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Premium Member 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. *** Note...

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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......

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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 ......

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

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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......

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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......

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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......

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Categories: edmonton, race, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member 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......

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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......

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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......

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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......

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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......

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

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