Long Discus Poems

I remember, I remember my garden of joy,                           ...

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The winged god Zephyrus, handsome and graceful
gently flapped his wings, gliding across the meadows.
His eyes fell on naked youths splashing at play
in the sparkling water of a deep wide pool, sheltered  
by willow trees,...

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The wind sweeps over my bikini
and combs through my hair
This canoe ride.. is like a glass of red wine
The Naked grape my favourite kind.
I feel at peace...............
For the first time, in a while
completely rid of...

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We had just got married - was the month of June
This is the saga of our disastrous honeymoon

We started off in a hotel in Norwich
The bedding was itchy just like doing ‘porridge’

Back home to Birmingham...

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I remember, I remember my garden of joy,
It gave me great happiness when I was a boy
At the bottom of the garden was a delightful stream,
When alone, I would sit beside it, meditate and dream.
In...

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Yellow Butterflyfish and Snakeskin Discus
swim freely in this life I call an aquarium-
I see a Purple Regal Tang as the Pufferfish 
sang with a melody like a sweet guitar strum.
Blue and pink coral, like a...

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Surrounded by walls of despair, distrust, disappointment, discus haunted by the 
insanity, inhumanity and the injustice in all of us,
At night kneeling at bed side praying God help me threw another day only to raise...

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Beverley is a professional at the Paralympics, 
Because she’s been to five of them including Rio, 
And in London she made the podium’s antics, 
Since she won discus third with a lush glow.

Born the 17th...

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Led to believe 
you'd help me achieve
the grace of a ballerina
a voice operatic 
from my usual asthmatic 
cackle like a laughing hyena

Distaste despite
I endured your bite 
the party with gusto to steer
true state of affairs
via...

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I comprehend the days when rays do shine and Ra does set 
When inner soul and façade connect, 24 hours in one day gave me breathe, that’s 1,440 
seconds closer to death rather than oxygen...

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Aled was born in Bridgend in South Wales, 
With hemimelia, or without a right fibula, 
And throws shot put and discus F42 tales, 
By training at Wales’s sports institute mega. 

An MBE, born on the...

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You've been invited to a hot debate:
 A dangerous war between two fighters.
Those who are fighting with extreme hate.
An inspiring topic for sci-fic writers!

One side is the boss, the king of the earth,
Who's glory of his Territory.
The Lord gave his fade at...

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I came into the world with one life to live,
The joy of brothers shall be my warrant through—
Even the reach is not their pleasure.

The kindness of a poor is neglected— 
Forgetting that it's the last...

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Ancient Greek sculptor Myron
worked mainly in bronze not iron.
His most famous sculpture, the“Discobolus”*
(the Discus Thrower), is still with us
though the original bronze was long ago lost
yet its abscence is not unbearable 
for he exists in...

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They gather there most every morn
The retirees at the coffee shop
To discus events and each others ills
Politics and the new traffic stop

It is a highlight of their day
To greet each other as they dine
And so...

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Pathological spit-steroid addict,
blame-shifting weightlifting fanatic
Decathlon cracked lip truth ... 
Jumping over another 
	high      cloudy crystal
	methane alibi 
aloof sprint hurdle 
Twisted twin-lip discus throw 
on a poppy milk turbo fan blow
Veracity...

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Kyron comes from Wales as he was born in Newport, 
And like his older cousin was born with achondroplasia, 
He followed Gareth into the Paralympics with purport, 
Because he’s a field athlete and also a...

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SENIORS OLYMPICS

Images of fearsomely fit youth everywhere,
healthy people, all bronzed, featured
by the second, on screens and public spaces : 
fit and flash, but always  young, Olympians.

I protest, for we seniors are just as sporty;
we...

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The club event at the Paralympics, 
Is unique only to the Paralympics, 
And is for people with cerebral palsy, 
Or for the brain injured traumatically. 

It weighs 14oz and is 5 or 6cm in width,
It...

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Board To Tilt

Around with each other should start to spar
Regarding what to do with all our PR
When and were business should discus
And also analyze and raise a fuss.

Social gathering not great or appropriate
Might find people...

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Jo was born in Yorkshire, England, 
In 1979, but moved up to Glasgow,
And in 2011 saw a spinal tumor take,
So embraced fully the Spinal Games.

Thrown into wheelchair rugby brutal,
She became the Crushers vice-captain,
And began in...

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About this new priest need to discus,
He sure has become an added plus
And after name,
Was his game;
Whole church started raising a fuss.

Looked like new priest had a loose tooth;
Had been giving sermons from a booth
Was...

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As fresh and as fragrant, colored hyacinths,
That intoxicates one with heavenly scent.
So may my true,original form of artful poetry,
Bloom and blossom, escaping cells of the past.

To spring into action at each sunrised day!
Not wondering where...

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Dad has ordered a new shed,
he'll site it in the shade
replacing the one put out by
the local Fire Brigade.
The wheelie bin is full of food
almost a three course luncheon
with sausages as black as coal
and harder...

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for the heard for the hurdle of a mile turn ace of hold match for the dagger
wind wet back this topic is a hot one to discus dear god shoe laces tighten


if time had a...

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