Encouragement Poem by Valsa George
Encouragement
It was a clear, beautiful evening
The sun still ablaze, a tad too brilliant,
Playing out its last moments,
The sky, a ruddy glow of luminescence!
I was stationed on a park bench
Lazily watching the stir and commotion
The park was alive as usual
With the young and the old- a motley crowd
The children's park was equally vibrant
With excited noise, the young on swings n' see saws
Near a slide, I watched two small kids;
A girl of about seven and her little brother
The girl had already gone down the slide
Seeing his sister's adventurous ride
The boy too began scampering up
But with each step, his courage seemed to fail
And the higher he climbed, the more timid he grew
The thought of sliding down from such height
Totally unnerved him and he sat down gingerly
Wondering what to do, hesitant to take the plunge
His sister stood waiting at the foot
With hands spread wide and coaxing him to be down
But the boy remained unmoved, totally confused
The girl with patience, continued to coerce
After a few minute's pause, mustering courage
He at last gave himself a wild push
The slide came down crashing in a second
The impact almost knocking the girl down
But she managed to keep both from falling over
How like the little boy, we too rely on others
For their encouragement to do the hard things in life
People need lift, with generous souls buoying them up
So why not use our words to lift someone up today!
A vogorous pen to transform an everyday's scene into a a poetical event.
I totally agree with you here.A little bit of encouragement can definitely do wonders.Nice way of passing the message.Thanks for shsring
The trump card was the last stanza. An excellent piece of work and what I say is of course not in the way of any encouragement!
Beautiful poem on encouragement from a simple of observation of a common event. We can learn from children too.
So why not use our words to lift someone up today! .....oh, yes we must use our words to lift someone up today! A brilliant poem is well executed.
Good advice at the end. Hope all at ph take heed, for there are many little toddlers here needing words of encouragement. (10)
You captured fantastic moments of love between the older sister and her younger brother. If we keep our eyes open, there are so many stories, real stories unfolding every day: positive stories with wonderful messages. The poet picks up the stories and shares them with the world. Poetry at it highest purpose. I loved reading this one very much and the last paragraph is very inspiring. Thanks so much, Valsa
Encouragement is a great help, It can put faith, hope, and strength of life, into any one, at any time in one's life. A lovely piece of work, thanks for sharing, Valsa11111
Awwww... I really love watching kids play and play with them.. Nowadays, they are so more intellegent and brave.. I really loved how you took a simple incident and turned it into a poetic experience that could be shared with one and all.. We should, indeed, be like the little girl and encourage everyone to take a 'leap of faith'.. It is beautiful poem Valsa ma'am.. Little brats teach us a lot :)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/7/2025 1:31:16 AM # 1.0.0
Such a heart warming poem. An every day moment gets immortalized in beautiful poetry. There's a lesson to be learnt from every small happening in life. This slide will be lost upon most mortals but a poet turns the mundane into significant. Full marks to you.