Best Bronzes Poems

O glorious Autumn of melancholic 
Gold -
All abouts the brightly lit
Woodlands
Your wonderful artistry behold!
Tinted bronzes,
Darting between awkward firs
Of sobering Evergreen,
Loiter inside mauve havens
Splashed with palest yellows -
And dappled with many differing 
Limes
Throughout this variegated Theme;
A myriad of rustling contentment,
Sweetest contrasting charms,
Complimentary...
Softly whispering leafy hues...
Hushed...most elegantly...

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Panes of dirty glass conceal the past
where futures were tied to land and soil.
And pa fingers a hand full of dirt
reflecting on years of pain and toil.

A rusty sun bronzes a foil star
ma hung in the window for good luck.
And a small candle awaits a...

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Stef, born in New Zealand’s fine country, 
Moved to Canada aged 4 with her parents, 
Where she had a boating accident aged 9,
Which amputated her right foot for her life. 

She’s married to fellow Paralympian fast, 
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos, 
And they both train...

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Sun bronzes my wings
As I flutter in the wind
Drinking the nectar of flowers
Chasing lovers
		 in skies bright or grim
Dancing on clouds swirly white
Softly I sing of natures right
To love all other breathing things
A God who says different
Is a serpent who sins...

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Ashley best describes himself as, 
Cheeky, funny and also happy as, 
He’s a student at South Bank Uni, 
Of sports coaching in London city. 

He is a very keen table tennis player, 
Started playing in primary, 7th year, 
And just missed out on London 2012,
But...

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Sara played basketball in squad ParalympicsGB, 
At Euros, at Worlds and at Commonwealth Games, 
In Manchester and in Melbourne, and had TT victory, 
At the Paralympics in London with her team-mate. 

Her boyfriend introduced her to table tennis nifty, 
And she’s a paralytic, from a...

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Down they swooped, so keen,
In perfect vee formation
Bronzes, browns, a green
Two blues and, showing elation, 
Lastly, at midpoint, the great golden Queen
Beloved of our tiny nation,
Their plate sized eyes awhirr
As they sought new station.
The sulphur smell
Near knocked us out
Reminiscent of the hell
Of the recent rout.
They...

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Ellie became instantly popular on Twitter, 
For her Rio entrance to the 50m butterfly, 
Which became known affectionately as, 
The “gangster entrance”, her huge jacket.  

Ellie was diagnosed in November of 2012,
Just after the London Paralympic Games, 
When she was inspired by Ellie Simmonds,...

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Chris was born on 9th July in 1993,
And he fights every day in training, 
At the British Judo Centre in Walsall, 
A Centre of Excellence, producing. 

He lost his job as a car mechanic,
Through his ocular albinism diagnosis, 
But now trains with determination, 
Professionally, to...

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Jessica-Jane is best known for London 2012,    
When she won the gold in a dramatic finish, 
In the swimming 200 metres freestyle event,
In the S14 class, for intellectual disabilities.

She has autism and was born in August 1996,
She was the first S14 swimmer...

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Laura was born with her foot at the wrong angle, 
Which is the condition of Talipes, but many ops,
Corrected this, although she was left standing, 
With very little ankle movement. She loves sport. 

Through school she found hockey and in 2011,
Playing in the indoor squad...

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Big Ben trains hard in the gym, 
To prepare for his athletics games, 
And, training in Coventry, hymn, 
There’s a local interest in games. 

“I’ve been able to train 2 to 3 times
a day, 6 days a week, I get the miles
in on the track...

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Andrew came in behind Daniel Dias, 
Brazil’s most popular swimming star, 
Three times at Rio: 2 bronze, 1 silver, 
In the 50m butterfly, IM and the back.

He’s from Glasgow, born short limbed, 
On the 29th day of November in 1996,
He boasts Mearns Castle High bricks,
And...

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When winds blow strong from out the west
And autumn leaves come swirling down
so full of colour full of zest
When winds blow strong from out the west
the burnished bronzes I like best
will vie with reds and golds and brown
When winds blow strong from out the west
And...

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Claire was born disabled, no left forearm, 
And at school hid it well under her jumpers,
But swimming let her accept, love her body, 
Such that today she’s a swimming medalist. 

Born in Redditch in Worcestershire county,  
Which is in the north-east of fine England,...

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