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Joy Poems | Examples of Joy Poetry

To be black part II
To be black Is to live life freely Despite being trapped in a cage without a key Ignoring the hate from society As their bodies radiate envy Trying to destroy our joy through spreading negativity And taking our lives violently To be black Is to smile in the face of adversity To be black Is to find beauty in the...

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Categories: joy, color, community, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
My eternal lubricant
My soul had long been troubled... by hatred, d e j e c t I o n and contempt ~ They were the poisons that flowed red in my v e i n s, burning like wildfire from my head to my toes, as if this world were inhabited by d e m o n s: that have teeth...

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Categories: joy, appreciation, cute love, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Joy of life create will I
‘Lone, my life decorate will I And joy of life create will I. A fast flowing streamlet am I, My way forward ferret will I. As my wishes are all my own, Carry ‘pon me their weight will I. What’s longing? Just a paper boat, Set it on sail my crave will I. She once called me a road-side stone, As...

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Categories: joy, life, loneliness,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Zen mode
our fontanel pulsates we pause to listen to whispers of God sensed as bliss strobes love’s embrace tightens our soul yields breathing in the elixir of heavenly delight...

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Categories: joy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member delicious pain
painful scars borne by a bug bite toxins therefrom causing deep pain melt in bliss mists that rise at night cool heat that cleanses our soul’s stain from heart abode in witness mode moment by moment, poised in time in staid silence we break the code that releases love’s bliss beat chime...

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Categories: joy, pain,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member AS IS GOD'S TIME
AS IS GOD'S TIME Our love is as God’s time be: Tick tocking eternally:- I’m yours, and you’re mine; Our love, God’s gift, sublime:- I am for you, and you are for me; Our love is as is God’s time be:- You are the water of my life’s sea: Waving and frothing love eternally:- ...

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Categories: joy, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Couplet
LOVE BLESSING
Love blessing is like being under a type of love, that you follow your love to forever and ever. Being under a love blessing can make us act like we are on cloud nine. Floating so high in our heart and mind, we can’t think of anything but our love. Making us want to be...

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Categories: joy, america, faith, god, i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bliss and peace
feeling incomplete, we wish to ascend securing lasting joy that does not fade so to this end our will to God we bend that in streams of love and light we may wade in moments of heightened joy thoughts are still so befriending silence we let mind rest sipping soma nectar to our heart’s fill with bliss magnetism teasing us in jest higher...

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Categories: joy, peace, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Thought of the day
if the seeker who seeks does not exist ~ it is best we transform as a bliss mist...

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Categories: joy, spiritual,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Echoes that entices, suffices
In the quagmire ooze of daily trudge, where the mire of monotony clings cold, congealed in sorrow, it takes only a spark of inspiration, to transform an ordinary morsel into a shimmering taste of sheer joy. Echoes that entices, suffices. I carry my sample bag handy, stocked with my pet peeves in reverse. Tiny things that you take time to notice, and create space for,...

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Categories: joy, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Confronting shadows
Attached to outcomes, ego opaques light, radiance of our true Self, veiled by mind, demons of darkness, shrouding heart’s delight, thought tentacles gripping us in their bind. As both tormentor and the tormented, being both the subject and the object, we inhaled fragrance of love, bliss scented, causing boundless rapture to rise unchecked. Waking up in the dream by slowing thought, with ego exhumed,...

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Categories: fear, heart, joy, light,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Feeling God’s heartbeat
Feeling God’s heartbeat, at the crown, poised thus in a trance state, rapture rises, in bliss we drown, as nodes within gyrate. Nectar flows through our veins, cutting through ego’s chains cleansing soul’s feral stains. Bliss refrains repeat ~ Feeling God’s heartbeat...

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Categories: god, heart, joy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
LOVE SEARCH
My love, where are you, I heard you calling out, like a ship lost in the dark. Dark in the night, with no light, I hear you in the wind, calling out. So sad to hear the sounds of sadness, like a little baby needing care. Reminds me of love searching, like a job, you can...

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Categories: joy, america, cute love, desire,
Form: Rhyme
No life, No death
Oh death The fear of countless souls I adore your kiss I need you close When will we meet? When shall you come? It's too long a wait Please come tonight I don't know you I know life is a tsunami Perhaps you can rescue me Where shall we meet? Oh life The lover of the lifeless I've honored your presence I gave you my all Why...

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Categories: joy, confusion, grief, hyperbole, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Chanting Spring
Sweet snowdrop bells ring! The violets are coming Days are chanting spring. Crimson camelias call from dreams near the garden wall. Gold sun fields await rich tulips of tomorrow! Lily's never late. Then pansies' pink faces greet blue roses across the street. ...

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Categories: beautiful, color, flower, joy,
Form: Tanka

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