Long Encouragements Poems

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Imbibing Icing of Isolation

Inside familiar folds of my hanging apron
I encounter a blinkless miniature figurine
Glossy, posable, plastic as a Lego creation
Loyal component of kitchen enforces routine 

Breakfast allures with buttery muffins toasted
Lunch- a- lot predicts sandwich towers teetering
Dinner calls for lavish legs of livestock roasted
Day which follows knows a sequence repeating

Pack away cycle of soap, soak, replace, bench polishes
Scouring for recipes, Lego lady's eyes neatly smile
Cinnamon wafting whirlwind with servitude accomplishes
Devourers' belches earn her  Master Caterer title

Beneath bed, which ejects me at six am alarm
Failed slipper search produces palm sized plaster sculpture
Icing faced, eyes without memory, eternally calm
Solid base she stands on stops commotion from toppling her

Nine am sees my arrival, politely inquiring co-operation 
Afternoon forgets to yawn, incessant key tapping keeps on
Harsh carpark steps echo, repell dusk's contemplation
Traffic jams tomorrow's chasms, where dreams hold reunion

Crisp gives way to crinkles, plaster sculpture refutes
Her congeniality and aptitude due to exhaustion
Chalky cheeks split with encouragements' overuse
Legs held as one are motionless to express discourse

Steam escaped open door shows mirrored me showered
Bounce of towel buffed flesh rises in delightful nonchalance 
Droplets of conciousness roll a path cleansed in empowerment
Serpent tongue hair saturates time, attacks life with vehemence
Form: Quatrain


Premium Member Lost To Heaven My Grandmother

"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it"
                                                     Quote _ by E.E. Cummings

Your touches, kisses, embraces; and each loving gesture;
Your angel-filled, heaven-filled even phantom-filled stories;
Your flavorful delicacies; thoughtfully-spun vesture;
Your care when I was ill, more than my mother, for my ease...

I competed, at your thrust, picking cashew-nuts and plums,
Your encouragements made me successful in little works;
Though I could find never a single tooth in your pink gums,
There was a miraculous balm in your smile, with no smirks... 

Your dutifulness, compassion, warmth, affection and trust,
Coolness in dealings; respect to all, full of innocence;
Never feeling bored, as with everything you could adjust;
Optimism and other virtues have become my essence...

Rest In Peace, O Grandma, at the hands of eternity,
Until we meet again in heavenly fraternity...!


10 September 2022
Writing Challenge- In My Heart- S Forms - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Theme: Lost to Heaven - Grandmother
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Lord God, You Are My Bondage Breaker

January 24 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 20-22

Key Verse – Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY BONDAGE BREAKER
				
Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
showing me Your mercy 
Thank You for upholding me in Your spiritual work's fervency
Keeping me triumphant in Your compassion’s consistency
For my refreshment in Your hallowed blessedness-persistency.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
supporting me by Your loving kindness 
Thank You for accepting me and my offerings of earnestness
Keeping me near You, forgiving my confessed sinfulness
For my restoration from pollution’s wickedness.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
settling me upon Your holy judgments 
Thank You for leading me along Your pardon-compliments
Keeping me serving You with Your encouragements
For my revival against guile’s defilements.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
smiting me of my mischief 
Thank You for rescuing me from snares of soul’s thief
Keeping me persevering along tempting false belief
For my reproof as Your ransomed child from carnality’s grief.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
sealing me within Your salvation-cover 
Thank You for guarding me against the hurts of selfish maneuver
Keeping me secured from the pit of beastly deceiver
For my refinement by faith as Your grace-receiver.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
shedding for me Your blood for my regeneration 
Thank You for feeding me with Your bountiful provision
Keeping me strong in fulfilling Your assigned occupation
For my replenishment along Your deliverance-protection.

Lord God, You are my bondage Breaker, 
sacrificing to free me from hell-suffering 
Thank You for nourishing me with Your gracious nurturing
Keeping me sealed in Your care from affliction’s torturing
For my rejuvenation through Your granted fruit-bearing.

January 24, 2023
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poetry Soup Friends

Poetry Soup friends are rare, yet precious treasures
Offering kindred bond beyond poetic measures
Empowering communication prowess midst word-usage pressures
Tending to souls with every remarkable message that assures
Reaching hearts’ fissures with hope and love enclosures
Yes, indeed expressing honest approval of favor’s pleasures.

So privileged am I to have friends in this global poetry site
Opening to me opportunities to express myself as I earnestly indite*
Upon truths I believe can build lives according to what’s right
Prompted by my faith and relationship with God of blissful delight.

Friends, I thank you for your kind comments
Really pleased am I with your sincere encouragements
Influencing me to do my best in my submission-engagements
Enabling poetic gift* to be harnessed through your compliments---
Nourished and nurtured midst varied sentiments and predicaments
Dealt well around differing perspectives in my exposure-involvements
Satisfied am I, sustained with triumph of writing endowments.

*Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

**2Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

September 23, 2019

3rd place, "Pick a Friend on Soup" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Bobby May; judged on 9/27/2019.
Form: Acrostic

My Moon Friend

At night she comes to say hello.
        Adorned me with love and beauty.
        Shining her soft, caresses light on her earth child.
        Whisper sweet encouragements in my ears.

        Shower me with sweet kisses on my cheeks,
        Tell me her deep secrets.
        Where she hide during day light,
        And about all the lovers that come at night.

