Best Ephraim Poems
There once was a poet who despaired
though blessed with a fair amount of flair
that he was way too thick
to master limericks
counting words an arduous affair
Limerick-writing he'd master not
count sillybulls, meter and whatnot
the elusive punchline's
too troublesome to find
with his thoughts roughly tied up in knots
Spatial dimension impediment
a meter doubled in measurement
at the best of times three
lopsided prosody
shoddy despite its being eloquent
Sillybulls ignored and miscounted
charge around angrily, discounted
with their hoofs on the slam
they step up the bedlam
bewildering chaos uncounted
With pep talks and deliberation
resolved: they're too high 'bove my station
so to rhyme he should stick
and give up limericks
where wordcraft counts naught but summation
*Sillybulls = syllables. My thanks to Ephraim Crud for the loan of the word.
To Wignesan: am I stooopid or what???
Categories:
ephraim, light, poetry,
Form:
Limerick
Isaac's son
saac's son
Saxon
O Israel where are you
I know you are not a Jew
Joseph come home
come home O child come home
I spy David's thrown
we'll have to make preparations
to bring it back to Jerusalem
so that when our savior comes home
he will have a proper place to sit
there upon his fathers thrown
for sins the Lord with held the blessings
over twenty five hundred years
and then we suddenly received them
swiftly they fade away
think we will ever learn our lesson
think we'll ever straighten our ways
"Be sure to observe my Sabbaths
keep the sanctified day
do not go around worshiping idols"
now blessings are fading away
does anybody else know
what does the word of God say
soon the skies will be iron
and the land will turn to brass
plagues shall scald our people
and our cities will break like glass
that fell down from the heavens
shattered and scattered all to pieces
we should have obeyed the laws of our father
like we were told to by the great king Jesus
O Ephraim, O Manasseh
I pray we learn our lesson fast
so that the pain doesn't have to last
we will all soon be slaves
God's will and try to be brave
still I pray
my God have mercy
and I pray to see the day
when we all learn to live
within God's laws and learn his ways
O America, O Britain
nation overseas and mine
don't you know God is going to punish us
time after time after time
until we learn the way to happiness
and inherit eternal life
we will walk by the river of life that flows
I guess we’ll have to learn the hard way
I guess that's just how it goes
they don't believe God and they wont believe me
I guess that soon enough
everybody in the world will know
everybody in the world will see
(Jer: 50:4-6)
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD,
the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come,
and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be
forgotten.
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray,
they have turned them away on the mountains:
they have gone from mountain to hill,
they have forgotten their resting place.
Categories:
ephraim, faith, children, forgiveness, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Formed from the seed of love their feelings prime,
a girl child was woven heroine,
biblical prophetess in time;
Deborah was such, the name chosen, mine.
Like a lightening bolt was she conceived,
a joining of aspirant souls,
seeking other primal roles,
into controversy; she was received.
This fiery woman, a rousing Queen Bee
Debbie was raised, the mothering maid.
A leader, biblical judge conveyed
hers the responsibility to creed.
Matriarch of Jews, she, from the tribe Ephraim,
A mother of Israel was she.
The equal of every he,
This, the burden given me, by name branded.
Upon the shoulders of such a frail form
this ancestral burden was laid.
The unknown outcome heaven made
all of life is tested when Deb "bees" are born.
date 4/17/15
Categories:
ephraim, allegory,
Form:
Bio
"a Didactic Tanka"
bright were the arrows,
struck the pride of Ephraim.
Ephraim harlot…
`pride she stood, as city’s queen,
`pride’s econ, icon no more.
For Carolyn
A Contest: Remembering 9/11
My heart goes out for the sake of innocent lives lost in this inferno. In no way, is my verse meant to be insensitive to this tragedy of innocent lives lost. I just want to write about the higher precept reason, misunderstood, behind the game and not the end human concept stress. Love's energy policy must be balanced it has damages imposed in the economics of the human concept of greed. It is only that I think this game to be fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Read in Jeremiah Chapter 51:11-14 kjv to justify the prediction of which I speak. The world monetary policy led by America is the image of a prostitute.(c kjv Rev. Chapter 17&18) This economy as is must be destroyed. (Rev. 17:16-18)
Categories:
ephraim, introspection,
Form:
Tanka
In his private parlor the king of Moab rests,
Having just retired from his more spacious quarters,
Where King Eglon had received the Israelite guests,
Bearing tribute, not a gift, but by the king’s orders.
