Poems on Friendship

by Various

This elegantly designed keepsake is a collection of several dozen poems by the world’s greatest poets on friendship, companionship, camaraderie, and intimacy. All aspects of friendship are best friends, dear friends, romantic friends, even fair-weather friends. The poets include Walt Whitman, Ben Jonson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, William Shakespeare, and Rudyard Kipling.

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2022

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Reviews

[Keanu Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid collection that I annotated through and found many to love the language used to describe love and friendship. Sure some may not hit as well as others but to find the gems is invaluable, to rise up the emotions out of you.

[Juliet Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

very cute, some are too long. i miss my best friend

[Bree Hatfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This was a pretty solid volume of classic poetry. Compared to some of Sterling Publishing’s Signature Select Classics in this series (looking at you, Poems for Nighttime), this one was very good! There were some long and boring ones in here, but overall the selection was very good and accessible! It’s a good entry point to classic and romantic-era poetry if you want to get into it.

[Megan Vincent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not much of a classic poetry (or poetry in general) kinda gal, but I found a few poems in here that resonated with me. Overall it was a cute, quick read. I got it for free from my local B&N so I can’t be mad at it

[Steph K · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars cause i probably liked about 80% of the poems in this collection and i like how they divided it so i knew which sections would hurt the most.

it’s comforting to know that fake friends and failed friendships have existed for hundreds of years and that others have been hurt by it too.

[Erin (PT) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is what you would think it is, a small collection of classical poems by classic poets, put together for sentiment. It’s okay. I’m more of a prose person and so a lot of poetry is wasted on me, so opinions will vary, but most of the poems here didn’t speak to or for me (again, personally).

[Patricia Gallant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I write poetry from time to time, I just can't understand the classic poetry of rhyme or prose. Seems like just a bunch of words strung together that don't mean anything. The ones that rhyme did make sense though. Like to write poetry but not really read it.

[Autumn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the poems didn't fit, in my opinion.

[Nyx · Rating 2 out of 5]

Last section of Past Friends was okay.

[Tristan Timbrook · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Jade Grippe · Rating 2 out of 5]

got this for free with my Barnes & noble membership…. Slay!

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not the poetry I typically enjoy but there were 2 stand outs: Emily Bronte's 'Love and Friendship' and 'A Wayfaring Song' by Henry van Dyke.

[Chrissy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. 50 pages. Quick. Mostly men. Didn’t really capture the essence of friendship. It was mostly fine.

[Victoria Kitty · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was free. I'm not much for poetry, but it was okay.

[Nena Leonor Reynoso · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed a few poems from this one, not many tho.

[Nicole✨✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i cried. beautiful writing i'm gonna gift this to my friend

[Baroness Ekat · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was nothing wrong. I just don't like most poetry. It's just not my thing

[✰ hyperfluxation ✰ · Rating 3 out of 5]

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