Upbeat Inspirational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Happy, positive, motivational and inspirational poetry
This section is for happy, light, positive and inspirational poems that provide uplifting and motivational reading. Romantic love poetry is also included here. All happy poems on a range of subjects are in one place, to give you a big choice of poems to make you smile. This is where DU poets prove that the hard, dark and dirty side of poetry isn't always a tormented place.
HAMMOCK STRINGS (4-17-1994; Galveston Island Texas)
spring birds sing
wind chimes ring
a sleepy breeze
comes over me
as i cocoon myself away
so effortlessly disconnected
from timeless hours
especially when
i need to most
now peacefully cradled
so weightlessly away
i drift
in all these tranquil
hammock strings
which have recently
become
a sudden
healing necessity
in my life
especially when
i need them most
in which
i sail off
into such gentle
soothing dreams
wherein waves dance
rhythmically
throughout my head ...
wind chimes ring
a sleepy breeze
comes over me
as i cocoon myself away
so effortlessly disconnected
from timeless hours
especially when
i need to most
now peacefully cradled
so weightlessly away
i drift
in all these tranquil
hammock strings
which have recently
become
a sudden
healing necessity
in my life
especially when
i need them most
in which
i sail off
into such gentle
soothing dreams
wherein waves dance
rhythmically
throughout my head ...
#inspirational
#peace
#gratitude
#support
#healing
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Aphelocoma coerulescens
The Jay flies better than the crow,
tis such a nimble thing,
like when it quickly drops below...
with its pirouette wing.
Upon a peanut it must pounce
before the squirrel leaps
after the final peanut bounce
into the mulchen heaps...
therein the peanut may be lost
to crow or squirrel sight,
but vista Jay sees where I tossed
and so it lands aright,
to blast back off into the sky
before the others know,
about the prize, or how to fly...
to where the humans throw!
tis such a nimble thing,
like when it quickly drops below...
with its pirouette wing.
Upon a peanut it must pounce
before the squirrel leaps
after the final peanut bounce
into the mulchen heaps...
therein the peanut may be lost
to crow or squirrel sight,
but vista Jay sees where I tossed
and so it lands aright,
to blast back off into the sky
before the others know,
about the prize, or how to fly...
to where the humans throw!
#birds
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Golden you
In each of world religion teachings
Among all the self-righteous preaching
I find some things I think are true
This one is: there’s a golden you
There is a you who loves to live
To care, to love and freely give
The highest truths for which you long
Are just covered, they are not gone
The world told you you are a sinner
They programmed you to be a “winner”
For a dog eats dog world
They covered the true you with dirt
But you don’t have to be this way
For inside you there is a sun
That waits for you to set it...
Among all the self-righteous preaching
I find some things I think are true
This one is: there’s a golden you
There is a you who loves to live
To care, to love and freely give
The highest truths for which you long
Are just covered, they are not gone
The world told you you are a sinner
They programmed you to be a “winner”
For a dog eats dog world
They covered the true you with dirt
But you don’t have to be this way
For inside you there is a sun
That waits for you to set it...
#courage
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Empowered
I feel higher
And brighter
Than the sun and moon
I feel I could conquer the world
And brighter
Than the sun and moon
I feel I could conquer the world
#hope
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Shake It Off
Shake it off today don't be lonely
talk to a cloud play Leapfrog
on Monday
treat the winds of March as silk
rub it across your nose
listen to the crickets play croquet
thinking grass as wickets
shake it off today and buy a daydream
put it in your pocket and save
play Leapfrog on Tuesday
talk to a cloud play Leapfrog
on Monday
treat the winds of March as silk
rub it across your nose
listen to the crickets play croquet
thinking grass as wickets
shake it off today and buy a daydream
put it in your pocket and save
play Leapfrog on Tuesday
#happiness
#inspirational
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Riding This Cloud
And here we are
I’m flying high
But my feet want to run far
Away from what you may see
When you look inside of me
I only come with what’s packed inside
A lifetime of trials I can’t deny
Little by little I shed each layer
Yet you stay
You’re not running scared
Holding out your hand
You patiently wait
Knowing how much I hesitate
Finding acceptance in your love and smile
I’m thankful you’ve pulled up a chair
And decided to stay a while
I’m flying high
But my feet want to run far
Away from what you may see
When you look inside of me
I only come with what’s packed inside
A lifetime of trials I can’t deny
Little by little I shed each layer
Yet you stay
You’re not running scared
Holding out your hand
You patiently wait
Knowing how much I hesitate
Finding acceptance in your love and smile
I’m thankful you’ve pulled up a chair
And decided to stay a while
#happiness
#love
#gratitude #vulnerability
#gratitude #vulnerability
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The alp.
Beat the heated
Fuel
With a strike of
Slap.
