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5 Positive poems about life

5 positive poems about life

As difficult as it might sound, life is and can be full of positivity. Irrespective of how difficult things might seem, there’s always something to be positive about. Poems about life and love make us understand and realize that life is not all doom and gloom. Yes, there's joy and great moments can be experienced if only we can find the mental strength to overcome adversity.

Below are some famous poems about life, because we believe in the power of positive poetry to both heal, inspire and most importantly appreciate life... Enjoy.





It’s really up to you

By Shelagh Bullman


The key to happiness is all inside you. Shelagh Bullman’s uplifting and soul-searching poem makes us realize that it only takes making an effort no matter how small…. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.


One word can start a friendship,

One kiss a love affair,

One smile can bring you laughter,

One hug can show you care,

One wave of the hand can say hello,

One tear can make you cry,

One gentle touch can warm a heart,

One dream can make you fly,

One song can bring back memories,

One thought sees brighter days,

One wish can bring a colorful rainbow,

One good deed can bring you praise,

One moon can light your darkness,

One star can guide your soul,

One step will start each journey,

One hope to make your goal,

One hand to hold in friendship,

One heart that’s kind and true,

One love… one friend is all you need,

It’s really all you need.










Character of the Happy Warrior

By William Wordsworth



This piece was composed by William Wordsworth for Lord Nelson, who was a leader in the Napoleonic Wars. While the poem refers to war, the metaphors are applicable for all battles in our daily lives. The happy warrior is an idealist. He is basically who you are meant to be. A person who is able to take on challenges with a smile always on his face.


Who, doomed to go in company with Pain,

And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!

Turns his necessity to glorious gain;

In the face of these doth exercise a power

Which is our human nature’s highest dower:

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves

Of their bad influence, and their good receives:

By objects, which might force the soul to abate

Her feeling, rendered more compassionate;

Is placable—because occasions rise

So often that demand such sacrifice;








Embracing All

Author Unknown

Embracing All speaks about self-discovery. It makes us realize that the key to being a better person lies in us. Even our weaknesses can be harnessed into something positive.


Light that lies deep inside of me
Come forth in all thy majesty
Show me thy gaze
Teach me thy ways
That I a better person may be

Darkness that lies deep inside of me
Come forth in all thy mystery
Show me thy gaze
Teach me thy ways
That I a better person may be

Love that lies deep inside of me
Come forth in all thy unity
Let me be thy gaze
Let me teach thy ways
That I a better person may be










Dreams

By Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was an African American political activist. His poetry was influenced and often highly reflective of his struggles with racism in 20th century America. Dreams showcase Hughes ability to be optimistic, even in a very tough situation economically and culturally.


Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.








The Guest House

By Rumi

Rumi is considered to be one of the greatest poets of all time. The 12th-century Persian poet has deep roots in Sufi Mysticism, with much of his poetry exploring his close spiritual relationship with God. This inspirational piece contains timeless wisdom, and helps us seen how our thoughts and emotions are visitors, and how we may objectify them, love them, and allow them to pass.



This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness.

Some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

Who violently sweep your house

Empty of its furniture,

Still, treat each guest honourably,

He may be clearing you out

For some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

Meet them at the door laughing,

And invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

Because each has been sent

As a guide from beyond.



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Amazing Love Poems For You


From the beginning of time love has been in the air, unifying distinct souls with a loving heart together. Love is a beautiful feeling that electrifies the soul of a lover and causes him or her to whisper sweet words to their lover. It is the spice of  life on which genuine relationship is established. Love inspires, it creates an environment to explore the amazing qualities of your lover.
Here is a list of amazing love poems to keep that love feeling of yours burning continually


Since There’s No Help
Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part;
Nay, I have done, you get no more of me,
And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart
That thus so cleanly I myself can free;
Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows,
And when we meet at any time again,
Be it not seen in either of our brows
That we one jot of former love retain.
Now at the last gasp of Love’s latest breath,
When, his pulse failing, Passion speechless lies,
When Faith is kneeling by his bed of death,
And Innocence is closing up his eyes,
Now if thou wouldst, when all have given him over,
From death to life thou might him yet recover.

By : Michael Drayton



Poem for My Love  
How do we come to be here next to each other   in the night
Where are the stars that show us to our love  inevitable
Outside the leaves flame usual in darkness and the rain
falls cool and blessed on the holy flesh   
the black men waiting on the corner for   
a womanly mirage
I am amazed by peace
It is this possibility of you asleep
and breathing in the quiet air

By: June Jordan


Love Is More Thicker Than Forget
 Love is more thicker than forget
More thinner than recall
More seldom than a wave is wet
More frequent than to fail

It is most mad and  moonly
And less it shall unbe
Than all the sea which only
Is deeper than the sea

Love is less always than to win
Less never than alive
Less bigger than the least begin
Less littler than forgive

It is most sane and sunly
And more it cannot die
Than all the sky which only
Is higher than the sky

By: E.E Cummings




Love and Friendship
Love is like the wild rose-briar, 
Friendship like the holly-tree— 
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms 
But which will bloom most constantly? 
  
