Best Optimist Poems

When young I heard the glass was either ½ empty or ½ full
But with time I learned… to believe either one makes you a fool

My health made me battle from the almost empty place
But I came to see that… your life is not a glass...

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Overrun with covid
Overpowered with stress,
Obligation their aim
Otherwise our health spent,
Oxbridge to the rescue
Outlook fashions a smile
On the front line of hell.

 © Harry J Horsman 2021...

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An optimist and pessimist were sitting in the park,
Their outlooks as divergent as the light is to the dark.
“I think this will be over soon,” the optimist declared.
The pessimist just looked at her as if she were impaired.

“Our lives will never ever be the ones...

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I met a pessimist walker in Optimist Park,
She walked with a walker and a co-walker
Swaying on either side, not in her mark.
Crippled, stressed, depressed, a fatuous talker.
Troubled by blood sucking winged insects.
‘mosi-ki-toss’ many, many, ‘mosi-ki-toss’
Shouted she in her Serbian accents,
Waving her palm to drive away...

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How many of you classify yourself as a true optimist
If you answer in the negative, you must be a pessimist
Think only of good things
You heart will surely sing
And you'll find you'll have no need for a cardiologist...

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(Rhyme scheme : abba abba cde cde)

I met a pessimist walker in Optimist Park,
She walked with a walker and a co-walker
Crippled, stressed, depressed, a fatuous talker.
Swaying on either side, not in her mark.
Troubled by winged insects blood sucker in the park
“mosi-ki-toss” many “mosi-ki-toss as if...

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Slowly but surely, we're muddling through
We'll make it to spring, I'm promising you
Won't be too long
We'll hear robin's song
And once again enjoy the laughter that ensues


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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When someone whines 
About my wrinkles, folds
I don’t care...
No matter what....

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My hope was my delight boundless,
Unfettered, unbridled!
It unfolded a conformity in my life
Albeit many stumbles and 
Discords of life I survived, 

Life’s evil breaths had scalded my redolent hope,
My silent words were hardly heard, 
Hardly understood!
From life to life I pursued the hope,
It was crumpled,...

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no, I didn't 
lose a sock 
in the dryer
....

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The world needs a little
Good news everyday
Just look on the bright side
It's better that way

Kick up your heels
Say howdy my friends
Just smile at a stranger
Your woes you'll transcend

On the verge of disaster
Show them there's hope
To look at this world
Through a much larger scope

It may be...

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Out at sea for so long I fear my sanity's failing
Like pirates of old, trust in my vision curtailing
Are mermaids waving there or tails of whales flailing
Perhaps a mirage is where I seem to be sailing
Yet my great love for the sea is still prevailing
I...

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Better days are just ahead,
My ship is soon coming in.
If I quit now, what a waste it would be!
Better days are just around the bend!...

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The old house is crumbling now
I soon must walk out of it and go
Love feels it vulnerability in every joint
Creakings that pain the heart so
The shingles are missing, bald as the sky
The sun tortures the roof to swell
The cold shrinks our longevity's view
But the old...

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Optimist
          Hopeful, joyful, enthusiastic
          Fulfilling, exciting, thriving,
       Mentor, leader, enemy, naysayer
         Anger, sadness,...

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