Love poems of Frederick Douglas Harper

LOVE’S HOPE RENEWED 
It is said: 
“There is no pain and shame like 
The hurt and embarrassment of 
Love rejected; 
There is nothing more confusing than a 
Love flaunted and then unwanted; 
There is no cruelty like the destruction 
Of the spirit of a love gone bad or 
A love once had; 
There is nothing more lonely than the 
Wish for the return of a love lost.” 
However, with love’s new romance’s 
Seeding, its blossoms and fruits 
Will lay dormant the thoughts of past 
Harvests gone. 
Reprinted: Harper’s Romantica: On Peace and Romance, 1988. 

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Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
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A LOVE TO WALK WITH ME 
nd he said, 
“In my transition from a love lost, 
I need a woman to walk 
Behind me to encourage me to 
Become all I can; 
I need a woman to walk 
Beside me when I’m honored 
For what she has helped me to 
Become; 
And, certainly, I need a woman 
To walk ahead of me, 
As I help her to become 
All that she can become. 
I simply need and pray for a 
Good woman to walk God’s path in love 
With me and me with her.” 
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LOVE POEMS of Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
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YOU HAVE AND I HAVE YOU 
You have class and you don’t 
Have to lie; 
You have natural beauty and don’t 
Have to try; 
You have bright eyes like a supernova 
Starlight in the night’s sky; 
You have security and don’t 
Have to deny; 
You have mental health and you don’t 
Have to get high; 
You have happiness and peace and don’t 
Have to cry; 
You have a pleasurable sweetness 
Like sugared apple pie; 
You have me and don’t ever say 
Good-bye; 
I have you and that is why— 
I write this poem. 
Reprinted: Harper’s Romantica: On Peace and Romance, 1988. 

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Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
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