Long Bronzes Poems

O glorious Autumn of melancholic 
Gold -
All abouts the brightly lit
Woodlands
Your wonderful artistry behold!
Tinted bronzes,
Darting between awkward firs
Of sobering Evergreen,
Loiter inside mauve havens
Splashed with palest yellows -
And dappled with many differing 
Limes
Throughout this variegated Theme;
A...

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As the sun rises, it casts its glory upon her exquisite anatomy
While during the night death stole one more.
It seems he steals more often these days 
With no mercy, in silence, 
His coldness courses through...

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As I lay on my fluffy bed with my head tilted towards the ceiling, in trance, at dawn 
I felt my hair rising as a consolating presence so still as water, envelope me.
A consecrated entity...

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Jordan was born with mild Cerebral Palsy,
But took part in the 2012 Paras at just 16,
Because he was born on 12th of October,
1996, and Rio was is second Paralympics.

“Even if you don’t like school, I...

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Stef, born in New Zealand’s fine country, 
Moved to Canada aged 4 with her parents, 
Where she had a boating accident aged 9,
Which amputated her right foot for her life. 

She’s married to fellow Paralympian...

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Down they swooped, so keen,
In perfect vee formation
Bronzes, browns, a green
Two blues and, showing elation, 
Lastly, at midpoint, the great golden Queen
Beloved of our tiny nation,
Their plate sized eyes awhirr
As they sought new station.
The sulphur...

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Big Ben trains hard in the gym, 
To prepare for his athletics games, 
And, training in Coventry, hymn, 
There’s a local interest in games. 

“I’ve been able to train 2 to 3 times
a day, 6...

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I am on my way;
To the happy way;
On happy trails;
There's no better place, than this place;
Other than an open-place in heaven;
And here in happy trails, there'll be no dangerous animals;
Here in happy trails, the lion...

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Andrew came in behind Daniel Dias, 
Brazil’s most popular swimming star, 
Three times at Rio: 2 bronze, 1 silver, 
In the 50m butterfly, IM and the back.

He’s from Glasgow, born short limbed, 
On the 29th...

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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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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, 
But a running club...

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Panes of dirty glass conceal the past
where futures were tied to land and soil.
And pa fingers a hand full of dirt
reflecting on years of pain and toil.

A rusty sun bronzes a foil star
ma hung in...

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Ellie became instantly popular on Twitter, 
For her Rio entrance to the 50m butterfly, 
Which became known affectionately as, 
The “gangster entrance”, her huge jacket.  

Ellie was diagnosed in November of 2012,
Just after the...

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Claire was born disabled, no left forearm, 
And at school hid it well under her jumpers,
But swimming let her accept, love her body, 
Such that today she’s a swimming medalist. 

Born in Redditch in Worcestershire...

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Ashley best describes himself as, 
Cheeky, funny and also happy as, 
He’s a student at South Bank Uni, 
Of sports coaching in London city. 

He is a very keen table tennis player, 
Started playing in...

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Sara played basketball in squad ParalympicsGB, 
At Euros, at Worlds and at Commonwealth Games, 
In Manchester and in Melbourne, and had TT victory, 
At the Paralympics in London with her team-mate. 

Her boyfriend introduced her...

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Dimitri was born in London, comes from London, 
And took a fencing option at his school one day, 
Such that in 2013 he was scooped and chosen, 
For a fencing talent programme, down his way.

He...

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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. 

Through school...

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Boccia player Joshua Rowe has Cerebral Palsy, 
Comes from Scotland’s Perth, trains in Sterling, 
Where there’s first class facilities at their Uni:
He was born on 21st April 1994 totally springing.

When he was thirteen he participated...

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Though dawn takes the sky
with her eye-lid,
and the sun wraps the day up 
in her smile,
it matters not to me.


Though the treasures of the dark
flood through my veins,
and aboundance of the sea
lay bare on my...

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You shared a piece of you with me
Showed me your life in pictures
A glimpse inside you let me see
Now you and I are fixtures
In the world of happy lovers
Oh so joyful and content
Above the bird...

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Aunt Bonnie’s garden showcased showy orchid-like irises -- 
beds of “flags,” a feast for the eyes, produced rainbows of color
yellow, purple, orange, bronzes. 
She did not know her irises took their real name 
from a...

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Chris was born on 9th July in 1993,
And he fights every day in training, 
At the British Judo Centre in Walsall, 
A Centre of Excellence, producing. 

He lost his job as a car mechanic,
Through his...

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SECRETS
the patina of time... secrets
table tops
how many tales could they tell
bronzes too
secrets removed with cleaning
planet earth
patina removed... dying
habitats scraped clean... naked
death reaps death
the patina of time... secrets
truth exposed
and still, we have never learned
if ever
patina... the...

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