Ever-optimistic
for fun and games
one may dream
of peaches and cream
and tho' the primrose path
may razz our berries
life ain't always a bed of roses
or just a bowl of cherries
for the latter comes with stones
as has the former prickles
we must pick and choose
which way our fancy tickles
We must not lose hope,
As it’s our only rudder
In marine tumult.
Trust your will always;
The youthful godlike nature
Is not forgotten.
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • July 13–19, 2026)
A positive outlook will always pay off.
AP: 3rd place 2026
When clouds come your way, shine brighter
AP: 1st place 2026
Being positive opens many doors ~
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
OPTIMISTIC FUTURES-:-
launching
indulging
dreams
spoken
aloud
then FOLLOW IN TIME
understated
unreal
claims
expose
reality
of IMAGINATION'S
quickly
projected
artistic
manifold
genre
Your optimistic ways
always seem to brighten
my pessimistic days.
You know exactly what to say
to bring a smile to my face.
You are my soul's inspiration,
and your personal interpretations
about life and it's sweet sensations
make me appreciate more all
of God's creations.
This is why I cherish you
so much.
Your optimistic ways
always seem to brighten
my pessimistic days.
You make me think deeply
about God's Amazing Grace.
You make me better understand
if there's a will God will always
make a way.
I treasure your idealism.
It always sweetens my disposition.
You showed me how to make me listen
to your deep intuitions.
This is why I cherish you
so much.
Your optimistic ways
always seem to brighten
my pessimistic days.
You have helped me tremendously
to find my way through this journey
known as life.
Indigo eyes that stare at the sky
Never losing hope optimistic
Sunny solar smile lights up night
Passionate lips perfect for kisses
Interesting dreams so inspiring
Resilient brilliant beautiful too
Emerald hopes shared from soul
Destined as blessings to you
Zero tolerance for stupid nonsense.
Please tell me I'm wrong and misunderstanding.
I'm trying to stay optimistic.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2026
Putting my best foot forward as an optimist
Looking ahead and up instead in 2026
Making new dreams come true if I can
Being open to help just as I help fellow man
One year older and feeling very grateful
I’ll not be sour and I’ll not be wasteful
Onyx sky of potential awaiting us all
We will laugh and cry 2026 will be a ball
Charles Kline of UCLA and Bill Duvall, both young programmers
used special equipment to do a radical experiment
they used special equipment to encourage two computers to network
the idea of computers talking to each other was bizarre to most
It worked
This was October 29th, 1969
the beginning of the idea for the Internet
Kinetic kiss delivered by winter’s wind
Pushing past oceans and blasting through
Limber limbs of various tree breeds
Fleeing amber apathy
In search of love hugs and hope
Embracing ghosts of past
Presenting a future fast forming
With ideals and dreams
Shining like sunbeams
A magnetic moment of light
As a map of kinds to guide
To encourage and support
All a heart desires despite life’s voids
Keep persevering and flying
Signs scattered here and there
The haunting sense meadows haven't been forgotten
An exercise in optimistic reverie
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
DEFINITION OF ME.
I am a growing spirit of well-being dancing in the melody of my own song
An illuminating light finally beginning to shine
within what was once the darkest corners of my experiences
Created perfectly imperfect though not the definition of past mistakes
Emerged from an abyss of mental instability to now a transformation of complete sovereignty over limiting beliefs
where sought after peace is no longer searched for, it has been found
I am an expansion of thought
The rebirth of a new mind
Understanding that the existence of pleasures and pain are necessary encounters to help balance out the life in which we all have been chosen to live
An individual of confidence no longer held back by a mindset of recurring cognitive distortion
Shedding layer by layer from the person who once was to a rebirth of a person who now is
Navigating life with an optimistic approach despite
Its complexities
Knowing now more than ever that I am what I think I am
And what I think I am is worthy.
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