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.
JohnnyBlaze
Poem Published
Today 2:27pm
Today 2:27pm
A poetry critiquer is
a creature of habit
dedicated
! not to be confused with a critic
a different critter altogether
altogether not there in the head !
with a duty civic;
a teacher by example
( often long winded at that
spelling it all out on a chalkboard )
patiently learning lessons ample
from each student during exam
---the most prominent being
Ego, rarely taking advice
except as an insulting slam
dedicated
! not to be confused with a critic
a different critter altogether
altogether not there in the head !
with a duty civic;
a teacher by example
( often long winded at that
spelling it all out on a chalkboard )
patiently learning lessons ample
from each student during exam
---the most prominent being
Ego, rarely taking advice
except as an insulting slam
#WritingPoetry
#learning
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Whyme
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:42pm
Yesterday 10:42pm
My Light
It's so hard to find the words
Those words that say how I feel
So much has gone before us
So much heartache
So much insecurity
So much lost
So much found
At last
So much, so much found
So much returned
So much more, slowly
Coming back
It's hard
Not yet quite there
There's a lightness
That's been absent
Like an old friend
Missing for a while
Creeping slowly back
To drive away
The darkness
That found
An unwanted home
Within these old
Bones of mine
You my love
Are...
Those words that say how I feel
So much has gone before us
So much heartache
So much insecurity
So much lost
So much found
At last
So much, so much found
So much returned
So much more, slowly
Coming back
It's hard
Not yet quite there
There's a lightness
That's been absent
Like an old friend
Missing for a while
Creeping slowly back
To drive away
The darkness
That found
An unwanted home
Within these old
Bones of mine
You my love
Are...
#love
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#gratitude
25 reads
4 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:37am
Yesterday 9:37am
the video
the video
He received a video from his distant past
he played the video to his amazement
people long since dead and forgotten
Walked, talked and danced in the street of his childhood.
Eerie it was, he knew the people he had overlooked
where on the way to the future?
Later that day, he remembered more, why had he so beastly
To the little girl age, boys do not consort with girl
he couldn’t tell that.
At night the video became a panorama of past lives
he saw a truculent boy and asked why was I like that.
He knew the answer, as...
He received a video from his distant past
he played the video to his amazement
people long since dead and forgotten
Walked, talked and danced in the street of his childhood.
Eerie it was, he knew the people he had overlooked
where on the way to the future?
Later that day, he remembered more, why had he so beastly
To the little girl age, boys do not consort with girl
he couldn’t tell that.
At night the video became a panorama of past lives
he saw a truculent boy and asked why was I like that.
He knew the answer, as...
#courage
#forgiveness
#gratitude
#admiration
#emotions
13 reads
1 Comment
Alan-S-Jeeves
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:00am
Yesterday 9:00am
Be My Compass
I am reckless, you are wise
I am feckless, you advise -
Tell me all you will...
Show me all your skill.
I am foolish, you are gifted
I am mulish, you're unscripted -
Tell me where I'm wrong...
Show me I belong.
I am worthless, you are rich
I am mirthless, you bewitch -
Tell me all you know...
Show me where to go.
I'm pragmatic, you are wary
I am static, you can vary -
Tell me your mind...
Show me your kind.
I am plain, you are sculptured
I'm arcane, you are cultured -
Tell me of...
I am feckless, you advise -
Tell me all you will...
Show me all your skill.
I am foolish, you are gifted
I am mulish, you're unscripted -
Tell me where I'm wrong...
Show me I belong.
I am worthless, you are rich
I am mirthless, you bewitch -
Tell me all you know...
Show me where to go.
I'm pragmatic, you are wary
I am static, you can vary -
Tell me your mind...
Show me your kind.
I am plain, you are sculptured
I'm arcane, you are cultured -
Tell me of...
