Encouragement Poem by Valsa George

Encouragement

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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!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: encouragement
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kelly Kurt 10 February 2016

Nice imagery and an important bit of wisdom

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Simone Inez Harriman 10 February 2016

A wonderful, important message Valsa. To give encouragement with a kind word does not cost much yet the dividends for the soul are tenfold......10

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Edward Kofi Louis 10 February 2016

Seeing his sister's adventurous ride. Nice piece of work.

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Akhtar Jawad 10 February 2016

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 nice message.

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Kavya . 10 February 2016

Wow...what a powerful message..a slightest encouragemnet from someone is all we need to push ourselves towards the goal...and you have brilliantly explained this in the form of siblings playing in the slide. Excellent Mam! You truly would have been amongst the favourite professor of your students.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 15 November 2019

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.

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 13 February 2016

Good advice at the end. Hope all at ph take heed, for there are many little toddlers here needing words of encouragement. (10)

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Hans Vr 13 February 2016

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

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Clarence Prince 12 February 2016

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

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Souren Mondal 12 February 2016

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 :)

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