Commonwealths Poems


Tom Hamer

...When Tom was ten he was told, 
To give up swimming, outrightly, 
‘Cos it would get him nowhere, 
But at 12 he swam the Channel. 

He has an intellectual disability, 
And is in the new class of ...
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Categories: commonwealths, strength, summer,
Form: Blank verse

Natalie Blake

...Natalie has been to five Paralympics, including Rio, 
And recently took the bronze at World Powerlifting, 
In Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia 2016, IPC World Cup -
It paralleled her Glasgow silver, Commo...
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Categories: commonwealths, strength, summer,
Form: Blank verse


Sophie Thornhill

...Sophie is a visually impaired para-cyclist, 
So her partner is Rachel James, the tandem, 
She’s on the Boot Out Breast Cancer team, 
And is a mastermind at Friends, all shows. 

From Poynton in ...
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Categories: commonwealths, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse

Jody Cundy

...Jody took an explicit anger rage
In London, at the 2012 Paralympics,
Which everyone knew about, did rage,
Threw his water bottles about, tactics. 

He wanted the technical delegate, ICU, 
To ca...
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Categories: commonwealths, body, desire, dream, health,
Form: Quatrain

The Flaw In Law

...The Flaw in Law Hand on my Jaw
the plan what I saw
Evil enslaved the people
Corrupt Capitalists
Conquer Commonwealths
Create a Campaign to Cancel
Cause of Consciousness in a
Community of Color...
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Categories: commonwealths, black african american, history,
Form: I do not know?


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