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Hope Poems | Examples of Hope Poetry

Hope Poems - Examples of all types of hope poetry to share and read. This list of hope poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of hope poetry. This list of works about hope is an excellent resource for examples on how to write hope poems.
Premium Member Faithful Hearts
I feel the joy, promising hope, Familiar joy – ensuring I can cope. I feel the song, playing in my soul, Beautiful music, praises to extol… He is my joy, my honor, my life. He is the comfort who takes...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme



Vanity
Confidence drained out of my photographs Replaced by lines that weren't there All the hell's getting inside me Never imagined I'd be here Bowed on one knee Burning hope as incense at the altar Of...Read the rest...
Categories: age, angst, cry, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Piece of Peace
A bitter piece of peace may be all the peace we get, but any piece of peace is worth a bit of peace to someone. ...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, hope, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wonders of Wandering
Wandering wonders I see paths break asunder My wonder wanders...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, hope, peace, poems,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Home Wanderer
" 3. " I have been a stranger in a strange land. " Bible, Exodus 2:22" Home Wanderer Long dusty path Long gone my home Home miles behind Home gone alone Alone I walk Alone I seek Seek new horizons Seek much more More...Read the rest...
Categories: change, discrimination, home, hope,
Form: Blitz



REINCARNATION
We go and come We come again and go again ...a ring Like water that ascends ...to return as rain ...to smoke up again... A circle An order My ancestors are back Staring into my soul Through the eyeballs Of...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, death, hope, life,
Form: Free verse
Faraway Road
She stands at the window, Looking at the children in the meadow, Playing outdoors is a luxury, She’s saddled with drudgery. She feels the world has no place for her, And emancipation is only a blur, She wishes she could hide...Read the rest...
Categories: death, girl, home, hope,
Form: Quatrain
He Has Only Just Begun
When might it have started? When did this whole thing start? ‘Beginning’ is too hard a concept, it is too natural a word, It is too common a daily lifestyle that too many cross over it...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope,
Form: Free verse
Smoldering In The Dark
Smoldering In The Dark My muse set fire to my soul With her Irish blood and scorpion sting The darkness had no chance. Skeletons huddled in the closet Bones rattled as it burned to the ground Ashes to ashes, dust to...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, anxiety, dark, depression, evil,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rhythms of Light
Gentle moments, Heartfelt dreams, promises, The windswept feelings, Elations, quivering like a candle, Reflecting all the wonders, The stillness in a breath, Awakening the moments, Starving for the kiss, Laughing like the moments Are gestures of grace…. Glimpses of light, Falling over the...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Murky Waters
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya Angelou Dark thoughts offer me great despair, sparking rhymes who say I don’t care, shadows...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, appreciation, blessing, christian, encouraging,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Stitches
Stitches A wound, deep and wide. Gaping, Ragged, Bleeding... Cover with the cloth of False Smiles. Cover with the cobweb gauze of Empty Sympathy. Clamp it shut with fingers of Chemical Laughter. Hold it together with shaky hands of Liquid pain relief. ...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, addiction, depression, grief, health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Last Wish For Peace
When will peace finally come to reign in righteous hearts, will skies be without smoke? Hear a mother's lingering cry, rocking her dear child to sleep; all she asks for is words of mercy! Many invoke a last wish for peace, lives...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, child, desire, hope,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Monoku four Cactus
monoku four crowning the cactus —a flower blooms...Read the rest...
Categories: encouraging, flower, hope, imagery,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Make Room For Hope
In my heart, I make room for hope, for it gives me the strength to cope. I keep it nestled next to love, gifted to me by God above. Like faith, they're tethered to my soul, and together, they make...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, feelings, hope, how
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Hope Poems

Read wonderful hope poetry on the following sub-topics: christmas, encouragement, faith, future, inspirational, life, losing, lost, resilience, strength, and more.

Definition | What is Hope in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs