Best Old Friends Poems

Of all old friends, those we have of old are best;
These the souls we travel with by preference,
Theirs the spirits to whom we grant all deference.
Their hopes are ours, ours their own; 
All victories shared, from like ambitions grown.
Their years match step with ours,
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Dusty roads and fresh grass
summertime rodeos approaching fast
riding with a friend down on sandbars 

A piece of hay hanging out of his mouth
though some trapped water, out the other side
I had forgotten this wonderful life

I still see some twenty year old boy helping me up
now...

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They laugh and chat throughout each day and night -
much reminiscing, future jaunts to plan,
and what they'd do to put the planet right.
Yes, they will travel - surely they still can!

Adventures many years ago at sea,
relived, exaggerated, lied about...
Oh, what it was back then, so...

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The Ghost denied
he was a Ghost,

though clearly
I saw through -- 

Someone I knew
in life, back then
quite pink, substantial
with lots 
and lots to do – 

tried and tried
convincing him
all to no avail,
myself even now
more pale

till recognized he

dear friend, himself

who had

read my eulogy…....

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Two friends they thought it would never end,

They just wanted their love to blend,

Friends and lovers what can you say?

Your words take my breath away.

 

Their life was in each other’s heart.

How would they ever know it was a dart,

 A dart that would kill...

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We grow up bonding 
we become inseparable 
share dreams and hopes together 
waiting to explore life on our own 
then in a blink we graduate 
go our separate ways 
keep in touch every week 
then every other 
years will pass like clouds 
phone calls and...

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Quakers build their cooperative politics
on following consensually-held fertile lights.

Buddha adds,
Follow your TruthLight,
back through our universal co-arising (0)-spacetime equi-valence
dualdark Out/In Breathing-Landscapes 
of BiCameral MindLiberating/BodyConserving Balance,
sacred ecology of birth through regenerate rebirth
of ego/eco-cooperative ZenZero co-investment
EarthTribe life-centric health of ReGenerativity,
Creativity of Universal Love 
and Unitarian PolyCultural LightSource.

Bucky adds,
To...

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I have a pair of friends I've had for years

     Should we part I would surely drown in tears

          Together we've trod byways

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Old Friends

Come, sit with me and share some idle talk,
Of cabbages and kings, of life and death.
Or else, perhaps, opining as we walk,
We could discuss some current shibboleth.
We’ll wile away the day just as we please,
While deconstructing pop philosophy.
No topic is taboo, we’ll shoot the...

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When I go back to the Islands
And my old friends said that they miss me
I miss me too,
the old me,
The one who had the futuristic ideas
the girl with
the nappy braids that locks
the girl with the ashy feet,
the one who work the land with her bare...

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Just before the sun sets
On the ocean blue
The sun meets with his counter part
Her name is Mrs. Moon
She comes with all her children
The stars up in the sky
Every night when it's time for bed
They all sing sweet nighttime lullabies
Now Mrs. Moon and Mr. Sun
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OLD FRIENDS ARE THE BEST FRIENDS......

Dear Friend,
Greetings, 
Old buddy of mine,
How goes life?
Old gold 
These days,
Golden oldies 
we are,
Days go 
rolling by,
Sun blessed,
or grey skies,
Seasons are 
passing by
We're all
growing older,
What are 
you doing
Today, my friend?
Smiles when 
thoughts of
You flow by.
Read today
"Old friends
are our 
Best friends.."
Hear...

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put  down names and numbers 
in my book
family, friends 
and some

occasionally 
when I go down the list
to phone  them up
I pass over many 
who have gone 

only to remember them fondly--
say a prayer --
and slowly --
my heart  moves on....

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my old friends 
all around me
talking of the past
of present pains
of future plans

my old friends 
all around me
turning left
turning right 
turning pale

my old friends 
all around me
standing tall
sitting still
falling fast

my old friends...

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When we were young
We didn’t know what we could become
What we could have been
When  we were just sixteen.

The road ran  on forever
Summer lasted long and dreamy
Never a thought of being old
When we were young and bold.

We met together talked and sang
Planted a twig...

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