Arthur Vaso Poet Free verse

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An angry driver rammed a Tour de France cyclist off the road!

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-france-rammed-off-road-driver-car-beausoleil-tour-de-france-cyclist-impatient-driver-a7725591.html

Tour De France

Tour de France

He suffered injury
A serious affair
Out of first
And into intensive care

They sliced and they sewed
He was Hercules so he rose
Above the blood and guts
He survived surgeries woes

He was a gladiator and fighter
He was built of stuff that made him mightier
Than any evil cyclist could ever toss his way
His wheels were faster, he’s here to stay

So now he’s up and back in the race
On his wheels you shall see his human grace
As he steps up to the podium
And rightfully assumes his first place

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Andrea Dietrich June 8, 2017 at 7:25 PM wonderful tribute to him, arthur, and I got your warning email. will try not to inadvertently click on ads!!

Jan Allison June 1, 2017 at 2:14 PM Gosh I'd not heard the story Arthur - thankfully he's ok and will be out there fighting for TDF glory later in the year!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Marie Coreggia June 1, 2017 at 11:09 AM A great write Arthur. It's too bad he was training on a back road at the time and there was no CCTV footage, but you're right, Froome is a fighter and will probably make it to first place like he has 3 times in the past I believe:) Amitiés

Darren White June 1, 2017 at 1:17 AM I am glad he survived and is back again :)

White Wolf May 31, 2017 at 10:33 PM A true champion! Well done, Arthur!

Tim Smith May 31, 2017 at 8:10 PM His grace is more important than winning a race. Nice poem Arthur

Chris Green May 31, 2017 at 8:09 PM I hadn't heard about this but I have now, really nicely done Arthur. Sometimes you have wonder what gets into people, why do something like this but if he rose from adversity to compete again, then he won no matter what.