Friendship is a precious bond that fills life with love, trust, and laughter. These timeless friendship poems beautifully express the joy of having true friends who stand by us through every moment.
Discover the best and top friendship poems that celebrate love, loyalty, and the joy of true friends. Heart-touching verses for every bond of friendship.
1. A Time to Talk
“When a friend calls to me from the road,
And slows his horse to a meaning walk…”
2. Friendship
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
3. To a Friend
“Old friends are best, kind hearts that never change.”
4. Fair Friend
“To me, fair friend, you never can be old…”
5. The Arrow and the Song
“I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where…”
6. A Friend
“A friend is one who knows your heart,
And stands beside you from the start.”
7. Friendship After Love
“After the fierce midsummer all ablaze,
Has burned itself to ashes, and expires…”
8. My Friend
“My friend must be a bird,
Because it flies…”
9. True Friendship
“Oh, the comfort—the inexpressible comfort—
of feeling safe with a person…”
10. To My Friends
“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was I had such friends.”
11. Forgiven Friends
“I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.”
12. Friends
“Oh, the comfort of a friend who knows,
And dares to let you see your tears.”
13. Friendship’s Mystery
“A friendship so pure, so divine,
Will last beyond all time.”
14. A Friend Remembered
“Friend of my earliest days,
Thy gentle voice still stays.”
15. Auld Lang Syne
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?”
16. Friends Departed
“Friend after friend departs;
Who has not lost a friend?”
17. The Friend
“Though absent, yet not lost, my friend.”
18. The Power of Friendship
“Friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold.”
19. To Friendship
“Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet’ner of life, and solder of society.”
20. My Friend’s Hand
“A friend is one who takes your hand
and touches your heart.”
21. Language of Friendship
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”
22. True Bond
“Friendship is the only cement
that will ever hold the world together.”
23. Old Friends
“It’s good to have old friends again,
To meet and talk and smile.”
24. To My Dear Friend
“My friend, I thank thee for thy gentle cheer,
And love that brightened every year.”
25. A Golden Chain
“Friendship is a golden chain,
The links are friends so dear.”
26. Friendship Tree
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.”
27. The Best of Friends
“The best of friends can change a frown
Into a smile when you feel down.”
28. A Smile and a Friend
“A smile and a friend to share the day,
Makes all the clouds just drift away.”
29. A Friendship Blessing
“May you be blessed with good friends,
And learn to be a good friend yourself.”
30. On Friendship
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
31. My True Friend
“A true friend stands beside you
When the world walks away.”
32. Faithful Friendship
“Oh, the comfort of having a friend,
To trust and to confide.”
33. Faithful Friends
“Better by far you should forget and smile,
Than that you should remember and be sad.”
34. My Friend
“Ah, what would the world be to us
If the children were no more?”
35. The Holly Tree