        How she wept for human kind.
        When they are consumed with hate.
        And how she prayed with those who lost their faith.
        Her beauty never fades.
        Even if she sometimes changes shape.

       Remind us although we not always whole,
       And go through different phases, we must never lose hope.
       She will constantly watching us.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Inspiration

Inspiration sometimes comes from the least likely places
It can be found in a smile or in a silent prayer
Sometimes, you can feel it after a gentle rain shower
Other times, it dances through the breeze
And can even be seen in the brightest sunflower

Inspiration may be discovered within a heart who listens
Never interrupting, but always intent on even the whispers
Of one who needs to be heard and cared for
With a attentive ear who knows how to bring cheer
With kindness, affection and the gift of giving love

Inspiration might be found on the horizon, in twinkling starlight
Penetrating the shadows of night with the moon beam
Breaking the morning dawn with a shining sunlight ray
Capturing the new day with colorful explosion of flowery escapades
Sending out hues of delight across the indigo mountains

Inspiration comes alive in the breath of a heart’s insight
Sighing reflections of compassion and promise, murmuring
Faith and hope into the heart of those who listen with a desire
To know the One who brings a teardrop out of the pain
Erasing all doubt that there is relief in the weeping thought

Inspiration brightens the day with its blushing sensitivity
Caressing the spirit with praise for those encouragements
That fill lives with hope and hearts with new ways to cope
Lighten the load for those who hold onto so much worry
And give the broken a intact God to relieve the heartaches

Inspiration knows… the gift of giving from the heart
With only the hope that comes from knowing
It’s only in the giving that we are really living!

Premium Member FAITH IN GOD WHO IS THE KING ETERNAL

December 15 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 1Timothy 1-6 

Key Verse – 1Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

FAITH IN GOD WHO IS THE KING ETERNAL	

God is the King eternal midst His great immortality
Who gives us joy of salvation along everlasting life’s security
Upon His promises’ certainty…
Here we are submitting ourselves to His leadership by faith’s intensity.

God is the King eternal midst His midst His riches’ evidence
Who provides us constantly of no coincidence
Upon His Word’s prudence…
Here we are sufficing ourselves in His presence by faith’s cadence.

God is the King eternal midst His graciousness
Who satisfies us by His bountifulness
Upon His blessings’ available with His goodness…
Here we are shutting ourselves within His love by faith’s steadfastness.

God is the King eternal midst His wise timing
Who confronts us against our panic-filled fuming
Upon His commands’ beaming…
Here we are straightening ourselves in His care by faith’s holy grooming.

God is the King eternal midst His sacrifices’ gesture
Who motivates us for great commission-venture
Upon His humility’s posture…
Here we are settling ourselves in His service by faith’s drive toward His pasture.

God is the King eternal midst His honourable appeal
Who exhorts us toward ministry involvements with divine zeal
Upon His achievements’ seal…
Here we are yielding ourselves to His will by faith’s favour, heavenly real.

God is the King eternal midst His glory along Scriptural challenges
Who works in us against slothfulness’ cages
Upon His encouragements’ charges…
Here we are setting ourselves toward His victory by faith’s transformative changes.

December 15, 2025
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member In the Football Field of Life

In the football field of life, vastly wide
We play various roles, of which we take pride
By standards and rules we abide
While toward victorious goal-scoring, we stride!

For rejuvenation time-out moments
We delight in cheerers’ encouragements
Along various sponsors’ refreshments
Thanking the Lord for His grace endowments!

With my faith-driven championship fervor
I trust God, my Coach, for wisdom’s favor
Praying to Him for my service-endeavor
Reaching-out triumphs* I sweetly savor!

*Psalm 25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

June 23, 2018
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member You Gave Me Charity, Hospitality, and Love

You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
I was hungry, you gave me food
You gave me meat to eat
I was thirsty you gave me drink, that's sweet
And I was a stranger you took me in
Housed me for a moment placed a roof over my head
Naked and shamed shoe less you clothes me
I was torn weary and sick
Still you took me in,took  me in
You gave me 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 

I was in prison and you came to me
And as a stranger you took me in
You hugged me, shown love toward me
You gave me monies, encouragements, food and more, it's true
I was torn, weary, and sick
Yet you told me I was yet blessed

I was hungry, you gave me food
You gave me meat to eat
I was thirsty you gave me drink, that's sweet
And I was a stranger you took me in
Housed me for a moment placed a roof over my head
Naked and shamed shoe less you clothes me
I was torn weary and sick
Still you took me in,took  me in
You gave me 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 
You gave me charity, hospitality, and love 

2/01/10
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2010
Form: Lyric

Premium Member THE OFFERING *



Here, I am,
Before your altar I stand, oh, PoetrySoup, 
At attention,
In awe, 
Not out of fear, but out of respect,  
With my heart filled with gratitude,
Ready, an offering to make:
This humble new book of mine,
That 
Was conceived among your poetic pages, and
Was nurtured under the watchful eyes of my fellow poets,
Who, 
For almost twelve years now,
With their criticism,
Their encouragements, and 
Their appraisals,
Helped me put it together. 

THANK YOU ALL!
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© Demetrios Trifiatis 
      22 June 2026
* "THE OFFERING" refers to my fifth book entitled: " IN SEARCH of the LIGHT WITHIN." Amazon, 12 June 2026, 356 pages. In mid-August, God willing, I will be 82 years old. Blessings to all.

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