Poems by John Peter Read

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  • Our Love


    • Published: November 2015

    in Short Love Poems

    L is for "laughter" we had along the way.
    O is for "optimism" you gave me every day.
    V is for "value" of being my best friend.
    E is for "eternity," a love that has no end.

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    This poem means the world to me. I have been with my partner for nearly two and a half years, and we have had some tough times, but we have always gotten through them. Right now we are going...

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  • God's Gift


    • Published: November 2015

    in Short Love Poems

    Love is like a river,
    A never ending stream.
    Love is shared by each other
    To answer someone's dream.

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    Love has no rights or wrongs. It's a feeling that's so strong, like a tall building high above the sky. It's hard to reach from underneath that bright blue sky. Once I look into your loving...

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  • A Gift From God


    • Published: October 2014

    in True Love Poems

    Love can't be described.
    It has no shape, it has no form.
    Love is not an object.
    Love does not conform.

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    Love is everything the poem says and so much more. It's constantly putting those you love before yourself and anything else.

    Throughout your life you'll forget many things,
    but never the...

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  • My Soulmate


    • Published: February 2017

    in Wife Death Poems

    I still say I Love You,
    But now there's no reply.
    I always feel your presence
    As if you never left my side.

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    Chris,
    It's 21 years since I lost my lovely wife, after 35 years of marriage. It's the anniversary tomorrow. I was so in love with her. When we went to the supermarket. I would leave her to...

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  • No Celebration

    • Published: February 2017

    in Short Sad Poems

    What's the point of celebrating
    When the ones you loved have gone?
    It's only the beginning of another year,
    Another year of struggling alone.

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    Strangely, this kinda relates to me, as many family members such as my uncles, grand-parents, and my father passed a few years ago around the holidays, and often times all you feel is grief...

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  • Tell Me

    • Published: February 2017

    in Meaningful Poems

    I wonder,
    Is there anything out there?
    Something we don't know?
    Our earth is just a grain of dust

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    Let me tell you, there is a God above. He did not abandon man. On the contrary, He so loved man that He came and died for us to save us. Your human life is not in vain but for a purpose. Gen...

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  • Without You

    • Published: June 2018

    in Death Moving On Poems

    Sunrise has lost its Magic
    As it heralds a brand new Day.
    Sunsets now only bid Goodbye
    As dreams just melt Away.

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    The scores of years have passed by, I now think of you more often with days gone awry. Your strength of character you passed down to me. My thanks and love for what you've taught, to be as...

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  • Little Signs

    • Published: July 2018

    in Wife Death Poems

    When a loved one passes on,
    Their spirit never dies.
    And as we journey on alone,
    They're always by our side.

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    Gentlemen (and ladies),
    My heart goes out to you. I need help. I will be gone soon. My wife has had to endure my sufferings and deal with all that comes with my disease. Before marriage, I...

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  • Christmas Memories

    • Published: December 2018

    in Christmas Poems

    ​It's such a warming feeling
    Being surrounded by Christmas
    Expectation fills the air.
    The sparkle, the glitter

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    • Rating 4.14
  • My God

    • Published: December 2018

    in God Poems

    God is my Saviour
    God is my friend.
    God lights my way
    Whenever darkness descends.

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    • Stories 0
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    • Votes 101
    • Rating 4.24

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