Israel’s cries to God, about their being bereft,
Brought about the sending of a rescuer from the Lord.
Ehud, a man ambidexterous and lethal with his left,
Wore on his right thigh a cubit-length sword.
Ehud is sent by God to ease Israel’s suffering,
And is quickly added with those bearing the treasure.
He conceals his double-edged sword with a covering
And, pretending to have an errand, asks the King’s pleasure.
Eglon, a king who rules with an iron rod,
Believes Ehud’s pretense of a secret task--
A special message he says is from God—
And sees Ehud in his parlor as he asks.
Eglon the king rises from his lounging,
As Ehud announces what his visit is about.
With sword in hand, Ehud is suddenly bounding
And stabbing the king until his entrails fall out.
Ehud dashes out on the porch, locking doors in back.
He dashes by idols and monuments of stone and iron,
And flees toward Mount Ephraim, following the track,
Where timely he lifts and blows the trumpet of Zion.
Categories:
ephraim, death, faith, history, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
My old pal from another site
Contacted me today
He wondered where I'd gotten to
Wondered where I'd strayed
Quite a catchy monicker eh?
Grabbed your attention I bet
He's way out there in the outer limits
Hit it off as soon as we met
Looks like he might be joining us
Here on Poetry Soup
A great addition but please beware
He often uses the word poop
So join me in a big hearty welcome
To my good friend Ephraim Crud
I know you're going to love this guy
So send him a big verbal hug
© Jack Ellison 2013
Categories:
ephraim, friendship, me,
Form:
Quatrain
August 18 Scripture Meditations Based on Hosea 4-5
Key Verse – Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me…
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR NOT HIDING FROM ME
Thank You for not hiding from me Your compassion
Even though I have sinned against You in my wrong reaction…
Here am I repentant for my pride’s transgression
Please restore me along Your assured joy of salvation.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your mercy
Even though I have disobeyed You in my inconsistency…
Here am I humbled before You with sincere fervency
Please forgive me along Your ready clemency.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your chastisement
Even though I have deserved Your reproof and judgement…
Here am I needy of Your gentle treatment
Please help me along Your protective correction-bestowment.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your will
Even though I have doubted that Your promises You fulfill…
Here am I illumined because of Calvary’s hill
Please calm me down me along Your redemption bill.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your goodness
Even though I have defied Your commands’ seriousness…
Here am I grateful for Your loving kindness
Please uphold me along Your patient graciousness.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your counsel
Even though I have neglected to exercise spiritual muscle…
Here am I willing to learn from truth’s whole, not just parcel
Please direct me along Your teaching epistle.
Thank You for not hiding from me Your ways
Even though I have felt discouraged during challenging days…
Here am I responsive to Your enlightenment-rays
Please guide me along Your righteous pace.
August 18, 2022
Categories:
ephraim, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
There was at one time a woman judge named Deborah.
She lived in the high land between Bethel and Ramah.
This wife of Lappidoth held court under some great palms.
Ephraim was the place where she would settle many qualms.
Deborah proved to be a prophetess of God’s word.
The Lord’s voice was what through her sounds the people had heard.
She sent Barak with his command of ten thousand men
coming from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun,
to Mount Tabor against the army of King Jabin.
This king ruled Canaan from the city of Hazor.
For twenty years, he was Israel’s big tormentor.
Sisera was Jabin’s general and commander.
He and Barak’s men would fight at the Kishon River
Deborah went with Barak and his men to Kedesh
They killed the enemy with no sign of living flesh.
Sisera escaped and retreated running away.
He would meet Jael at her tent later on that day.
She was the wife of Heber, a friend to King Jabin.
Jael offered Sisera shelter and asked him in.
She would move toward Sisera when he was asleep
Jael took a tent peg to his head and plunged it deep.
Barak appeared to her searching for the enemy.
Jael took him in to show Sisera’s dead body.
A short time later, King Jabin of the Canaanites,
would be defeated and killed by the Israelites.
Deborah and Barak then sang in celebration.
They praised the Lord for all Israel’s liberation.
There was great joy and elation among their loud cheers.
Peace would then be with the Lord’s people for forty years!
From the Old Testament Book of Judges
Categories:
ephraim, religionpeople, wife, men, people,
Form:
Rhyme
I
The historical record shows many intimate connections between Arabs, Muslims, Hebrews and Jews, and Babylon. The nation we equate with Israel began as tribes in the deserts of Arabia. Some of them were allies, some opponents, of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). However, we know his Uncle-in-law was Jewish via Khadijah, and helped the Prophet reject the fear he was insane, for hearing Gabriel speak some of the Old Testament scriptures to him.