#inspirational
#admiration
#respect
14 reads
3 Comments
bcpoet
Lawrence
Lawrence
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2021 9:36pm
3rd Dec 2021 9:36pm
Bluetooth Music
bluetooth music in the car
driving and driving ever so far
from the blue ocean lapping the shore
into the mountains which I adore
steep sides and warnings 'rocks may fall down,'
waterfalls gushing everywhere found
rain in the highlands - rivers and streams
becoming playgrounds reflecting beams
of sunlight, starshine come down to Earth
creating visions with seeming mirth
glitter and sparkle catching my eye
as over the highway an eagle does fly
bluetooth music while on the road
geomagnetic node after node
of...
driving and driving ever so far
from the blue ocean lapping the shore
into the mountains which I adore
steep sides and warnings 'rocks may fall down,'
waterfalls gushing everywhere found
rain in the highlands - rivers and streams
becoming playgrounds reflecting beams
of sunlight, starshine come down to Earth
creating visions with seeming mirth
glitter and sparkle catching my eye
as over the highway an eagle does fly
bluetooth music while on the road
geomagnetic node after node
of...
#nature
#mountains
#music
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TezNstyn
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2021 5:46pm
3rd Dec 2021 5:46pm
Many of them but few of us
Were served pies with no filling so we learn to love the crust
Doctors supplied but no healing searching for someone to trust
A floor that hides from the ceiling so a ladders not enough
The door chastised for being willing to open for the likes of us
Were seen as threats we just provided our opinions or insight
With no regrets I've barely started slaying minions of the night
No heed to death no breath departed I'm still trying to win the fight
All roads go left I'm not thwarted paved my own path to the right
Traps meant to kill we make them...
Doctors supplied but no healing searching for someone to trust
A floor that hides from the ceiling so a ladders not enough
The door chastised for being willing to open for the likes of us
Were seen as threats we just provided our opinions or insight
With no regrets I've barely started slaying minions of the night
No heed to death no breath departed I'm still trying to win the fight
All roads go left I'm not thwarted paved my own path to the right
Traps meant to kill we make them...
#courage
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1 Comment
Lament4GenX
Donovan C.
Donovan C.
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2021 5:15pm
3rd Dec 2021 5:15pm
Leslie
Life is full of pleasure
And pain as well
Sometimes you're in Heaven
Sometimes you're in hell
Everybody at some point
Gets hurt or deceived
Making us feel foolish
For what we believed
Some call it being weak
Maybe it makes you strong
To be able to endure
So much for so long
Look in the mirror
The beauty you see outside
Is the reflection
Of your beauty inside
In times when you feel
Your desires won't come true
Remember there's somebody...
And pain as well
Sometimes you're in Heaven
Sometimes you're in hell
Everybody at some point
Gets hurt or deceived
Making us feel foolish
For what we believed
Some call it being weak
Maybe it makes you strong
To be able to endure
So much for so long
Look in the mirror
The beauty you see outside
Is the reflection
Of your beauty inside
In times when you feel
Your desires won't come true
Remember there's somebody...
#happiness
#healing
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Lament4GenX
Donovan C.
Donovan C.
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2021 4:46pm
3rd Dec 2021 4:46pm
She
She's your girlfriend
Your fiancé, your wife
She's the best part of you
The meaning in your life
She's the reason you wake up
To a new days light
And the one you lay next to
Each and every night
She's your biggest fan
The one who holds your heart
She's the one who remains
When your world falls apart
She's the source of your strength
The source of your power
She's the light
In your darkest hour
She's the one you defend
The one you fight for
She's the one you cherish
And truly...
Your fiancé, your wife
She's the best part of you
The meaning in your life
She's the reason you wake up
To a new days light
And the one you lay next to
Each and every night
She's your biggest fan
The one who holds your heart
She's the one who remains
When your world falls apart
She's the source of your strength
The source of your power
She's the light
In your darkest hour
She's the one you defend
The one you fight for
She's the one you cherish
And truly...
