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.
EdibleWords
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:11pm
Yesterday 10:11pm
Medicine Chest (on the fruitility of poetry)
In the cool cellar here
fermented select words
like fine whine
Poured from stingy bottles
uncorked for your eyes
finally
Might be mistaken
for actual guiser
Illusion
When instead
they are blood read
medicine fountains
only poured out
seasonally
These are great fruit
crazy winter wonders
mere servings
Finding sun
in sour squeezes
by the glass
at the underground bar
fermented select words
like fine whine
Poured from stingy bottles
uncorked for your eyes
finally
Might be mistaken
for actual guiser
Illusion
When instead
they are blood read
medicine fountains
only poured out
seasonally
These are great fruit
crazy winter wonders
mere servings
Finding sun
in sour squeezes
by the glass
at the underground bar
#WritingPoetry
8 reads
5 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:01pm
Yesterday 10:01pm
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Feet follow the way to heaven
I pace the holy path
suspended on bridge
each footstep a sacred journey
The Pacific Ocean a palette of blue
San Francisco bay an azure Mediterranean dream
with boats churning froth
in dizzying cosmic panorama
Carl Sagan’s cosmos theme music
plays in my mind
My place in the cosmos
a pearl of consciousness
absorbing atoms strung together
in sea and sky
I am perched on the ladder of evolution
like a frog on a lily pad
suspended over cold...
Feet follow the way to heaven
I pace the holy path
suspended on bridge
each footstep a sacred journey
The Pacific Ocean a palette of blue
San Francisco bay an azure Mediterranean dream
with boats churning froth
in dizzying cosmic panorama
Carl Sagan’s cosmos theme music
plays in my mind
My place in the cosmos
a pearl of consciousness
absorbing atoms strung together
in sea and sky
I am perched on the ladder of evolution
like a frog on a lily pad
suspended over cold...
#happiness
#city
#sea
#sky
#music
8 reads
4 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:38pm
Yesterday 6:38pm
firmament
wounded by my pride
looking up i see the sky
calling me from my predicament
beyond the bounds of the firmament
earth’s deadly scars are impermanent
for those redeemed by the sacrament
Jah-Jah children cannot die
death's been crucified
© Copyright 2020 January 22
looking up i see the sky
calling me from my predicament
beyond the bounds of the firmament
earth’s deadly scars are impermanent
for those redeemed by the sacrament
Jah-Jah children cannot die
death's been crucified
© Copyright 2020 January 22
#death
#earth
#universe
#sky
#heaven
9 reads
3 Comments
David_Macleod
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:47pm
Yesterday 4:47pm
The Need To Be A Warrior
This was inspired by Missy, Angelique, Ragnar and Lagertha
Daily we rise and grind
Despite the rage inside our mind
Living in a world full of craziness
Despite our temptation to laziness
To ourself, we have lied
Inertia could be justified
I am the problem is my conclusion
But I am also the solution
Listen carefully to your head voice
Your mood is a personal choice
Meditate and catch the wind
In your choice, our hope is pinned
Failure to choose
Is planning to lose
Try to be proactive
Rather than...
Daily we rise and grind
Despite the rage inside our mind
Living in a world full of craziness
Despite our temptation to laziness
To ourself, we have lied
Inertia could be justified
I am the problem is my conclusion
But I am also the solution
Listen carefully to your head voice
Your mood is a personal choice
Meditate and catch the wind
In your choice, our hope is pinned
Failure to choose
Is planning to lose
Try to be proactive
Rather than...
#love
#hope
#uplifting #CallToAction
#uplifting #CallToAction
22 reads
4 Comments
BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:38am
Yesterday 6:38am
Gentle despair
The dandelion was once a flower beloved
But now widely considered an annoying weed
Dandelions grow and grow and grow
They can survive anywhere it seems
From the soil in the cracks of trees
To the soil lining sidewalks and streets
Yellow, bright and daring the world to see
That it can survive whatever is thrown at it
Dandelions don't go down without a fight
You can pour your chemicals, vinegars and salt on them
Dance around them; even scream a chant,
But dandelions will never bend to our will
Our youth assign magic to those plants ...
But now widely considered an annoying weed
Dandelions grow and grow and grow
They can survive anywhere it seems
From the soil in the cracks of trees
To the soil lining sidewalks and streets
Yellow, bright and daring the world to see
That it can survive whatever is thrown at it
Dandelions don't go down without a fight
You can pour your chemicals, vinegars and salt on them
Dance around them; even scream a chant,
But dandelions will never bend to our will
Our youth assign magic to those plants ...
#hope
#motivational
#inspirational
#TimeHeals
#redemption
17 reads
1 Comment
Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:03am
Yesterday 5:03am
Music Met Madness
callous crest grows
into crumbling crescendoes
lost bounty balance
to moaning coda
wielding wanky melody -
smoldering mystic symmetry
punctured contractions pianissimo
bleeding concerto grosso
drowning dainty diapason
sour lyrics smirks
squashing salient thirst
jumpy jazz jerks
music met madness
turbulent twain wedded.
'20:01:22:05:25
Note: Dedicated to artiste like Nigerian Naira Marley, who fixes shits into beats in the name of music.
into crumbling crescendoes
lost bounty balance
to moaning coda
wielding wanky melody -
smoldering mystic symmetry
punctured contractions pianissimo
bleeding concerto grosso
drowning dainty diapason
sour lyrics smirks
squashing salient thirst
jumpy jazz jerks
music met madness
turbulent twain wedded.
'20:01:22:05:25
Note: Dedicated to artiste like Nigerian Naira Marley, who fixes shits into beats in the name of music.