II
The synagogue system of worship was begun in Ira q (Babylon)
III
Tel Aviv was a famous Jewish city in Iraq, before it was "revived" in present - day Israel.
IV
Strictly-speaking "Jews" refer to Jesus' tribe, as He is the Lion of Judah; the other 11 tribes of ancient Israel (Hebrew tribes) are the ten tribes of old Israel then called Samaria, or Ephraim with Samaria as the capital. The remaining tribe of Benjamin - from which the great missionary Paul (Saul) descended - was located in JUDEA, or the Southern Kingdom (with Jerusalem as capital).
V
As i pointed out previously, the Samaritans have survived for millennia near Mount Gerizim (adjoining Nablus, in the Occupied West Bank - which some Israelis call SAMARIA even today). They were persecuted by Arabs and Jews as neither fish nor fowl, especially during the 1940s, and during intifadas. West_bank Samaritans remained neutral, declaring their connection with Abraham through Jacob (Yakov) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham. In the parables, Jesus spent much time showing the Samaritans as "good" and worth saving. Samaritans were not allowed to buy land in Israel after 1948; an exception was made in 1950s near Tel Aviv. Recently UKRAINIAN women are recruited as brides for the dwindling Samaritan population (GOOGLE this). Thanks to Israeli scholars who proved the Samaritan story in the 1950s.
shalom, shalom. Yes, we have differences, but we have much in common!
NOTES:
1. Khadijah, the Prophet's first wife, was a business man, and likely a Christian. Her father, Khuwaylid Ibn Asad was also leader in Quresh tribe.
2. Her relative, Warak -al-Naufal (sometimes El-NORFIL) was a Christian and a minister. Of course he used the Bible in Arabic (as ME Christians still do).
Categories:
ephraim, bible, history, jesus, jewish,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Formed from the seed of love thoughts prime
a child was woven heroine
biblical prophetess in time
Deborah was such, a name chosen, mine.
Like a lightening bolt was she conceived
a joining of aspirant souls
seeking other primal roles
into a world of controversy she was received.
This fiery woman, a rousing Queen Bee
Debbie the mothering maid
the battle leader, judge conveyed
authority and responsibility hers to seed.
Compatriot of Moses she, from tribe of Ephraim,
Mother of Israel was she.
The equal of every he,
such is the burden given me from the Father of man.
Upon the shoulders a such a frail form
this mighty burden laid.
The outcome heaven made
for all of life is tested and the "bees" are born.
Categories:
ephraim, faith
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Eyes of jade and hair like the golden sunshine
a body like a work of art and a smile so sweet
and kind...
Well MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT every time we
come face to face, it’s erogenous in Ephraim
state of grace and it's so hard to catch my breath
when you reach out to touch my face, I can hardly
speak, every time we meet MY HEART SKIPS A
BEAT, MYY HEART SKIPS A BEAT...
But your beauty is just the half of it, you’ve just
got this special way of all the things you do and
say...
And every time we come face to face, it’s so hard
for me to catch my breath, it’s like another world
another time and place, every time we come face
to face, MY HEART SKIP, SKIPS A BEAT
and I get so weak in the knees, every time you are
near me whoa I just get so excited baby and
MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT, yeahh it's so erogenous
MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT, MY HEART SKIPS A
BEAT every time, every time we meet!
Categories:
ephraim, boyfriend, emotions, heart,
Form:
Free verse
March 15 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Joshua 19-21
Key Verse– Joshua 19:50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, [even] Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO GIVES US
WHAT WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WORD
Praise be to God for giving us what we ask
according to His Word that we should:
Enjoy with gratefulness
Enrich by His goodness
Enhance through His graciousness
Exemplify along His governance
Expose for His glory
Joshua 20:1-2 Praise be to the Lord for
serving as our refuge from:
Temptations that slay spiritual fortitude
Travails that smite strong faith
Tribulations that stress soul’s fervency
Trials that subdue sanctification-firmness
Tasks that shock satisfaction-fuel
Joshua 21:45 Praise be to the Saviour
Who never fails to:
Provide our restoration constantly
Protect our revival-commitment continuously
Present to us His redeeming compassion consistently
Prove to us His replenishing care ceaselessly
Prod us toward rejoicing by His comfort cheerfully. Amen!
