Poet: Thomas Carlyle
So here hath been dawning another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?
Out of eternity this new day is born;
Into eternity at night will return.
Behold it aforetime no eye ever did;
So soon it forever from all eyes is hid.
Here hath been dawning another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?
Poet: Julie Hebert
Today is yours to own and shape,
Be the one that leads and helps,
This day brings opportunity,
If you lend your hand with grace and glee,
Others will be uplifted too,
So show some kindness through what you do.
Smile and love will surely spread,
Bringing a great day in store for you!
Encouraging Poems
Poet: J. A. Butler
With each new dawn that breaks the night's embrace,
Today unfolds, a canvas filled with grace.
Potential glimmers in every golden ray,
Opportunities beckon, calling us to sway.
Moments of happiness await our seize,
But in pursuit, this solemn truth we tease:
Time slips away, like sand clutched in our hand,
So let us not waste this day's precious strand.
Good Morning Poems
Poet: Sarah Doudney
Listen to the water-mill,
Through the live-long day;
How the clanking of the wheels
Wears the hours away!
Languidly the autumn wind
Stirs the greenwood leaves;
From the fields the reapers sing,
Binding up the sheaves;
And a proverb haunts my mind,
As a spell is cast:
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Take the lesson to thyself,
Living heart and true;
Golden years are fleeting by,
Youth is passing too;
Learn to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day;
Time will never bring thee back
Chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid;
Love while life shall last.
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Work while yet the daylight shines,
Man of strength and will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill.
Wait not until tomorrow's sun
Beams upon the way;
All that thou canst call thy own
Lies in thy today.
Power, intellect, and health,
May not, can not last;
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Oh! the wasted hours of life
That have drifted by;
Oh! the good we might have done,
Lost without a sigh;
Love that we might once have saved
By a single word;
Thoughts conceived, but never penned,
Perishing unheard.
Take the proverb to thine heart,
Take, oh, hold it fast! -
"The mill will never grind
With the water that has passed."
Poems On Life
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Doesn't matter the day of the week,
Wednesday or Saturday, take a peek.
Your day is a gift, so do your best,
Opportunities to excel, are manifest.
Today is yours, make it count,
No matter how difficult the amount.
Forge ahead with purpose and zest,
And you'll find success at its best.
Wednesday Poems
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Monday's dawn brings a brand new week, �
Opportunities abound for those who seek. �
Never look back, always move ahead, �
With any challenge, refuse to be led. �
Believe in yourself and all that you can achieve, �
Stay positive and your goals you will receive. �
Do your best with every task at hand, �
You'll see great results from where you stand.
Poems About Monday
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Maybe today is Monday, or maybe it's Thursday,
The label doesn't matter much, let's just proceed with the day.
It's essential we do our best, for this moment is all we have,
To give it any less would be terribly haphazard.
Each morning is a new chance to show who we are,
Let's greet it with enthusiasm and set the bar.
Today might just be the only one we'll ever receive,
So let's seize the day and find reasons to believe.
Thursday Poems
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Monday brings a fresh start,
Tuesday is full of energy and heart,
Wednesday we push on through,
Thursday is so close to the weekend too,
Friday leads us to fun and play,
Saturday for adventure all day,
Sunday�s rest, truly not a workday,
But no matter the day be grateful for today
Friday Poems
Poet: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
With every rising of the sun
Think of your life as just begun.
The past has shrived and buried deep
All yesterdays� there let them sleep.
Nor seek to summon back one ghost
Of that innumerable host.
Concern yourself with but to-day.
Woo it and teach it to obey,
Your wish and will. Since time began
To-day has been the friend of man.
But in his blindness and his sorrow
He looks to yesterday and to-morrow.
You and to-day! a soul sublime
And the great pregnant hour of time.
With God between to bind the train-
Go forth I say� attain� attain.
Sunday Poems
Poet: Fred Husted
Oft we ponder, looking yonder,
At a duty far ahead;
Often fretting, and forgetting
Those about us where we tread.
The duties nearest are the dearest;
They are not so far away:
Sweetest flowers, they are ours,
Growing at our feet today.
Be possessing present blessing,
Wait not for tomorrow's shower;
There's a beauty in each duty,
Bringing payment every hour.
Look not backward, live not forward,
Grand and glorious is today;
Let us give it while we live it
All the honor that we may.
Positive Poems
Poet: C. W. Naylor
I need thee, Lord; I need thy help today
To guide me onward in my pilgrim way.
My vision far too narrow is to see
The rugged path of duty leading up to thee.
I need thee, Lord; I need thy strong right hand
To lead me upward to that brighter land.
Alone I feebly falter on my way;
I can not do without thee, Lord, even one short day.
I need thee when the waking sun doth rise,
And till its last beams die in western skies;
Still in the darkness would I have thee near
To hold my hand, to keep my soul, to calm each fear.
Christian Poems
Poet: Mrs. Butts
Little one, little one.
They say life is hard:
Thou wilt hear this old story
From preacher and bard:
Little one, listen,
My wish is to-day
To make thy life easy -
And this is the way.
Little one, little one,
Down in thy heart.
Is a voice true and earnest,
Unspoiled and apart;
It speaks to thee always;
Always obey:
Then life will be easy
Through night and through day.
Poems That Inspire
Poet: C. A. Lynch
We have one guarantee
And that is today
No one knows for sure
If we will see another day.
Enjoy each moment
That the day does bring
Be happy and
Let your voice sing.
On this day
Brighten other people's day
By assisting them and
Helping them in every way.
On this day
Give a smile
To someone you don't know
It will go many miles.
On this day
Share your love
Give others grace
As God gives you from above.
Today is yours
To do with it as you choose
Loving and helping others
Means you have nothing to lose.
Poems For A Good Day
Poet: Adelaide A. Procter
Rise! if the Past detains you,
Her sunshine and storms forget:
No chains so unworthy to hold you
As those of a vain regret.
Sad or bright, she is lifeless ever;
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look back, save to learn the lesson
Of a nobler strife � to-day.
Poet: C. A. Lynch
Today, a precious day, slips through my grasp,
As I exchange a portion of my life's hourglass.
Its value immense, for it shall not return again,
Each moment spent, an irretrievable reign.
No second chances to recapture its flight,
The choices made shall shape my path tonight.
With utmost care, I'll tread upon this ground,
For what I do today can be defining and profound.
Time Poems
Poet: Josephine Preston Peabody
Oh, there is morning yonder.
And night and noon again;
And I must up and wander
Away against the rain.
The forests would delay me
With a thousand little leaves;
The hilltops seek to stay me.
And valleys dim with eves.
The mist denies the mountains,
The wind forbids the sea;
But, mist or wind, I go to find
The day that calls to me.
For there are mornings yonder,
And noons that call and call;
And there's a day, with arms outheld,
That waits beyond them all.
