#cheer
Flowers cheer me up:
Delightful are their colours,
Pleasant are their scents.
~ Poetictouch
May 14
May 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM UTC
Christmas for us is full of cheer
As we greet our near and dear
Our gated society celebrates with flair
Every year – there’s definitely a fair..
So the kids get to play and have some fun
While parents relax and bask in the sun…
But what about the deprived
Outside our door
For whom no blessings
From anywhere do pour –
Will they just sit
and continue to mope?
The lonely and the homeless –
How will they cope?
Does our conscience even give a twinge
As we enjoy, and embark on a binge…??
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM UTC
christmas is meant to be
a time for joy
and for cheer.
but instead it's filled with
the dread of seeing
all your family in one single day
to exchange presents
and get judged for who you are.
why can't it all be
joy
and cheer?
it's meant to be joyful,
and cheerful,
not dreadful.
Dec 26, 2025
Dec 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM UTC
you mock my pain,
cheering me on.
like —
for real.
i’m annoyed.
a bit hurt.
disappointed,
because my first attempt
didn’t work.
you tell me it’s okay —
when it’s not.
you say it’s an easy fix —
i know it is.
yet i sit in the grump,
because i wasted time,
energy,
looking forward to this.
if it’s a let-down,
you say, ten percent of it is.
i say, ninety —
so you argue,
i’m too pessimistic.
bite me.
Sep 20, 2025
Sep 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM UTC
It's a party, so
drink to me, drink to my life --
drink to life itself!
Aug 30, 2025
Aug 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM UTC
he got caught
in a downpour
on what seemed like
the sunniest of days
when he stopped
for a coffee
he didn't really need
and hadn't noticed
the sky's shifting grey
he would have been
home long before
the storm came
if he had kept walking
but the torrent
began so suddenly
one of those where
the raindrops
feel enormous
every impact
an undeserved
or unwelcome
pat on the back
with neither
umbrella or coat
he found cover in
a sheltered alley
between two buildings
and begrudgingly
chose to wait
two buoyant women
elderly but clearly
not showing their age
scampered playfully
into his refuge
their umbrellas
forgotten for now
while their mood
somehow remained
remarkably well disposed
even though
those webs of nylon
had protected only
heads and shoulders
while their lower halves
had become saturated
they seemed not to care
greeting him with a grin
they chatted and gestured
and laughed
he would have no idea
what their story was
where they were going
or coming from
but in those moments
sheltering amidst
their joie-de-vivre
his frustration was
dampened
ironically
and with a smile
that would last
his entire walk home
he stepped out into
the ongoing deluge
Aug 6, 2025
Aug 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM UTC
A trusted advisor,
A friend,
Someone you can rely on,
Through thick and thin.
Someone to hold out,
A guiding hand,
Someone to cheer you on,
When you reach the end.
There’s something special,
Knowing someone believes in me,
Despite everything.
It gives me hope,
That perhaps one day,
I’ll become something!
All because of a few words said,
From a mentor, a trusted friend.
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM UTC
I try to show 'em how it's done, no one's there to hold my beer
I wonder why I really care
I know it's never gonna matter
I would bet money I don't have on the fact it'll never get better
So I never concern myself with later
After the first couple pages flipped through a calendar
You'll never find me there
Most I know will cheer
Saying, "I told you so dear"
Now everyone's a future seer
Go figure
©2024
Jun 1, 2024
Jun 1, 2024 at 1:39 PM UTC
Christmas is around the corner
I can't stop myself from feeling blue
Vainly trying to channel holiday cheer
It's just not merry without you
Dec 7, 2022
Dec 7, 2022 at 10:18 PM UTC
Please, bright holidays - summon irresistible cheer
that dancing souls can celebrate with free hearts.
Let hallow'd observances pass with seasonal soundtracks, tinsel-prismed cascades of multicolored lights and evergreen scents.
Too often these days, our joys seem hostage held
by some fearsome heaviness, like that of a guilty thing.
Give wholesome nights back their power to charm,
enjoy festive feelings, and pass those, as gifts, on to others.
