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Ode To Wayne Gretzy

...Ode To Wayne Gretzky

We all carry the same genes
and look how different we turn out;
I honed my skills to playing hockey
and look how far I’ve come.
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Categories: edmonton, hero, hockey, perspective, sports,
Form: Epigram

I Am Sorry, To Pat, of Edmonton, N 18 and Tottenham Technical College, N 17, London, Circa 1961

...To me there is not justice in this world,
and no God awaiting us either.
So who, therefore, could freely harm an innocent soul,
and then each night sleep in peace for ever after?

For though man...

Categories: edmonton, emotions, feelings, hurt, innocence,
Form: Free verse

Lauren Steadman

...Lauren is originally a Paralympic swimmer, 
But her uncle guided her into the triathlon, 
A third of which involves outdoor swimming, 
And did her first one in 2011, came second. 

Born without ...

Categories: edmonton, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Alison Patrick

...Alison completed the triathlon in Rio, 
With Hazel Smith, her guide athlete, 
‘Cos she’s visually impaired, not solo, 
And so needs Hazel to see the beat. 
 
She comes from Dunfermline, Scotland...

Categories: edmonton, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain

Faye Mcclelland

...Faye was working as a gym instructor, 
When a colleague asked her to set up, 
A triathlon event, and she was a runner, 
In the contest, so desired to join up. 

She competed in her first triathl...

Categories: edmonton, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain

Claire Cunningham

...Claire won 5 medals at the Barcelona Paras, 
In 1992, where she took the 50m freestyle gold, 
To set a World Record, and in the 100m pass, 
Still freestyle, she secured a warm silver fold,

A si...

Categories: edmonton, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain

Phil Hogg

...Phil embraced his disability when he acquired it, 
And took up the disability sport of para-triathlon, 
Where you swim, cycle and race a set distance:
He broke his back in 1991 in a cycling incide...

Categories: edmonton, race, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse

Eve Tmm

...Eve T.M.M. is a sweet Canadian gal
A product of the wild wild west
Living between Edmonton and Calgary
Imagine as a cowgirl she's dressed

Riding frisky stallions and lassooing steers
R...

Categories: edmonton, tribute,
Form: Quatrain

Suburban Living

...The suburbs have been a part of the lives of all Americans, especially that of the  awesome Caucasians. It's been affecting the lives of all U.S. citizens since the day frozen TV dinners were invente...

Categories: edmonton, on writing and words,
Form: Epic

The Longest Day

...THE   LONGEST    DAY

It’s an astronomical fact little-known
That  New Year’s Eve  nineteen ninety one 
Was the longest  the  record will show.
The sun set in the west at Heathrow  
As our plan...

Categories: edmonton, traveleve, sun,
Form: Narrative

Edmonton

...smoked crack with many of the mayors friends
art of seduction
some of the grossest men
Need some clarity edmonton
someone crazy enough to get information
easy enough
and i'm a civilian
how you...

Categories: edmonton, warwar, war, drug,
Form: Free verse

November 9th 2006 Edmonton Alberta Canada(Time Capsule Poem)

...

Whats in the news today
and how much snow is on the ground
they say in the paper there is 2 600 homeless people
in my home city
but word o...

Categories: edmonton, confusion, history, mystery, visionary,
Form: Free verse