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.
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Silvia
Silvia
Poem Published
Today 2:03am
Today 2:03am
Conquest of Dirt
Yell through the shotgun
and all that bellows
the flash of life between
the roots. Decomposing
burrow, brows on fleek,
despite the honest nest.
Flight like a blast.
Tell that smoked out
hunk, fog, and black
cloud that make
you go insane, that blur
your tongue and taste.
Let ‘em know
you didn’t ride here
to put on a show, or fuck
around, or break, or howl.
Whisper to them crooked
rocks, pointed moons
striking stars out.
Tell ‘em all
you never came
to stand back
and watch them ...
and all that bellows
the flash of life between
the roots. Decomposing
burrow, brows on fleek,
despite the honest nest.
Flight like a blast.
Tell that smoked out
hunk, fog, and black
cloud that make
you go insane, that blur
your tongue and taste.
Let ‘em know
you didn’t ride here
to put on a show, or fuck
around, or break, or howl.
Whisper to them crooked
rocks, pointed moons
striking stars out.
Tell ‘em all
you never came
to stand back
and watch them ...
#courage
#respect
#SelfWorth
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1 Comment
missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:08pm
Yesterday 6:08pm
ManIQ Woman
A scientist, in future years to come
Invents a pill, for one's intelligence to enhance
A pill of many powers, sold at a pricey sum
To those of lesser intelligence, willing to take a chance
The first to take this pill
To improve his IQ fast
Leaves happily, after paying his bill
Now twice as clever at last!
The next client, makes his way in
Wishing to improve his IQ by ten
The scientist states it is no problem, nor a sin
Simply pop the pill into your mouth, and you'll be the brainiest of men!
Shortly, a third man...
Invents a pill, for one's intelligence to enhance
A pill of many powers, sold at a pricey sum
To those of lesser intelligence, willing to take a chance
The first to take this pill
To improve his IQ fast
Leaves happily, after paying his bill
Now twice as clever at last!
The next client, makes his way in
Wishing to improve his IQ by ten
The scientist states it is no problem, nor a sin
Simply pop the pill into your mouth, and you'll be the brainiest of men!
Shortly, a third man...
#women
#funny
#ignorance #masculinity
#ignorance #masculinity
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Vamps
ReVamps
ReVamps
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:43pm
Yesterday 5:43pm
human
I've seen the passing of a thousand souls
Walked the bridges to a thousand roads
Made a friend upon the hills of old
Felt the touch of the wind and the cold
In recollecting of the ones I've seen
Too hurt and broken to live a new dream
An empty bottle in the hope-less line
Running on broken loves songs, all
out of time
I bought a new bag to keep myself in
To hide away all my filth and my sin
Caught in the past, un-found again
Dried up and washed up with some
pills and a friend
Wretched times...
Walked the bridges to a thousand roads
Made a friend upon the hills of old
Felt the touch of the wind and the cold
In recollecting of the ones I've seen
Too hurt and broken to live a new dream
An empty bottle in the hope-less line
Running on broken loves songs, all
out of time
I bought a new bag to keep myself in
To hide away all my filth and my sin
Caught in the past, un-found again
Dried up and washed up with some
pills and a friend
Wretched times...
#happiness
#love
#LifeStruggles
#suicide
#humankind
29 reads
1 Comment
Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:41pm
Yesterday 5:41pm
SVV (Deux)
bank not integrity on a man in penury's bed
for he'd borrow quaking qualities penury lends
if wanky wealth wakes him hither,
rustic rhymes of his attributes is better
give not what you scarcely have
nocturnal nature weeps over hampered halves
love by meagre mind, clasp caution's crest
when love outruns wielded wits, there's moaning mess
sometimes, lanky loves loans you to sassy sky
at felon fall, he's merging massive mile
matchmakers and takers are bruised baits
only a gullible giver makes munchy name
...
for he'd borrow quaking qualities penury lends
if wanky wealth wakes him hither,
rustic rhymes of his attributes is better
give not what you scarcely have
nocturnal nature weeps over hampered halves
love by meagre mind, clasp caution's crest
when love outruns wielded wits, there's moaning mess
sometimes, lanky loves loans you to sassy sky
at felon fall, he's merging massive mile
matchmakers and takers are bruised baits
only a gullible giver makes munchy name
...
#philosophical
#morality
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MJ-SWIM
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:26pm
Yesterday 5:26pm
Like a western
Camel's so smooth
Chewing and spitting seeds
In the Laramie out Montana way
Got the boys, heading to the ranch
Gonna' pick us up a pool table
No purpose to the stories we tell
Like rangers by a piñon fire
No boots and no hats
But the cigarettes burn the same
Nothing but sagebrush and russian olives
Anywhere we look
It all burns the same in July
But as long as California is you'll never hear it in the news
Chewing and spitting seeds
In the Laramie out Montana way
Got the boys, heading to the ranch
Gonna' pick us up a pool table
No purpose to the stories we tell
Like rangers by a piñon fire
No boots and no hats
But the cigarettes burn the same
Nothing but sagebrush and russian olives
Anywhere we look
It all burns the same in July
But as long as California is you'll never hear it in the news
#friendship
#home
#dialogue
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BenJohnson
Darth Brooks
Darth Brooks
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:56am
Yesterday 11:56am
Gibraltar
I’m alive
To be
I realized this
between two continents
Surrounded by thousands
of people I lived with
Everyone smiling,
taking pictures together
The Land on both sides
had been ruled by more lords
than I will have in my life
Now it is ruled in three
The mist rules the mountains
with windmill servants
scattered about
Buildings rule the coastlines
sending out vassals to
do their bidding and feed their flock
We rule in the center
Transient as our...
