Best Upward Poems

Scarce contained within its bounds
Surging, straining to break free
Pulsating and palpable
Enticed by its pure energy
Mesmerized and drawn, a moth to flame

O, that I might be a god!
Grab these reins and take control
Are they not mine, and this, my day
For others to admire, extol?
Seduced complete by...

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I watch the rain flow backwards,
back up into the sky.
I was soaking wet 
and now I am dry
All the moisture is gone, 
sucked up from the ground.
Reversing rain, 
it makes no sound.

The flowers cry,
tears joining the rain
As the moisture is lost, 
do the flowers feel...

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In the dark wastelands
of my traumas, I see ahead
a path that leads to my
healing—

and in the far distance 
of this upward path, I see
mountains of growth
awaiting my daring climb. 


11.12.22...

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Sometimes when you're alone
Who can you call?
Who can you phone?
Close friends are few
Some just grew old
Nobody new
Nights always cold
So now you stop
It's time to think
Life does not vanish
In a wink
Lots of new folks are still here
It takes some work
No need to fear
Lots of others need...

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"Onward and upward"

the good men and women were heard to say
as they drew their swords to join the fray
The enemy was vanquished and did quickly give way
And peace was preserved in a grandiose display
Now for those that gave all we kneel and pray
So they will...

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I remembered a time in spring
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Buddha consciousness;
meditation under trees
enlightens the soul....

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He’ s not the one for me

I realized today



He makes me smile…

He makes me laugh

He gives me songs.

Though it is crap

He erases the pain.

When I am down

He strums his guitar.

He sings a tune

He gives compliments.

And he means it every time



He seems too good

He seems so...

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A butterfly with wings frail
Rises heavenward against the wind
Witnessing life’s conflicting direction
Floating constantly upward
What chrysalis owned you?
How solitary is your world?
Alone each day
A silent, windless end
Fly, butterfly, fly!
Why accept this knowing
You can soar out of the rain
Into the sunny world
Of Love...

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PoetrySoup Poets Upward Praise--

If you read my words;
If you heed my voice;
It's within your first amendment right;
To like or hate;
I thank you in advance;
For the reference;
I thank you for just being you;
So whether you love or hate my words..
I'm just a unknown poet and these...

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Together at last in love and life;
Mixtures of commotion and peace,
Upheavals, hope, and strife.
In the name of progress, regression reigns;
But the end is set
And all needs met.
It's onward and upward to heights yet unknown
Where the winds of eternity
On souls have all blown.
Gone forever are kingdoms...

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I remember a time when I felt like being on the outside looking inside.
It was a time of great intentions but very limited abilities to make changes.
I knew that there were greater things to consider in my future.
In time,  those horse and buggie days...

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Breeze-swept lawns
  leaves whisked upward
whirling once again only
  to flutter lazily to the earth

Early November
  tree limbs suddenly bare
Wherefore the rush
  gentle the wind yet...

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Most cherished of thoughts, ideas abloom, 
spreading, expanding
Overcoming harsh crushing repression, 
breaking loose into a fluffy
sacred cloud bound emancipation 
Liberation! My spirit takes flight, light, 
mellow, blithe and callow 
No longer crushed prostrate 
'neath the crushing tyranny of the basis gossip 
I inhale an atmosphere...

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If we remember to look at horizon and sky
The Universe draws us higher, whispers a reply
We all are stardust yet somehow so earthy
Humans eschew solid troughs, for color & crest (the showy)...

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