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The Blessed Land, My Country

...This is an ancient land lapped by two seas in the south,
          flanked by lofty mountain, the highest on earth.
Many mighty rivers flow across this fertile land,
          brisk monsoon rains ...

Why Poverty of Speech

...Speak such soothing words, never crude,                              
That help lose your puffed pride for good--
Words that keep you in cool frame,
And make others nigh the same.
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Enough Evil In Us All

...Looking for world's vile and wicked, 
I found no one so crooked;
When I delved in my own within,
No one than me was more mean!
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Here is the...

My Country

...This is an ancient land lapped by two seas in the south,
          girdled by mountains the highest on the earth.
Many mighty rivers flow across this fertile land,
          monsoon rains wash the...

Laura Sugar

...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...

Mel Nicholls

...Mel had to berate a bad car driver, 
Who, at traffic lights, nearly hit her,
She said “Life flashed” in rigid fear, 
When the car towards her did steer. 

She rubs shoulders with Crockroft, 
As...

Maria Lyle

...Maria is a Scot born in Dunbar,
With fine, neat Cerebral Palsy, 
Spastic diipelgic CP is her car:
Mum got shingles in pregnancy. 

She’s only sixteen years old, 
So goes to Dunbar Grammar, 
Bu...

Samantha Kinghorn

...Sammi was crushed in snow and ice, 
Under the beam of a forklift truck, 
Being driven by her dad on his farm, 
Such that her back did break, no luck. 

Her physio at Glasgow’s Southern, 
Sent h...

Sophie Kamlish

...Sophie was born with an abnormal right foot, 
So when she was nine she chose amputation, 
She comes from Camden then moved to Bath, 
And now studies at Bath College Illustration. 

In 2011 she w...

Abbie Hunnisett

...Abbie was born on October 28th in 1995,
And comes from East Grinstead, Sussex,
She went to two special schools very alive, 
With therapy: Treloar School and Valence. 

Abbie boarded at Valence, ...

Georgia Hermitage

...Georgia has mild Cerebral Palsy, 
And was loved by her PE teacher, 
At George Abbot School friendly, 
But didn’t then become a runner. 

The 2012 Paras got to her heart, 
Guilted her with schoo...

Sophie Hahn

...Sophie was born with Cerebral Palsy, 
On the 23rd of January 1997, she’s 19,
And trains at Loughborough University, 
But was born in Nottingham’s glean. 

She’s won thirteen major titles, is top...

Sabrina Fortune

...Sabrina has the condition speech dyspraxia, 
Which caused a mild intellectual impairment, 
And so competes in athletics throwing events, 
Specialising in the shot put discipline, skill. 

Her br...

Olivia Breen

...Olivia, or Livvy, is a Sky Academy Sports Scholar, 
Competes in sprint T38 and long jump events F38.
She was born in Guildford, England, to a mother, 
Who is Welsh and to a father who is of Irish ...

Derek Rae

...Derek runs 26 mile marathons,
With his nerve-damaged right arm
Anchored in a sling: solid sounds, 
‘Cos a truck did cause him harm.
 
The accident changed his life, 
But he can’t remember it, r...

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