#happiness
#love
#inspirational #admiration
#inspirational #admiration
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oskar
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2021 9:23am
3rd Dec 2021 9:23am
discovery
Discovery
If you find a rusty nail you are halfway there
all you need is cabbage, carrots and a bit of meat
Soup is ready.
Genuinely made from a rusty nail.
This is also a way to write poetry look for an idea in the darkness
and not falling over tables and chairs,
This is an unfortunate mishap that occurs when writing
my eyes are old.
I have between my thumb and index finger a cork from a bottle of wine
from this humble start, I can conjure up a cool bottle of wine.
Jesus did it once when feeding the five thousand
when all he...
If you find a rusty nail you are halfway there
all you need is cabbage, carrots and a bit of meat
Soup is ready.
Genuinely made from a rusty nail.
This is also a way to write poetry look for an idea in the darkness
and not falling over tables and chairs,
This is an unfortunate mishap that occurs when writing
my eyes are old.
I have between my thumb and index finger a cork from a bottle of wine
from this humble start, I can conjure up a cool bottle of wine.
Jesus did it once when feeding the five thousand
when all he...
#politics
#morality
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Lament4GenX
Donovan C.
Donovan C.
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2021 6:13pm
2nd Dec 2021 6:13pm
Feather
- "What am I?" he asked her. "Am I a demon, some kind of monster? For surly I was greeted by Death himself. I swear I saw his jagged grin and heard his maniacal laughter. I felt his cold, skeletal hand reach into my chest and crush my still-beating heart. Yet, here I stand, as if a dead man amongst the living.
- She placed a kiss on his forehead and spoke in a soft voice. "It is by divine intervention that you were delivered from the clutches of the grim reaper. It is not yet your time. That is dictated by our Heavenly Father. A demon you are not for you have seen the error of...
- She placed a kiss on his forehead and spoke in a soft voice. "It is by divine intervention that you were delivered from the clutches of the grim reaper. It is not yet your time. That is dictated by our Heavenly Father. A demon you are not for you have seen the error of...
#faith
#redemption
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missjem56
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2021 1:38pm
2nd Dec 2021 1:38pm
The Genzing Gardens Pip
One day
When a small seed
Has grown
Maybe twenty, to thirty years from now
A future Isaac Newton
Perhaps, somehow
Will wander
Within a small park
For a lark
And admire the array
Of flowering nature
And blossoming trees
On display, resplendent in their beauty
Whilst pondering
On scientific thingies
Looking for
Just that one moment
Of true inspiration
The Spring
Becomes Summer
Summer turns to Autumn
And still
The ignition key of inspiration
Lies dormant ...
When a small seed
Has grown
Maybe twenty, to thirty years from now
A future Isaac Newton
Perhaps, somehow
Will wander
Within a small park
For a lark
And admire the array
Of flowering nature
And blossoming trees
On display, resplendent in their beauty
Whilst pondering
On scientific thingies
Looking for
Just that one moment
Of true inspiration
The Spring
Becomes Summer
Summer turns to Autumn
And still
The ignition key of inspiration
Lies dormant ...
#trees
#nature
#funny #philosophical
#funny #philosophical
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oskar
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2021 1:05pm
2nd Dec 2021 1:05pm
silk road
In Kashagan
The silk road begins
I bought
An apricot
From a woman
wearing
A red shawl
Over her black hair.
A yellow dress
She was stunning.
Kashagan
Has the biggest
Outdoor market
In the world
Europe is puny
And far away.
A new silk road
Is being
Constructed
Pipelines and trains
Expanding trade.
that is ok
as long
as they sell apricots
The silk road begins
I bought
An apricot
From a woman
wearing
A red shawl
Over her black hair.
A yellow dress
She was stunning.
Kashagan
Has the biggest
Outdoor market
In the world
Europe is puny
And far away.
A new silk road
Is being
Constructed
Pipelines and trains
Expanding trade.
that is ok
as long
as they sell apricots
#marriage
#death
#birthday
#anniversary
#pregnancy
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