# Know any good friendship poems? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565 "2003-10-09T22:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/1 "2003-10-09T22:56:14Z")
I’ve searched the web and found mostly cheesy stuff. Does anyone know of any good ones - the gushy Hallmark type poems? I need it as part of a ceremony I’m holding for my fraternity tonight and simply can’t find anything good. DoperChic ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/2 "2003-10-09T23:07:39Z")
Ahem. “I think you’re a really great friend You have a really nice rear end I would spank it if I could Just the thought gives me wood.” The end. Can you believe I just made that up? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/3 "2003-10-09T23:14:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*Can you believe I just made that up? \*\* I can believe you just made it up; I just can’t believe you’d admit to its authorship. **DoperChic** : can you be more specific about what you’re looking for? Does the poem need to be a certain length, does it need to rhyme, etc. etc. etc… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/4 "2003-10-09T23:19:56Z")
Fraternity, huh? How about: **Here I sit, brokenhearted…** HEY! Put that baseball bat down! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/5 "2003-10-09T23:37:21Z")
“I have a new friend named **Gyrate** I think he or she is really great Though I don’t know much about his/her ass If it’s nice or just emits gas. There’s more to friendship than just butts Whether soft sacks of dough or firm like coconuts.” Made that one up too! I’m on a roll! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/6 "2003-10-10T00:05:31Z")
Here’s a nice bit of poetry by someone famous-like:\*\* > [@](#): > > Love and Friendship > > LOVE is like the wild rose-briar; > Friendship like the holly-tree. > The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, > But which will bloom most constantly? > > The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, > Its summer blossoms scent the air; > Yet wait till winter comes again, > And who will call the wild-briar fair? > > Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now, > And deck thee with holly’s sheen, > That, when December blights thy brow, > He still may leave thy garland green. > > Or better still, forget the plants > And find some verse that makes you laugh > And share with all your friends, perchance, > What rot is written by **Giraffe**. > > Emily Brontë\*\* Lovely, although I suspect that last quatrain might be somewhat spurious… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-friendship-poems/206565/7 "2003-10-10T00:26:28Z")
Well, it’s rather long, but you could always go with an excerpt from Ben Jonson’s “To the Immortal Memory and Friendship of that Noble Pair, Sir Lucius Cary and H. Morison.” > [@](#): > > And shine as you exalted are; > Two names of friendship, but one star: > Of hearts the union. And those not by chance > Made, or indentured, or leased out t’advance > The profits for a time; > No pleasures vain did chime > Of rhymes, or riots at your feasts, > Orgies of drink, or vain protests; > But simple love of greatness, and of good, > That knits brave minds, and manners, more than blood. On second thought, that might not be quite the thing for a fraternity initiation. Never mind.