Dec 19, 2021
Dec 19, 2021 at 9:07 AM UTC
Tiresome day
Seemingly little to say
Hoping for things to be
Well on their way
Tired, near gone day
Nothing much to say
Not much to see
Sleepy limbs to sway
Shuffle through
See what may be
News,
Oh happy day!
At last,
Great things to shout and say!
Life surging back into the limbs
Run, jump about
Celebrate this greatness that has come!
Rising to swift moving feet
Spirits, today they soar
A great new thing there is to greet
The night no longer a bore!
Here comes this poet,
My weapon is my word,
I will slay them with my tongue
Then turn them quite around
Take them by their hands
And dance with them
To the wildest of songs!
Here comes this poet,
Words at the ready
Come and catch me now
No need to wonder how
Stride quite steady
And they shall soon know it
As here comes the poet!
- Jay M
January 12th, 2021
Jan 12, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 at 11:42 PM UTC
Someone plug in Christmas! Please!
I'm not complaining, but
Yeah, 2020's been a drag
We're in a real rut...
There's a way to bring it back
Those who are so bold
Give to those less fortunate!
Like Christmases of old!
Do you think the baby Jesus
Cried and carried on?
I think he was the sweetest babe!
I don't think I am wrong!
Do you have some grateful place
Within your saddened heart?
Has it nowhere to find joy?
Completely torn apart?
Turn the frown upside down!
To thine own self be true
Let us be like Jesus...
The cheer begins with YOU!
Catherine Jarvis
Soulsurvivor
12/16/2020
Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020 at 3:53 PM UTC
With friends and family near,
Holiday cheer is here
Even though it's been a trying year.
And though we've shed some tears,
With more to come I'm sure,
Let's raise our wine, eggnog, or beer
In honor of us for making it
And in honor of those who aren't with us physically anymore.
Dec 13, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM UTC
The people you love,
will always be there
to fill your soul with laughter,
to fill your heart with warmth,
to set the table and pass the food,
to make a toast and cheer to the good times.
Family is forever.
COVID is not.
Happy thanksgiving!
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020 at 1:17 AM UTC
You must endure life's test,
Don't keep your fears in your breast,
You must give them a sign,
That you will be fine,
That you are able to tinker,
And not really linger,
Have some cheer,
For you are near,
To the end of the road,
So you may unburden your load.
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 at 5:29 PM UTC
My wants are many,
my desires - endless;
yet my needs are few.
Of that which I have,
I take what I need;
of that which remains,
are portions for you.
May 2, 2020
May 2, 2020 at 1:01 AM UTC
The Sun rose in the East
Mother Earth demurely smiled
And a crimson spread across the East
And their love did a hundred flowers bloom
the bees buzzed, the wind swayed, the bird
A new song did sing
It is Spring!
Jan 31, 2020
Jan 31, 2020 at 1:21 AM UTC
I hope when I walked into that place and bumped into you, my whole body did not react like it had many times before. I’d wait for my ultimate existence to completely abandon me, for my lips to shut down from glueing any smile, and for my legs to freeze up to fall to the ground weeping at your sight. But nothing happened. Nothing. Happened. There was no chemistry bonded inside me when we locked eyes. I couldn’t sense any wavelength between us anymore. I couldn’t feel any spark of electricity in my universe that I dreamed to live with you. You just looked like a regular guy with your regular hairstyle, nothing profound about you. My heart must have cleansed itself of you due to many late-night cry, must have gotten tired of me blaming myself for what had happened, and squeezed the feeling out of me while I was busy engulfing in tears.
Though we were both in the same ship, we were actually stayed in different cabins. Though we dreamed to revolve entirely around us, I was still galaxies away from you.
Jan 29, 2020
Jan 29, 2020 at 10:18 AM UTC
You are beautiful.
You are lovely.
You are special.
You're above anything.
You are important.
You are smart.
You can do anything.
You have a good heart.
You are empowered.
You are kind.
You will make it okay.
You will shine.
If you read any of this,
please receive it.
I hope you will now or later
believe it.
Dec 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019 at 7:08 PM UTC
Optimistically
striving to achieve
my joy and happiness
makes me cheerful.
Jul 29, 2019
Jul 29, 2019 at 8:29 AM UTC