate essays for 3 people (at the hospital)

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308. Gaps

There's gaps in the attention we get from parents when we grow up and there is intellectual chasms and bridges to cross.

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396. Rejection

For a friend's friend as we welcomed here into our warm and light hearted circle

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450. Folks

Reflecting on life in the company of two very dear friends.

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460. Distance2

Beginning with an appreciation for distance, this poem quickly talks about how friendship can bridge any gap and quickly switches to even grander themes.

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467. Strain Once Again

Break the Chains that bind, prise open the cask's lid and strain once again, this time moving sure-footed and lightning fast.

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471. City Mine

Oh the friends I leave in your care as I trot to my new home with my old fife. Especially the ones you took to your bosom for they'd borne too much of life.

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476. Driving Force

A random prayer for a friend

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481. Sorry

An apology to friends for being obtuse.

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485. Arms

About my friendship with 4 women.

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559. Release

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