5 Disappointment Poems

1. We All Have Them
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   We all face disappointments in life
   Do we view them as only strife?
   Or do we say something better will come along
   Do we keep our attitude strong?
   
   We can all be down and blue
   But truthfully where will that get you?
   We can experience the feeling but then
   Get up and go again.




2. And Still I Will Push On
   Poet: David V. Bush
   
   Tho disappointed, I'll not quit!
   I'll push all night till dawn.
   Courageous soul and hopeful heart;
   I'm pushing on and on!
   
   All things gone wrong; I will not quit!
   Tho' awful is the dark
   And terrible the rocky road.
   On, on! I'll push my bark.
   
   All blasted hopes: I will not quit!
   Tho' thousand chasms yawn.
   My purpose firm and clear my eye;
   "I'll push my way still on!
   
   All friends desert: I will not quit!
   On every side swords drawn;
   Alone! Alone! I'll make my way,
   And still I will push on!
   
   I stand alone in deepest grief,
   Tho' pitfalls gape and yawn;
   No one to lend a helping hand,
   But still I will push on!
   
   No help is mine, all bridges burned,
   All that I own in pawn;
   And tho' all hope seems useless, vain,
   I'm pushing on and on!




Don't Quit Poem



3. Disappointment
   Poet: Edith Lillian Young
   
   "Disappointment - His appointment":
   Change one letter, then I see
   That the thwarting of my purpose
   Is God's better choice for me.
   His appointment must be blessing,
   Though it may come in disguise;
   For the end from the beginning
   Open to his wisdom lies.
   
   "Disappointment - His appointment":
   Whose? The Lord's who loves me best,
   Understands and knows me fully,
   Who my faith and love would test;
   For, like loving earthly parent,
   He rejoices when he knows
   That his child accepts, unquestioned,
   All that from his wisdom flows.
   
   "Disappointment - His appointment":
   "No good thing will he withhold";
   From denials we oft gather
   Treasures of his love untold.
   Well he knows each broken purpose
   Leads to fuller, deeper trust,
   And the end of all his dealings
   Proves our God is wise and just.
   
   "Disappointment - His appointment":
   Lord, I take it, then, as such,
   Like the clay in hands of potter,
   Yielding wholly to thy touch.
   All my life's plan is thy molding;
   Not one single choice be mine;
   Let me answer, unrepining,
   "Father, not my will, but thine."
   
   "Disappointment - His appointment":
   Change the letter, then, dear friend;
   Take in cheerful acquiescence
   All thy Father's love may send.
   Soon will faith be lost in vision;
   Then in glory thou shalt see
   "His appointment," and that only,
   Was the right way home for thee.




Quotes on Disappointment



4. People Let Us Down
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   We sometimes get disappointed
   When people let us down
   We can feel like we've been used,
   We feel like a clown.
   
   But don't let disappointment
   Ruin your day
   Look forward not back,
   And you will find the way.
   
   None of us are perfect,
   That includes you
   Forgive others
   For what they do.
   
   Rather than being angry and
   Discouraged this day
   Forgive and forget
   Is the only way.




Forgiveness Poems



5. That I May Soar
   Poet: Henry David Thoreau
   
   Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf
   Than that I may not disappoint myself;
   That in my action I may soar as high
   As I can now discern with this clear eye.
   
   And next in value which thy kindness lends.
   That I may greatly disappoint my friends,
   However they think or hope that it may be,
   They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me.
   
   That my weak hand may equal my firm faith.
   And my life practise more than my tongue saith;
   That my low conduct may not show,
   Nor my relenting lines,
   That I thy purpose did not know,
   Or overrated thy designs.