Long Backstroke Poems

people's lives would be less chaotic and probably more sane
if on the road of life they would just stay in their lane
one shouldn't try to preach the gospel if from God you didn't get a...

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"Lake Tear in the Clouds" was an indescribably pretty scene
Lewis Pugh hiked in the rain; clouds lifted, he felt serene.
He dove in, swam through hemlock, maple, ash and birch
An adventure starting in nature's wooden church.

Vanderwhacker...

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For almost a decade now, 
a beach ball has been firmly wedged 
between skeletal roof cross beams
at my local swimming pool 

No doubt some kid kicked too hard, 
and it accidentally got wedged tight

But come...

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I dove into the deep end, headfirst, quite a splash,
Not of the pool, you see, but grief's enormous gash.
It’s Olympic-sized, this sorrow, chlorinated blue,
And I’m the sole competitor, with nothing else to do.
The butterfly of...

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Words! Words! They swim in my head. 
Words unwritten, and words unsaid.
Always dangerous, a maelstrom they say.
Perhaps they’ll become useful one day.

I’ve a lot of them jumping and paddling inside;
Backstroke, breaststroke, and on their side.
Dipping,...

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A whispering word is a whispering void cantering over airspace. Clear but unclear. Oh the sheer detectable ideology of the fungal worm. Chitter chatter consume. Consumption is the eruption. And like a fine wine to...

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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...

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James was very disappointed at fourth place, 
In his final at Rio when he swum in 1:05:01,
“My arms just felt like lead down that 2nd 50m”:
He’s been to four Paralympics, many Worlds.  

With 12...

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Ollie Hynd MBE is a first class swimmer, 
And has neuromuscular myopathy et all, 
He broke his brother Sam’s WR skimmer, 
Which was set in Beijing 2008, his gaul.

Ollie debuted in 2011 at the IPC...

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I've become mesmerized by the sapphire skies
 
by the vivid blue
 
by the view I see inside of you
 
Your possibilities swim past my sensibilities
 
and backstroke into my responsibilities
 
And dive down deep into...

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Jessica-Jane is best known for London 2012,    
When she won the gold in a dramatic finish, 
In the swimming 200 metres freestyle event,
In the S14 class, for intellectual disabilities.

She has autism and...

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Win gold
be bold

Long run
such fun

High jump
speed bump

Grand prize
all eyes

Close race
in chase

Drab match
I catch

Ground stroke
no joke

Tiebreak
heartache

Foot fault
must halt

Forehand
so grand

Deuce court
report

Drop shot
on spot

Backspin
just in

Closed stance
advance

First serve
hold nerve

All out
no doubt

Arm ball
your call

Back foot
well put

Feet sore
crowd roar

Pit stop
right flop

Air...

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It was Hannah’s young dream to win golds, 
At Paralympics because she was born blind, 
So she races in the visually impaired class, 
S12 along with many other blind swimmers. 

Both Hannah’s parents are sporty...

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If gold coins and silver dollars
Could turn hollow and float
On the quivering skin of Torch Lake

July backstroke of jingle
Belly rings nipple rings
This would be it

Drowning Japanese Beetles
Tossed by handfuls to the surface water
From jewelry boxes...

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Just after diagnosis with MS, 
Stephanie took injections, 
Beta interferon injections, 
Which saw her to Beijing. 

She was originally, in the past, 
A British team swimmer, 
A really good swimmer, 
So she continued on in...

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Jon always does a Rubix Cube, 
Before swims for his nerve, 
He’s a self-confessed motorhead, 
Loves driving Lamorghini’s. 

Born on the 30th of May in 1991,
With mild Cerebral Palsy, 
He has a BTEC in sports,...

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David was told by his parents when a child, 
That he “could do anything [he] wanted to, 
no matter [his] ability.” They lived near sea, 
So they taught him to swim as a small kid....

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Horace the tortoise was ready to dine
He ordered his food, while the waiter poured wine

They bought the first course, (a huge bowl of soup)
But, the bowl had a rabbit who was swimming in loops!!

"Oh waiter!...

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I was walking through Woodruff Park
again today, although it felt a little
bit more like swimming; I had to backstroke
my way through viscous Summer air. 
As I stopped to catch my breath
and towel off, I saw...

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The waiter asked:  “Do you want that here or to go.
I replied: “if I eat it here don’t I get to take it with me?”


((oldies but goodies}}

“Waiter!  Waiter!  There’s a fly in...

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Alice is only 17 so put her studies on hold, 
Of psychology, English literature and art, 
To train for the Rio Paras, hard as she could, 
In New Milton, in Collegiate’s school pool. 

Born with...

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Let
the milky way
pour
all over
me
so I can bathe
in
the
silence of the night
doing
the backstroke
across
the cosmos
I
am
your
bathing
beauty
as
the stars get trapped in my
hair
thats floating
beside me
in this celestial bath
Let
the
whirlwind
comets
sweep
past
my toes
Burning
its embers
into
my
cold heart
Let
me
embrace
this
lonely night
So
that
the glittering death
of my
sun,
can be re-lite
before
my blackhole heart
sucks
the
life from me
for...

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As I sit on the bank beside this clear running stream
I look on in awe as if I am in a dream

My girl, my love swims in the translucent so pure
Her curvaceous shape in the...

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hell no...

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I swear the seagull’s cry
Mimics the tantrum
Of a waddling toddler in diapers
Who’s stepped on a thorn on shore

I listen from a distance
Not my trouble

How many perfect sticks have I thrown to Torch Lake
That have escaped...

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