#dark
#confusion
12 reads
0 Comments
Didi3d
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 6:25pm
21st Jan 2020 6:25pm
Bread on the table
A hollow poem
Words hesitating
Your name encrusted
on the ceiling of my soul
bread on the table
Crumbs of memory
jam without flies ...
... it must be sweet to love you
a trace of smoke
Sketching the chimney
twigs in the wind
leaving my hand
A tender poem
as grain and wine
Human, humanist
Far from my sad days
Words hesitating
Your name encrusted
on the ceiling of my soul
bread on the table
Crumbs of memory
jam without flies ...
... it must be sweet to love you
a trace of smoke
Sketching the chimney
twigs in the wind
leaving my hand
A tender poem
as grain and wine
Human, humanist
Far from my sad days
#happiness
#lust
#beauty
#honesty
#crush
37 reads
8 Comments
MJ-SWIM
M.J S.W.I.M
M.J S.W.I.M
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 3:48pm
21st Jan 2020 3:48pm
The natural magesty
I remember when we used to walk
And you would tell me about the rocks
The trees, the shrubs, the moss and such
What you can eat and what not to touch
And I remember my first choke cherry
The bitter taste of a sharp-pitted berry
So too do I remember heaps of wild mint
The astringent scent in little hints
And teaching me to collect dry greens
Along with many legumes and beans
I miss our walks and I miss our talks
But that's okay, I still love you mom.
And you would tell me about the rocks
The trees, the shrubs, the moss and such
What you can eat and what not to touch
And I remember my first choke cherry
The bitter taste of a sharp-pitted berry
So too do I remember heaps of wild mint
The astringent scent in little hints
And teaching me to collect dry greens
Along with many legumes and beans
I miss our walks and I miss our talks
But that's okay, I still love you mom.
#family
#nature
12 reads
0 Comments
MalcolmJThePoet
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 3:09pm
21st Jan 2020 3:09pm
I Will Keep My Faith
Break me free of these chains
I will rise again from these ashes
Set me free
I will keep my faith to believe
Relieve me of this pain I am in
Saved me from my sins
Im tired of losing
I am ready to win
I have been through so much
And my good still ain't enough
If you don't believe in me
No problem I won't beg you
I will keep my faith to believe
I won't give up hope
I will stand to my feet
I will fall 7 times get up 8
I will keep my faith
I will grow stronger
As I yearn for your love ...
I will rise again from these ashes
Set me free
I will keep my faith to believe
Relieve me of this pain I am in
Saved me from my sins
Im tired of losing
I am ready to win
I have been through so much
And my good still ain't enough
If you don't believe in me
No problem I won't beg you
I will keep my faith to believe
I won't give up hope
I will stand to my feet
I will fall 7 times get up 8
I will keep my faith
I will grow stronger
As I yearn for your love ...
#strength
#Christian
#LifeChangingMoment
#uplifting
#healing
15 reads
1 Comment
EdibleWords
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 2:44pm
21st Jan 2020 2:44pm
Dances With Pain
Too damn shy before
to dance for observers
Like an unlucky moth
alone - a light I circle
Not for others happily
stepping on me with
tough leather soles
But for soothing pain
shooting through
the gaping holes
learning to float
my hips like a ghost
beheading the stiff rapport
between head and shoulders
letting my arms ride the grief
rolling through my heart
like waves over boulders
this way and that
losing my ego ...
to dance for observers
Like an unlucky moth
alone - a light I circle
Not for others happily
stepping on me with
tough leather soles
But for soothing pain
shooting through
the gaping holes
learning to float
my hips like a ghost
beheading the stiff rapport
between head and shoulders
letting my arms ride the grief
rolling through my heart
like waves over boulders
this way and that
losing my ego ...
#LifeStruggles
#rebirth
31 reads
7 Comments
EdibleWords
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 8:44am
21st Jan 2020 8:44am
Bare Grins - Ultimate Poet Survival Guide
Wild and formidable
natural poetry in its
Underground habitat
gives some social climates fits
Of survival guide tools
for desperate poets
exactly right for you fools
I've answers...
....don't you know it!
Firstly,
I'm no hypocrite
My scenes represent
exactly, reality
even when giving lessons
for surviving flash inkspiration
flooding da Nile
Second
I'm a
pro-fool-shine-hole
...not a professional ...
natural poetry in its
Underground habitat
gives some social climates fits
Of survival guide tools
for desperate poets
exactly right for you fools
I've answers...
....don't you know it!
Firstly,
I'm no hypocrite
My scenes represent
exactly, reality
even when giving lessons
for surviving flash inkspiration
flooding da Nile
Second
I'm a
pro-fool-shine-hole
...not a professional ...
#courage
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter #WritingPoetry
#LifeAsAWriter #WritingPoetry
25 reads
16 Comments
Spikehipwell
Mike Hipwell
Mike Hipwell
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 6:23am
21st Jan 2020 6:23am
Running girl
As rhythmic as the break of day
The brown eyed girl runs clean away
Pounding pavements in her mind
She now can leave her cares behind
Fabletics on her muscled form
For eating up the miles she’s born
Now upon the open road
She gently casts off all her load
She feels the wind upon her cheeks
Enjoys the freedom that she seeks
Free to choose which way to go
No one there to tell her no
She sets off on a different track
Not knowing if it takes her back
Or forwards , as soon as she leaves the safe path
The trees now...
The brown eyed girl runs clean away
Pounding pavements in her mind
She now can leave her cares behind
Fabletics on her muscled form
For eating up the miles she’s born
Now upon the open road
She gently casts off all her load
She feels the wind upon her cheeks
Enjoys the freedom that she seeks
Free to choose which way to go
No one there to tell her no
She sets off on a different track
Not knowing if it takes her back
Or forwards , as soon as she leaves the safe path
The trees now...
#dreams
18 reads
4 Comments
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