11 Poems About New Beginnings

1. Hope for Our New Beginning
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer, © 2019
   
   We are excited about tomorrow
   We will move forward without sorrow.
   Our hopes and dreams we will see
   Will be realized by us being all we can be.
   
   What we have learned we shall give
   We will do our best as we live
   We start today as happy fellows
   With hopes and dreams of a new tomorrow.




Poems about Dreams



2. Seasons Of Life
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer, © 2020
   
   Life brings many seasons
   Change happens for a reason
   So as one ending occurs
   Look forward, open the doors.
   
   A new beginning a time to do
   All of the things you want to.
   A time to look at yourself
   And put away any doubts.
   
   Believe that you can succeed
   You have the potential to exceed
   So take a deep breath and go
   Don't be discouraged if it's slow.
   
   A season ends and a new one begins
   Don't lose your smile or your grin
   With a positive attitude with you
   You will find success in all you do.




Success Poem



3. You Can
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   You can start afresh
   anytime in life
   You can stop and
   end some of the life strife.
   
   You see it is all up to you and
   what you want to do.
   You don't have to be unhappy,
   nor feel blue.
   
   It may not be easy,
   but with a goal in sight
   It will give you hope
   like a shining light.
   
   You may have to overcome
   some hurdles, but that is okay.
   And as you move towards your goal
   you may find potholes in the roadway.
   
   But with a plan and
   a determined attitude
   You can achieve a new beginning
   if you want to!




Attitude Poems



4. A Fresh Beginning
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   A fresh beginning, a new start,
   I'm happy yesterday is no longer a part.
   Exciting paths lay ahead of me.
   With few uncertainties.
   
   No clouds in my sky so blue.
   My heart is filled with joy that's true.
   My life is an open chapter to write
   I see it as happy and bright!




5. Opportunity To Restart
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   As one door closes on our past,
   We know, forever, nothing lasts.
   Our future holds new wondrous sights;
   New goals to set to reach new heights.
   Though it may not feel familiar at the start,
   New beginnings give us an opportunity to restart.




Poems About The Future



6. Your Mission
   Poet: G. M. Grannis
   
   If you cannot on the ocean
   Sail among the swiftest fleet,
   Rocking on the highest billows,
   Laughing at the storms you meet;
   You can stand among the sailors
   Anchored yet within the bay;
   You can lend a hand to help them
   As they launch their boat away.
   
   If you are too weak to journey
   Up the mountain steep and high,
   You can stand within the valley
   While the multitudes go by;
   You can chant in happy measure
   As they slowly pass along;
   Though they may forget the singer
   They will not forget the song.
   
   If you have not gold and silver
   Ever ready to command;
   If you cannot toward the needy,
   Reach an ever-open hand;
   You can visit the afflicted,
   O'er the erring you can weep;
   You can be a true disciple
   Sitting at the Saviour's feet.
   
   If you cannot in the harvest
   Garner up the richest sheaves,
   Many a grain both ripe and golden
   Will the careless reapers leave;
   Go and glean among the briers
   Growing rank against the wall,
   For it may be that their shadow
   Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
   
   Do not, then, stand idly waiting
   For some greater work to do;
   Fortune is a lazy goddess--
   She will never come to you.
   Go and toil in any vineyard,
   Do not fear to do or dare;
   If you want a field of labor
   You can find it anywhere.




Quotes About New Beginnings


For A New Year


7. A New Year, A New Beginning
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   A new year, a new beginning,
   wipe the slate clean
   Keep your attitude positive,
   and your mind keen.
   
   Be open to new ideas,
   try something new
   With God's help and your determination,
   your dreams can come true.
   
   So as this new year begins, think about your life
   and your dreams, too
   Say a prayer, set your goals,
   begin and take action and just do!




New Year Poems


For A Retirement


8. New Beginnings as You Retire
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   As you retire think it as a new beginning for you
   To see the things you want and do the things you do
   
   Retirement is a golden time, for you to realize
   The gift of new beginnings and hidden dreams materialize.
   
   So look back and be thankful, but look forward with expectation
   Let this new beginning have dreams that previously were only contemplations.




Retirement Poems


For Graduation


9. The World That Awaits
   Poet: Julie Hebert, © 2011
   
   The sun is shining,
   On this amazing day,
   Of new beginnings,
   And farewells to say.
   
   Our new road is paved,
   With a new path in sight.
   It's time to take it,
   It feels quite right.
   
   We will say farewell,
   To all we've known.
   The knowledge we will take with us
   And no longer be attending class.
   
   It's time to explore,
   The world that awaits.
   Allow yourself to
   Embrace your fate.




Graduation Poems


You may also want to use one of our goodbye poems to say farewell to friends who will be moving on.



10. Tomorrow Holds A New Beginning
    Author Unknown
    
    Time flies. Whether we like it or not, these past years of school
    have caused us to grow up and become young adults,
    ready to go out into the world.
    
    We are all starting from the same place,
    but we are all going in different directions.
    We strive to obtain the goals we set for ourselves by
    using what we've learned from the past.
    
    Change happens, the excitement of our senior year is replaced
    with cherished moments and memories of the past.
    Different goals have been set after accomplishing previous ones.
    
    Looking back in ten, twenty, thirty years, there will be even more change we see in ourselves than we do now.
    Living in the present allows us to appreciate the past.
    Change allows us to see the progression of ourselves as
    a generation of individuals: then and now.



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11. The Last Day
    Poet: Unknown
    
    To cherished hands of memory
    We now must farewell speak,
    But ’tis with sad and aching heart
    That other climes we seek.
    O’er the schoolroom and o’er campus
    Our wistful gaze is cast,
    Our days at school are numbered now
    We’ve come now to the last.
    
    But a new beginning is upon us
    And forward will we march
    With knowledge and a purpose
    We will leave our mark.
    We will always remember our days
    And the friendships that we made
    But we welcome the challenge of moving on
    And working at our trade.