As a mortal man of threescore and five years
...As a mortal man of threescore and five years...
I bore witness and/or assimilated, gleaned,
and nursed implacable thirst for knowledge
courtesy reading factual narratives,
historical fiction, o...
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Categories:
keelboat, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Alexandra Rickman
...Alexandra sails a SKUD 18 alongside Niki Birrell,
In a sailing 1-person keelboat, a successful pair,
They’ve won many a para World Champ. title,
Silver or gold from 2013 to 2015, with lots of d...
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Categories:
keelboat, sports, strength, water,
Form: Quatrain
Niki Birrell
...Niki was born on August the 17th, 1986,
And is a British Paralympic sailor strong,
Who joins forces with his brother, picks,
To sail the sea, the waves to get along.
Born with Cerebral Palsy...
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Categories:
keelboat, body,
Form: Quatrain
Soul Stance River - 11
...Suddenly, two Indian boys throw themselves into the water like meteors
swiming towards camp chatty as prarie dogs,
they hail from a Teton encampment of 74 lodges a few miles up river
most of the m...
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Categories:
keelboat, adventure,
Form: Epic
Soul Stance River - 2
...The rivers are racing with a glee of free morning stampede today
carrying the currency of silted centuries and the cool silk of the wind's summer saga,
within my heart I feel the rambunctious rush ...
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Categories:
keelboat, courage,
Form: Epic