10 of the Most Inspirational and Motivational Poems Sir Edward Dyer, 'My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is'. ... 2. Walt Whitman, 'Song of Myself'. ... Emily Dickinson, '“Hope” is the Thing with Feathers'. ... W. E. Henley, 'Invictus'. ... Rudyard Kipling, 'If—'. ... Max Ehrmann, 'Desiderata'. ... Langston Hughes, 'Dreams'. ... Philip Larkin, 'Coming'. More items... Feb 5, 2020