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Poetry is one of the most beautiful art forms and, like all art forms, has the power to make us feel deeply. One can use them to enhance a mood they're already in or can use them to change their mood. Here are some poems that will cheer you up and make you smile.
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'Sonnet VIII' by William Shakespeare
This sonnet is like a song sent from one who cares to cheer you up. Though Shakespeare calls out his friends attitude a little harshly, the message is still positive.
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‘I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud’ by William Wordsworth
This poem is a visual masterpiece. The imagery of the field of daffodils and the joy the simple sight evokes in the poet seems to seep into the reader. The last stanza also reminds us that happiness can be a memory away.
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'Eternity' by William Blake
These simple four lines might need to be read slowly for them to seep in. They teach us to not try to hold on to happiness but enjoy it in the moment.
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'“Hope” is the thing with feathers' by Emily Dickinson
This classic poem reminds you that you still have a song left. Sometimes the tune might turn melancholy but as long as there's a song in your soul, you can go on.
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'Every Heart a Hurricane' by Erin Hanson
We often feel too much of something, be it good or bad and this poem reminds us that. Like every force of nature, we have a raw energy that deserves to be acknowledged and expressed.
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'Worst Day Ever' by Chanie Gorkin
This cleverly written poem is a masterpiece in many ways. It has to be read from top to bottom first and then from bottom to top. As you see the order change the meaning of the words, you realise happiness is a perspective shift away.
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'Be Drunk' by Charles Baudelaire
This beautiful piece by Baudelaire does not encourage addictive habits but asks us to be intoxicated with life itself. It advises us to live life passionately with such beautiful words that you will be moved.
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'Happiness' by Jane Kenyon
This poem offers a varied view on how happiness seems to pop in and out of our life erratically. The language and imagery aren't blindingly cheerful but thought-provokingly wise.
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‘How happy is the little Stone’ by Emily Dickinson
The lovely poem invokes varied feelings in the reader’s mind. If one dwells on it, however, then they remember that many of their worries are inconsequential to nature and self-inflicted.
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“Stay strong/to the reader" by Rupi Kaur
Sometimes we are low because we are going through a bad time and this poem is great for that. It reminds us that the struggle we face will result in our growth and we can draw strength from that.