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.
TheOralizer
Poem Published
Today 1:42pm
Today 1:42pm
IT'S THE BEGINING, NOT THE ENDING
Life and the University
of Hard Knocks has
a never ending curricula
for every life. Sometimes,
most of the time, we
are more interested in
the final grade than in
the beginning, newness,
and adventure of a
new subject. Today's
report card is what matters;
it's now--present reality.
Let's share some new beginnings
at the KISSING PLACE.
Forget past failures.
NOW is our NOW!!!!
of Hard Knocks has
a never ending curricula
for every life. Sometimes,
most of the time, we
are more interested in
the final grade than in
the beginning, newness,
and adventure of a
new subject. Today's
report card is what matters;
it's now--present reality.
Let's share some new beginnings
at the KISSING PLACE.
Forget past failures.
NOW is our NOW!!!!
#love
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational
#gratitude
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1 Comment
TheOralizer
Poem Published
Today 1:08pm
Today 1:08pm
WAS MARCUS RIGHT?
Marcus Aurelius in an
ancient flow of rich
philosophical wisdom
said:
"It is disgraceful
for the soul
to give up
when the body
is still going
strong."
I choose to believe
Marcus was right.
That's why I
love meeting YOU
at the KISSING PLACE.
ancient flow of rich
philosophical wisdom
said:
"It is disgraceful
for the soul
to give up
when the body
is still going
strong."
I choose to believe
Marcus was right.
That's why I
love meeting YOU
at the KISSING PLACE.
#strength
#hope
#motivational
#inspirational
#admiration
26 reads
2 Comments
RandallWritesMN
Randall O
Randall O
Poem Published
Today 11:16am
Today 11:16am
A Call To The Reaper. A Reminder To My People.
Reaper come take me
but not too soon
because I love who I'm growing into
Yeah I misspell
and set stanzas askew
but I don't envy any of you
Because the words slip out
from under my fingernails
and my thumbs blaze their own trails
Living on uncommon hope
surviving on dimes
putting my life together three lines at a time
When everything is breaking
the simplest rhymes persist
I need you as much as you need this
And if you don't need this at all
I still need you to know
it's okay to...
but not too soon
because I love who I'm growing into
Yeah I misspell
and set stanzas askew
but I don't envy any of you
Because the words slip out
from under my fingernails
and my thumbs blaze their own trails
Living on uncommon hope
surviving on dimes
putting my life together three lines at a time
When everything is breaking
the simplest rhymes persist
I need you as much as you need this
And if you don't need this at all
I still need you to know
it's okay to...
#hope
#death
#inspirational
20 reads
1 Comment
bcpoet
Lawrence
Lawrence
Poem Published
Today 4:47am
Today 4:47am
It Doesn't Matter
into the future from the past
the tightrope of present seeming to last
forever and always breathing in air
carbon dioxide expelled which we share
with everything growing in the ground
making a gentle rustling sound
wind tiptoeing through the trees
invisibly coming, unseen it then flees
teetering, tottering, staying afloat
up and down like in a small boat
on a deep ocean where time disappears
as well as sorrow and all of our fears -
what is to come has not yet arrived
what was has gone still we have survived ...
the tightrope of present seeming to last
forever and always breathing in air
carbon dioxide expelled which we share
with everything growing in the ground
making a gentle rustling sound
wind tiptoeing through the trees
invisibly coming, unseen it then flees
teetering, tottering, staying afloat
up and down like in a small boat
on a deep ocean where time disappears
as well as sorrow and all of our fears -
what is to come has not yet arrived
what was has gone still we have survived ...
#death
#inspirational
#uplifting
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1 Comment
RandallWritesMN
Randall O
Randall O
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:51pm
Yesterday 11:51pm
An Uncommon Hope
We find strength in numbers
we build castles out of crushed earth
This is all we know
we live on uncommon hope
Masons and warriors all the same
we run life's absurd race
until we break
then we stitch eachother back up again
Vision locked on good for goodness sake
we have what it takes to weather the hurricane
Stand with me now?
Because a life lived together is a life that's free of doubt
Set your gaze toward the primal and raw
and know that pride must cometh before the fall
you may succeed alone
but...
we build castles out of crushed earth
This is all we know
we live on uncommon hope
Masons and warriors all the same
we run life's absurd race
until we break
then we stitch eachother back up again
Vision locked on good for goodness sake
we have what it takes to weather the hurricane
Stand with me now?
Because a life lived together is a life that's free of doubt
Set your gaze toward the primal and raw
and know that pride must cometh before the fall
you may succeed alone
but...
#strength
#hope
#relationships
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ajay
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:28pm
Yesterday 10:28pm
Rip It Up And Start Again
As I've now been a member of DU
for a period of one week exactly
I thought it was about time I posted a poem
in case a person (dear soul!)
should think I was not a poet at all
and had perhaps strayed onto this site
by mistake while looking for a supplier
of agricultural feedstuffs, a notion which
I can assure that person is avowedly
not the case, since I have never bought
a sack of agricultural feedstuff at any time
in my long and generally happy life,
your honour, but would, of course have...
for a period of one week exactly
I thought it was about time I posted a poem
in case a person (dear soul!)
should think I was not a poet at all
and had perhaps strayed onto this site
by mistake while looking for a supplier
of agricultural feedstuffs, a notion which
I can assure that person is avowedly
not the case, since I have never bought
a sack of agricultural feedstuff at any time
in my long and generally happy life,
your honour, but would, of course have...
