inspirational

Inspirational poetry is just the thing to lift your spirits or rejuvenate your creativity.

S Q U I R R E L
Chasing a fleeting union, two squirrels leap from branch to limb. A playful pursuit of continuation until the dying day grows dim.
By Kale Sinclair9 months ago in Poets
The Things That Never Arrive
There are things you can want with your whole body and still never be chosen by. This is not a failure of language or posture
By Hannah Lambert9 months ago in Poets
Instructions for Feeling
First— remove your armor slowly. Do not rip it off. Grief startles easy. Hope does too. Unbuckle the lies you learned early:
By Hannah Lambert9 months ago in Poets
Roar— If You Must
If my soul were worthless, you would pass me by— no teeth bared, no roaring, no fire in your eyes. You don’t guard empty houses,
By Hannah Lambert9 months ago in Poets
The Lantern of Hope
The Lantern of Hope In a small village surrounded by sand dunes and palm trees, there lived a young man named Hassan. Hassan was kind-hearted and generous, yet he carried a heavy sadness in his heart. He believed in Allah, but his faith felt fragile, like a candle in the wind. Life had been hard for him. His father had passed away when he was a child, leaving him to care for his mother and younger sister. Every day he worked in the fields under the scorching sun, returning home exhausted, with little energy to pray or read the Qur’an.
By Imran Hossain9 months ago in Poets
I Rose Slowly, but I Rose
I did not rise like fire, no sudden blaze of courage, no applause from the sky. I rose like dawn— quiet, unsure, learning light one second at a time.
By muhammed salman9 months ago in Poets
Promises
I truly know that these same words that I am about to meekly say, Have been told before by others when they try to win the game.
By Alex Torres9 months ago in Poets
Wish I Could Write More
So the words are coming to the brain But not out on paper Not where everyone can hear it Not where everyone can read it It comes one great line at a time
By L.I.E9 months ago in Poets
Freedom In Flight
leaves blow in the breeze traveling in parallel to birds taking flight
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden9 months ago in Poets
Tearing Up the Script
Who says life has to follow a predictable path: study, work, get married, have children, and grow old, like a scripted drama?
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing10 months ago in Poets
Bam, I am...
the dime.... a dime. a bam for when out of the bam. I am I am I am for a lost smile, a close up, far away, so far... dam dam dam dam dam. Thank you for reading! Which part of the poem resonates with you? Share your thoughts! Please leave a comment. Copyright 2026 K.A. Smith
By K.A. Smith10 months ago in Poets
What if?
What if you didn't have to think about it? What if you didn't have to worry about finances? What if you didn't have to worry about dinner?
By Jen Phillips10 months ago in Poets