To be
I realized this
between two continents
Surrounded by thousands
of people I lived with
Everyone smiling,
taking pictures together
The Land on both sides
had been ruled by more lords
than I will have in my life
Now it is ruled in three
The mist rules the mountains
with windmill servants
scattered about
Buildings rule the coastlines
sending out vassals to
do their bidding and feed their flock
We rule in the center
Transient as our...
#happiness
#memories
#LifeChangingMoment
#uplifting
#SelfReflection
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MsMidnightXXX
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:06am
Yesterday 8:06am
Mask
When a new born has come to life the first word we say is beautful,
We grow & were infant we start to learn about being distant,
We hear how beautiful & handsome we are,
We think our looks & our appearances do not get that far,
Truth is we call ourselves ugly & we keep it a secret,
Ugly is beautful & beautful is indisputable,
When you see someone who is treated differently because of their looks,
It is not a page you can flip in a book but a help from a human being giving them words of encouragment,
Secrets,...
We grow & were infant we start to learn about being distant,
We hear how beautiful & handsome we are,
We think our looks & our appearances do not get that far,
Truth is we call ourselves ugly & we keep it a secret,
Ugly is beautful & beautful is indisputable,
When you see someone who is treated differently because of their looks,
It is not a page you can flip in a book but a help from a human being giving them words of encouragment,
Secrets,...
#hope
#inspirational
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cheesa
Poem Published
25th May 2020 00:39am
25th May 2020 00:39am
Blackened blue eyes
I'll protect you
I'll catch you when you fall
Ill love you
I'll give you my all
I am youres to the core
I wont see them blue eyes blackened nomore
I am here
I'll heed you're call
I am yours
We will stand tall
I'll be youres ever more
I wont see them blue eyes blackened nomore
I'll catch you when you fall
Ill love you
I'll give you my all
I am youres to the core
I wont see them blue eyes blackened nomore
I am here
I'll heed you're call
I am yours
We will stand tall
I'll be youres ever more
I wont see them blue eyes blackened nomore
#love
#hope
#courage
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
24th May 2020 10:12pm
24th May 2020 10:12pm
Risk
Risk
#courage
#inspirational
40 reads
6 Comments
Laluma
Poem Published
24th May 2020 8:56pm
24th May 2020 8:56pm
Forging Ahead
Hard hitting
A man on a mission
The truth resonates throughout
The hard knocks that cause those falls strengthen character so that getting up is done subconsciously
The good that is in a person should not be wasted
No matter the obstacles as long as everything keeps on track
There are many who cannot appreciate what is in front of them
Getting up and not giving up never ends in a long arduous quest of living
A man on a mission
The truth resonates throughout
The hard knocks that cause those falls strengthen character so that getting up is done subconsciously
The good that is in a person should not be wasted
No matter the obstacles as long as everything keeps on track
There are many who cannot appreciate what is in front of them
Getting up and not giving up never ends in a long arduous quest of living
#courage
#motivational
#humankind
#uplifting
#determination
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Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
24th May 2020 12:57pm
24th May 2020 12:57pm
Variant Virtues Cum Vices
meagre mortal should scarce think he enjoys
for eerie enjoyment only to unborns coil:
punctured pleasure easing pain
does not sit you in leisure's taunted train
do you think you've won punctured patience?
yet you've begotten sassy sentience!
if a gaunt grape tree bears pear
what's your contention, or boar bear?
trade not lanky love with a lout
make moaning ocean her pool, she'll pout
give what'ver you love to cherish
it's better to be dead than undead, callous clips
you're described by what you do
sun is ne'er...
for eerie enjoyment only to unborns coil:
punctured pleasure easing pain
does not sit you in leisure's taunted train
do you think you've won punctured patience?
yet you've begotten sassy sentience!
if a gaunt grape tree bears pear
what's your contention, or boar bear?
trade not lanky love with a lout
make moaning ocean her pool, she'll pout
give what'ver you love to cherish
it's better to be dead than undead, callous clips
you're described by what you do
sun is ne'er...
#philosophical
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cheesa
Poem Published
24th May 2020 12:25pm
24th May 2020 12:25pm
Nothing to hide
It's not about the clothes you wear
The differant ways you style you're hair
It's not about the way you talk
Or even if you sway when you walk
It's not about who you know
Or the places you like to go
It's not about the things you've got
Or if you know more than you've forgot
It's not about you're bank account
Or even if you scream and shout
It's more about the love you show
The way you make me glow
The way you make me feel tall
You pick me up when I fall
I never feel out off place
Theres always a smile upon you're face...
The differant ways you style you're hair
It's not about the way you talk
Or even if you sway when you walk
It's not about who you know
Or the places you like to go
It's not about the things you've got
Or if you know more than you've forgot
It's not about you're bank account
Or even if you scream and shout
It's more about the love you show
The way you make me glow
The way you make me feel tall
You pick me up when I fall
I never feel out off place
Theres always a smile upon you're face...
#happiness
#gratitude
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4 Comments
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