#WritingPoetry
39 reads
6 Comments
Survi
Survi Sinha
Survi Sinha
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:41pm
Yesterday 8:41pm
The Ballad of Girls' Education and Liberation in India
In India, the land of diverse hues,
Where cultures and traditions fuse,
Girls are born with a label on their heads,
A label of backwardness and dread.
The patriarchy has been a long-standing curse,
A burden on girls, it's only getting worse,
Education, a right of every child,
Denied to girls, with reasons so wild.
Parents want to marry them off early,
Education, they say, won't benefit them truly,
Girls' dreams are suppressed under societal pressure,
Their potential wasted, what a disastrous measure!
The society...
Where cultures and traditions fuse,
Girls are born with a label on their heads,
A label of backwardness and dread.
The patriarchy has been a long-standing curse,
A burden on girls, it's only getting worse,
Education, a right of every child,
Denied to girls, with reasons so wild.
Parents want to marry them off early,
Education, they say, won't benefit them truly,
Girls' dreams are suppressed under societal pressure,
Their potential wasted, what a disastrous measure!
The society...
#strength
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#determination
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adagio
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:17pm
Yesterday 4:17pm
Prayers In The Abbey
From Cliffs Notes, prayers in the abbey
with the abundance of acorns caps
dripping the dew of dawn's pekoe
surrounded by shadows in dreams
in its spivvy of nature's greenery
touched by the monks of tall trees
as the scent shaker falls the leaves
with the shadow of the rising
giving homely to nature
and the Bonsai
with the abundance of acorns caps
dripping the dew of dawn's pekoe
surrounded by shadows in dreams
in its spivvy of nature's greenery
touched by the monks of tall trees
as the scent shaker falls the leaves
with the shadow of the rising
giving homely to nature
and the Bonsai
#nature
#philosophical
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Her
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:40pm
Yesterday 2:40pm
Adonis in a Wet Suit
I watched him emerge from the ocean
Water cascading from closed lids and open mouth
To behold such virility!
Truly my treasure found
The heavens smiled upon me
As this beautiful creature ambled in my direction
His gait slow and determined
My breath hushed
Voice lost, I trembled
My revered silence a reflection of my desire
He was the dessert I never knew I missed
Languishing in his deep caramel eyes
I floated on fantasies
A once in a lifetime bliss
Our gazes locked as he walked past
And into her waiting arms ...
Water cascading from closed lids and open mouth
To behold such virility!
Truly my treasure found
The heavens smiled upon me
As this beautiful creature ambled in my direction
His gait slow and determined
My breath hushed
Voice lost, I trembled
My revered silence a reflection of my desire
He was the dessert I never knew I missed
Languishing in his deep caramel eyes
I floated on fantasies
A once in a lifetime bliss
Our gazes locked as he walked past
And into her waiting arms ...
#strength
#hope
#breakup #admiration
#breakup #admiration
43 reads
2 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:53pm
Yesterday 12:53pm
Surrounded by Love
Many years together
In the middle of the night
Between hot flashes
Trips to the bathroom
Dog snoring and shaking
A quiet snuggle with her
Last night as many nights
I called her my flower
Last night she said
"I love being your flower"
Then somehow we both fell out
Sleep is a luxury
As is our love
In the middle of the night
Between hot flashes
Trips to the bathroom
Dog snoring and shaking
A quiet snuggle with her
Last night as many nights
I called her my flower
Last night she said
"I love being your flower"
Then somehow we both fell out
Sleep is a luxury
As is our love
#love
#marriage
#dogs
#flowers
#sleep
81 reads
35 Comments
dimpy
dimpsmoon
dimpsmoon
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:31am
Yesterday 10:31am
Innocence of flowers
Morning comes,
the sun rises
and the black sky
turns bluish n white.
and the twinkling stars
of the sky,
comes to the earth
and turns into
the beautiful flowers.
they become guests
of the world of butterflies
and make the surrounding
world fragrant
they are companions
of young age
but keep laughing
whole life
they adorns the nature
and bows down
at the feet of the Lord
they get excited by
the touch of a light breeze
and never they complain
even when a fierce storm...
the sun rises
and the black sky
turns bluish n white.
and the twinkling stars
of the sky,
comes to the earth
and turns into
the beautiful flowers.
they become guests
of the world of butterflies
and make the surrounding
world fragrant
they are companions
of young age
but keep laughing
whole life
they adorns the nature
and bows down
at the feet of the Lord
they get excited by
the touch of a light breeze
and never they complain
even when a fierce storm...
#love
#flowers
#nature
55 reads
15 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:01am
Yesterday 9:01am
pHeNoMeNa
"But in the end one needs more courage to live
than to kill himself." - Albert Camus
i.
a caterpillar eats itself,
and turns into a butterfly;
worms thus transformed, fresh from death's shelf,
seeds of new prospects magnify.
II.
sweet though the honey, not the sting,
to man or beast or honeybee;
the venom that comes ripe on wing
kills its dispenser who bites thee.
iii.
impales the thornbird's throbbing breast
upon its thorn, deep in the woods,
and trembles sweet with birdsong zest ...
than to kill himself." - Albert Camus
i.
a caterpillar eats itself,
and turns into a butterfly;
worms thus transformed, fresh from death's shelf,
seeds of new prospects magnify.
II.
sweet though the honey, not the sting,
to man or beast or honeybee;
the venom that comes ripe on wing
kills its dispenser who bites thee.
iii.
impales the thornbird's throbbing breast
upon its thorn, deep in the woods,
and trembles sweet with birdsong zest ...
#strength
#courage
#motivational #inspirational
#motivational #inspirational
27 reads
2 Comments
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