Penance why's -
Looking at a rose from
Glass windows.
Her flaws and raws.
Fuel
With a strike of
Slap.
Penance why's -
Looking at a rose from
Glass windows.
Her flaws and raws.
#nature
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no tick tock
time's an illusion which has entranced
everyone everywhere, with it we dance
imagining the future that is to come
remembering also we were once one
now we are beings shining with light
in the bright daytime in the dark night
in every moment when we're awake
even when sleeping, with each breath that we take...
time's an illusion no tick tick tock
living's not measured by any clock
we are just children on a strange world
always in motion as we are swirled
into forever eternally
thoughts and emotions surrounding...
everyone everywhere, with it we dance
imagining the future that is to come
remembering also we were once one
now we are beings shining with light
in the bright daytime in the dark night
in every moment when we're awake
even when sleeping, with each breath that we take...
time's an illusion no tick tick tock
living's not measured by any clock
we are just children on a strange world
always in motion as we are swirled
into forever eternally
thoughts and emotions surrounding...
#uplifting
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The Plume Of She
there was no
foreseeable poem on my horizon
until she strutted by
epitomizing sheer poetry in slowed-motion
kaleidoscopic...damn i couldn't stop it
got me stuck between the realm of boys to men
brought back a remembered joy to pen
waxing rhapsodic...I got it bad
watching her move from a figment
to the firmament of my swooning imagination
cascading down in a technicolor gown
brown skin crowned by a natural grown afro
smearing pastels and oil paints ...
foreseeable poem on my horizon
until she strutted by
epitomizing sheer poetry in slowed-motion
kaleidoscopic...damn i couldn't stop it
got me stuck between the realm of boys to men
brought back a remembered joy to pen
waxing rhapsodic...I got it bad
watching her move from a figment
to the firmament of my swooning imagination
cascading down in a technicolor gown
brown skin crowned by a natural grown afro
smearing pastels and oil paints ...
#women
#beauty
#inspirational #WritingPoetry
#inspirational #WritingPoetry
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Ever-changing
Strength
You are enough you always were , and always will be, you were just a heart block trying to contort yourself into a square hole . giving the wrong people far too much ammo , and then acting surprised when they shot you square in the chest. Living truly becomes worth it when you stop trying to fit where you don't belong .I am so proud of you .Look how far you have come my dear , color now dances across your cheeks , life flows through your veins. You are so healthy now my love . That scared 90 pound ghost is no longer you , with bleeding veins , aching bones and empty eyes ....
You are enough you always were , and always will be, you were just a heart block trying to contort yourself into a square hole . giving the wrong people far too much ammo , and then acting surprised when they shot you square in the chest. Living truly becomes worth it when you stop trying to fit where you don't belong .I am so proud of you .Look how far you have come my dear , color now dances across your cheeks , life flows through your veins. You are so healthy now my love . That scared 90 pound ghost is no longer you , with bleeding veins , aching bones and empty eyes ....
#strength
#hope
#courage
#gratitude
#redemption
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Verity
Twas a wear'in O the green and gold
upon Saint Patty's Day
that broke me old thought process mold
on nature and fair play
for when an ancient truth be told,
as then as well as now,
ya blow a breath both sweet and bold
as manners will allow.
Cuz after that it's off your back,
that duty to the truth,
and you can get your life on track
to never be uncouth...
since couth becomes its own reward,
(and ladies dig it too),
which even paupers can afford...
when they're not sniffing glue!
upon Saint Patty's Day
that broke me old thought process mold
on nature and fair play
for when an ancient truth be told,
as then as well as now,
ya blow a breath both sweet and bold
as manners will allow.
Cuz after that it's off your back,
that duty to the truth,
and you can get your life on track
to never be uncouth...
since couth becomes its own reward,
(and ladies dig it too),
which even paupers can afford...
when they're not sniffing glue!
#happiness
#hope
#courage #redemption
#courage #redemption
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Keep Moving
it is OK to start badly.
it is OK to improve in increments.
every ideal is a judge.
something to aspire to.
listen to that judge.
move forward. transform.
stop expecting to be
at that ideal right away.
appreciate your self
right here, right now.
appreciate
wherever you are in the journey.
accept
however many faults there may be.
surrender
to the journey rather than the expectation.
then,
the judge is not so harsh.
you don’t have to reach the goal. ...
it is OK to improve in increments.
every ideal is a judge.
something to aspire to.
listen to that judge.
move forward. transform.
stop expecting to be
at that ideal right away.
appreciate your self
right here, right now.
appreciate
wherever you are in the journey.
accept
however many faults there may be.
surrender
to the journey rather than the expectation.
then,
the judge is not so harsh.
you don’t have to reach the goal. ...
#motivational
#LifeGoals
#SelfDiscovery
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