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, 
Its summer blossoms scent the air; 
Yet wait till winter comes again 
And who will call the wild-briar fair? 

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now 
And deck thee with the holly’s sheen, 
That when December blights thy brow 
He still may leave thy garland green. 

By: Emily Bronte



How Do I Love Thee
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace,
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Beauty
Your lips, your eyes, your soul
Are like a work of art
The most creative things of all
Is your beautiful heart

If you were a painting
No colours could express
 The beauty deep inside you,
A rainbow, nothing less.

If you were a sculpture
The clay could hardly make
Your figure of an angel
Without one mistake

If you were a euphony,
No choir could really sing
All the beautiful music
Your eyes could possibly bring

So here I am, an artist,
With inspiration beyond belief
But to capture such rare beauty
I’d love to be a thief

By: Zlata Steere






  


If Not For You
If not for you, I wouldn’t know
What true love really meant.
I’d never feel this inner peace;
I couldn’t be content.

If not for you, I’d never have
The pleasures of romance.
I’d miss the bliss, the craziness,
Of love’s sweet, silly dance.

I have to feel your tender touch;
I have to hear your voice;
No other one could take your place;
You’re it; I have no choice.

If not for you, I’d be adrift;
I don’t know what I’d do;
I’d be searching for my other half,
Incomplete, if not for you.

By: Joanna Fuchs


I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.

Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.

In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood. 
By: Pablo Neruda



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I Carry Your Heart With Me - E. E. Cummings

Famous poet, Edward Estlin ( E. E. ) Cummings is known to be a romantic at heart and his numerous love themed poems are a testament to that fact. This Famous love poem by E E Cummings titled 'I carry your heart with me' first published in 1952, speaks volumes on the  power love possesses, the harmony it creates and how two individuals can connect on a deeper level.

Enjoy this magnificent famous love poem by E. E. Cummings


I carry your heart with me

I carry your heart with me( i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
             
                    - E. E. Cummings

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Famous Poems : Death Is Nothing At All - Henry Scott-Holland

Suffering from bereavement or an intense fear of death? This famous poem about death will provide you comfort, solace, fortitude and soothe your aching heart.

Death Is Nothing At All is a famous poem written by Henry Scott-Holland ( 1847-1918 ), a priest at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Originally intended as part of a sermon delivered in 1910 ( Titled : Death the King of Terrors ) marking the lying in state of King Edward II in Westminster, this piece is now popularly read at funerals.


Death Is Nothing At All
Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which we always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again.
                                                  - Henry Scott-Holland


We know nothing can replace the irreparable loss of a loved one, but we hope this poem has brought you some measure of peace and calmness. Let it serve as a relief to that unbearable pain you feel.

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Short poems : For Better Or For Worse - Nuel

Ever suffered a broken heart or unrequited love? This poem by one of our readers, Nuel, details the travails of a young woman who is left miserable by her so-called prince charming and her struggle to break free.


For Better Or For Worse
She's married to corruption
I wonder if she'll see redemption
Her aura full of attraction
Yet she fell prey to temptation
She was so naive and young
When he came to her
Sweet scent and song
She didn't see the hidden danger
Concealed by his charming face
If she had carefully observed the stranger
She would have seen that he was danger
His mind full of deceitful love
In his eyes lay the definition of evil
She should have seen he was the devil
Doesn't she know his history?
How he put lovers in misery?
If ever the pain is eased
There must be an irremovable scar
She accepted him whole
Embraced him with an open soul
Ignorant of his vices
He paid her back by grinding her heart
Instead of caress, a thorny scrub
Brought her from the light to the dark
Made an ugly mockery of a true beauty
I wonder if she'll ever be free
I lose hope whenever I see her
I wonder if she'll ever file a divorce
Or is this marriage for better or worse?
                                                            Nuel


Author : Nuel
E-mail : Odunfaemmanuel@yahoo.com

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Famous Poetry : Touched By An Angel - Maya Angelou

This short poem by the famous poet, Maya Angelou, talks about love and how its rays can illuminate even the darkest reaches of our soul, take away loneliness, erode fear and ultimately set us free.

Enjoy this famous love poem by a renowned legendary poet -




Touched By An Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.


Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
                        Maya Angelou



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