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Best Incentive Poems

Below are the all-time best Incentive poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of incentive poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Mindful
Mindful  

Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in the...

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Categories: incentive, blessing, life, light,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Hello Sorrow, Hello Grief With Tim Smith
Tim's poem, Hello Sorrow, was the incentive for my continuance of the sorrowful emotion in Hello Grief.

Hello Sorrow

There you are old friend— 
 I knew...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: incentive, grief, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Per Ardua Ad Astra
...inspired by 'Science-Fiction Cradlesong'
        by C.S. Lewis


Were we to try for heaven,
by dust and stars be riven
to lust...

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Categories: incentive, space
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One of the Wonders
by just looking at it from the distance
a  picturesque view captures right away our hearts
a stair like going up to heaven on its magnificent...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: incentive, adventure, beautiful, beauty, history,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member Plentitude of Pies
I stepped into a cow pie, back a year or so ago, and I did fuss and cry!
Or so I am told… Then I found...

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Categories: incentive, change, conflict, family, fantasy,
Form: Light Verse



I Saw You Amongst the Wild Horses -Part 1-
As you know, dear one
I border emotions that perhaps are an enigma to you
You look up to me at times with the highest respect
When you...

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Categories: incentive, absence, allegory, analogy, animal,
Form: Ode
The End of Islam
Countdown siren. Islam is at stake.
Arabic Y2K, Countdown.
Islam in Jeaporday, I breath Hajj.
We are near the science incentive.
The smell of petrol, the beginning of empty...

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Categories: incentive, faith, religion,
Form: Alliteration
My Rose
Red dreams, 
Ruffled hair
Uninhibited laughter
Bliss

My....rose, 
And yet my drive
My incentive to love 
In every genuine smile

My rose,
And yet you are my concrete 
I've never grown...

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Categories: incentive, dedication, dream, heart, how
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Thoughts On Poetry Contests
Someone inquired of me about poetry contests,
And I shared some thoughts and considerations,
The contests, I wrote, are an incentive to write
Learning about poetry’s forms and...

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Categories: incentive, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Per Ardua Ad Astra
...inspired by 'Science-Fiction Cradlesong'
        by C.S. Lewis


Were we to try for heaven,
by dust and stars be riven
to lust...

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Categories: incentive, writing,
Form: Verse
Lips - Love Series 2
[1. Quest]
I plead to you, Muse, here, unbind my pen
That verse may praise her, my Captivator,
Greatest Treasure, Morning’s Brightest Angel.
Why, my quill, are you so...

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Categories: incentive, i love you, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Give Me Blank Pages
Artistry created with a hand comes in so many forms
I'm not always able to conform to considered norms
I've used #2 pencils when it was suggested...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: incentive, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Awaking from Stupor
Awaking from Stupor 1-16-24

It's not desire per say but the clinging
That stifles soul and stops heart from singing
Enlivening silence sets our souls free
Vibrant in the...

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Categories: incentive, dream, feelings, life, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Affordable Health Care
America believed "Congress"decided effortlessly for giving health incentive justification,"knowing" love may not open prior questions regarding special things under vague wrong xenophobic yearnings zonked!!...

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Categories: incentive, 12th grade, 7th grade,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Socialists
Sucking the lifeblood out of our nation
Overseeing their dependency creation
Contempt for those who have incentive
Ignoring ideas that are inventive
Assassinating common sense, instilling fear
Listen to the...

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Categories: incentive, political
Form: Acrostic

Book: Shattered Sighs