March 15, 2024
Categories:
ephraim, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Alliteration
September 20 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Hosea 11-14
Key Verse – Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR BEING IN OUR MIDST
Praise be to God for being in our midst:
Teaching us His testimonies we should trust
Testing us midst terrible turbulent times
Taking us toward triumphant tasks
Training us through tough trials
Telling us His tenacious truths
Hosea 12:6 Praise be to the Lord
for enabling us to turn unto Him:
Rejoicing along His redemption’s regard
Repenting from rebelliousness’ reign
Resting from reproaches’ retorts
Refreshed in His restoration
Rejuvenated by His revival
Hosea 13:4 Praise be to the Saviour for
asserting that He is our Lord Who:
Calls us by His compassion for consecration
Cleanses us with His chastity toward courage
Cares for us along His comfort and cheerfulness
Commands us with His cause for our commitment
Counsels us to charge and convict us against complacency
Hosea 14:9 Praise be to the Almighty
for leading us to His right ways from:
Destruction’s direction by His declaration
Denial’s despondency along His definite defense
Despair’s distress thru His daring dedicated devotion
Defiant disobedience toward delightful discipleship drive
Discouragement’s damage through His determined deliverance
Devil’s darkness and deceitful detours upon His decisive domination. Amen!
September 20, 2024
Categories:
ephraim, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Alliteration
July 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 17-21
Key Verse – Isaiah 17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY PROTECTIVE FORTRESS
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your kingdom
Thank You for making me fruitful by Your wisdom
So that I can plant along Your salvation freedom
As You rebuke me against spiritual boredom.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your rivers of blessing
Thank You for lifting me up to seek Your cleansing
So that I can come to You for worshipful praising
As You cheer me toward constant rejoicing.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your presence
Thank You for ruling over me by Your truth’s essence
So that I can stand upon Scriptural defense
As You hedge me around Your doctrines’ fence.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your work’s wonders
Thank You for shaking me by Your faith-strengthening thunders
So that I can come to Your altar-pillar borders
As You perform in me Your inheritance-orders.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your victorious fight
Thank You for guiding me to walk in Your light
So that I can follow Your leadership so right
As You help me by Your deliverance wherein I delight.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your vision
Thank You for upholding me by Your compassion
So that I can participate in Your great commission
As You supply me with Your provision.
Lord God, You are my protective Fortress within Your ground for service
Thank You for declaring unto me Your faithfulness-notice
So that I can lodge in Your ministry of servanthood practice
As You secure me to grow and mature as You did promise.
July 9, 2023
Categories:
ephraim, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
I have written to him the great things
Of my Law but they were counted as a strange thing
My people have sown the wind but they shall reap the whirlwinds
Set the trumpet to my mouth
He that comes as an eagle against the house
Of the Lord must turn from
God don't forsake the Master of idols, oh, oh, no
They the people have transgressed my covenant
And trespassed against my law
No golden idols
No golden calves
Gonna save myself from those ruins
Israel, Israel shall cry, at last my god, My God we know thee
And when know thee but we do not, know not I
I have written to him the great things
Of my Law but they were counted as the strange thing
They were counted as the strange things
Israel cast off the thing that is good
Enemies shall pursue you sure
They have set up kings but not by me
They have made princes and I knew them not
Used silver and gold made idols that they may be cut off
I have written to him the greater things;
Of my Law but they were counted as counted as strange things
My people have sown the wind but they now know were they've been
They were, are counted as the strange things
Oh, Samaria has cast you off God say watch your steps or you'll be lost
Mine anger is kindled against them
How long, how long will it be here?
They that attain to innocence
From Israel was it also the workman made is known
It's not God, it's not God and the calf of Samaria the Calf of Samaria shall be broken up;
We all shall drink from the cup
it has no stalk the bud shall yield no meal and if so be it yield
The strangers shall swallow it up
I have written to him the greater things
Of my Law but they were counted das counted as strange things
My people have sown the wind but they now know were they've been
They were, they are counted as the strange things
Israel now swallowed up now shall they be accountable there's no pleasure
For they are gone up to Assyria on their donkeys Ephraim hath hired lovers
They were counted as a strange thing
10/03/12
Written by James Edward Lee Sr.
from anthology "2013"
Categories:
ephraim, adventure, allegory, bible, celebrity,
Form:
Free verse