30 Heartwarming Poems About Friendship To Share With Students

“I remember when we met…”

My Friend Tree by Lorine Niedecker

It’s hard to describe how a good companion can change our lives. We may have family, but we don’t choose them. We choose friends, and sometimes they become our family. Knowing you’ve got someone by your side makes journeying through life a little easier. Here are some of the best poems about friendship to share with students. While you’re reading this list, text your bestie to let them know how much you love them!

Best Poems About Friendship

1. The Cake of Friendship by Michelle Flores

The Cake of Friendship by Michelle Flores

“Preheat the oven of love …”

2. Forever Friends by Amber S. Pence

“The friendship we have is so rare to find.”

3. The Best of Friends by S Jill Wolf

“The best of friends can change a frown …”

4. A Friend by Gillian Jones

“A person who will listen and not condemn …”

5. True Friends by Ashley Campbell

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True Friends by Ashley Campbell

“A friend is like a star that twinkles and glows …”

6. Friends for Life by Angelica N. Brissette

“We are friends, I’ve got your back …”

7. Times Are Changing by Casey

“We had our good days and we had our bad …”

8. What Is a Best Friend? by Angela Franklin

“Every time I see you I show a smile to you.”

9. You Will Always Be My Friend by Dharvi Shah

You Will Always Be My Friend by Dharvi Shah

“You were my best friend.”

10. I Am With You  by Susannah Ross

“I remember when we met …”

11. Someone Special by Annie C. Pless

“When I first met you, you greeted me with a smile.”

12. Child Memories by Erika Romenesko

“When I was a young girl …”

13. Since Hanna Moved Away by Judith Viorst

Since Hanna Moved Away by Judith Viorst

“The tires on my bike are flat …”

14. Best Friends Forever by Taralyn Southam

“Every time I trusted someone, it blew up in my face, for I have no grace.”

15. One for All and All for One by Patricia A Fleming

“In the neighborhood where I was raised …”

16. A Letter to an Old Friend by Taleshia K Glover

“Childhood friends? I hope we still are.”

17. Not Here, Exactly by Joanna Fuhrman

Not Here, Exactly by Joanna Fuhrman

“I found your letter …”

18. Sisters by Lucille Clifton

“me and you be sisters …”

19. Your Catfish Friend by Richard Brautigan

“If I were to live my life …”

20. To a Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses by John Keats

“As late I rambled in the happy fields …”

21. This Morning I Pray for My Enemies by Joy Harjo

This morning I pray for my enemies by Joy Harjo

“And whom do I call my enemy?”

22. For N & K by Gina Myers

“Otis on vinyl carries from the barn.”

23. Travelling by William Wordsworth

“This is the spot:—how mildly does the sun …”

24. On Friendship by Kahlil Gibran

“And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.”

25. Sudden Friendship by Elsa Gidlow

Sudden Friendship by Elsa Gidlow

“Yesterday we walked apart …”

26. To My Friends by Countee Cullen

“You feeble few that hold me somewhat more …”

27. My Friend Tree by Lorine Niedecker 

My Friend Tree by Lorine Niedecker

“My friend tree, I sawed you down …”

28. After the Quarrel by Paul Laurence Dunbar

“So we, who’ve supped the self-same cup …”

29. If You Knew by Ruth Muskrat Bronson

“If you could know the empty ache of loneliness …”

30. Red Brocade by Naomi Shihab Nye

Red Brocade by Naomi Shihab Nye

“The Arabs used to say …”

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30 Heartwarming Poems About Friendship To Share With Students