inspirational

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

THE COFFEE CUP EXPLODED
THE COFFEE CUP EXPLODED The coffee cup exploded, Coffee went flying through the air, The teapot and the kettle Could do nothing but stare.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets
Before The Answer
“Why do you say don’t talk to strangers, Mammy, when you said good morning to that lady? Do we know her? Is she our family?”
By Laura Janeabout a month ago in Poets
Here is a History
Of greys Once and future forgotten Forever furs And dura mater Once from the sea Grey: A parrot who loved me Grey: Juvenile whales wash on western shores With no wakes There is not enough ice algae to feed Grey: Wolves recovered, now hunted by fed decree migrated and mitigated echolalia ricochets through white hollow bone-- cochlear swirls in the churning gyre-- species unprotected by time In time future Greys land and repopulate the flat dust; they’ll emerge from hissing hatches of opaline discs that have hot-hurtled through space-time waffle-iron grided witnessing kinder galaxies wielding psychic staffs, tendrilled and glowing: Bring us back To us
By Kate Kastelberg about a month ago in Poets
Can We Have Forever?
At school I knew your face, those eyes, your name. I did not know I would one day call for you from another room. Between then and now, there are mornings we never made:
By Laura Janeabout a month ago in Poets
Choosing Joy
Slow mornings and beautiful sunrise views Breathing in the warm fresh air Surreal, calm, quiet Clarity, serenity, stability
By Michelle Gabout a month ago in Poets
He Is Risen
To a Christian, this day of all days Is the greatest day of all days, Because this day is Resurrection Day. Every language and every tongue shall say, One day, to enter Heaven, Jesus Christ is the only way. I fall to my knees, bow my head, and pray.
By Dr. George Shannon Fergusonabout a month ago in Poets
SMILE
SMILE Even if your heart is breaking ()()()()()() When everything seems to be getting you down And the people around you do nothing but frown:
By Margaret Brennanabout a month ago in Poets
Something, Something, Something.
Starlight, stargaze, something's missing, and I don't know what. I've been sheltered and closed off from the real world for as long as I can remember.
By Jen Phillipsabout a month ago in Poets
The Worth of Jesus' Blood
As You ate the last meal with Your friends, Knowing You only had a few hours until Your life would end, You looked to the friend You knew would betray You. You smiled at him, already forgiving Judas for what he was about to do.
By Dr. George Shannon Fergusonabout a month ago in Poets
The Four in the African Summer
The Four in the African Summer The summer sun beat down, four warriors watched the trees; they could not see what waited there or stirred beneath the leaves.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets
The faces inside the blue
The faces inside the blue I never asked a face to come, I never drew an eye, I only moved the colours round, And let the picture dry.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets
They Rose From The Colours
They Rose From The Colours They rose up from the colours, Although I drew no one, They seemed to climb towards the blue, As though their time had come.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets