Long Doha Poems

Hannah Crockroft has cerebral palsy from her birth, 
And having CP myself, she’s kind of special to me, 
Because CP is not derided anymore, much, as alien, 
But is called brain damage, not your own...

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Derek runs 26 mile marathons,
With his nerve-damaged right arm
Anchored in a sling: solid sounds, 
‘Cos a truck did cause him harm.
 
The accident changed his life, 
But he can’t remember it, recall, 
It ended his...

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Mo was run over by two vehicles, 
When he was four and in Tunisia, 
Which left him in a 6 month coma, 
And paralysed from waist down. 

He left hospital when he was six, 
And...

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Olivia, or Livvy, is a Sky Academy Sports Scholar, 
Competes in sprint T38 and long jump events F38.
She was born in Guildford, England, to a mother, 
Who is Welsh and to a father who is...

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Sophie was born with Cerebral Palsy, 
On the 23rd of January 1997, she’s 19,
And trains at Loughborough University, 
But was born in Nottingham’s glean. 

She’s won thirteen major titles, is top, 
In sprinting and in...

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Kare Adenegan

I love the city of Coventry ‘cos it’s disability friendly, 
Since it houses Great Britain’s national disabled college, 
As Hereward resides there with insight, policies bendy, 
Towards its students who mainstream don’t admonish. 

Kare...

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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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Georgia has mild Cerebral Palsy, 
And was loved by her PE teacher, 
At George Abbot School friendly, 
But didn’t then become a runner. 

The 2012 Paras got to her heart, 
Guilted her with school memories...

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David can often be seen hot on the trail, 
Of Richard Whitehead, sprinter, runner, 
And was reported in Rio de Janero’s mail, 
As the 200m bronze medalist, stunner.

He went to St George Catholic College, 
Located...

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Sammi was crushed in snow and ice, 
Under the beam of a forklift truck, 
Being driven by her dad on his farm, 
Such that her back did break, no luck. 

Her physio at Glasgow’s Southern,...

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This is an ancient land lapped by two seas in the south,
          flanked by lofty mountain, the highest on earth.
Many mighty rivers flow across this fertile...

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Sophie was born with an abnormal right foot, 
So when she was nine she chose amputation, 
She comes from Camden then moved to Bath, 
And now studies at Bath College Illustration. 

In 2011 she went...

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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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This is an ancient land lapped by two seas in the south,
          girdled by mountains the highest on the earth.
Many mighty rivers flow across this fertile...

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Mel had to berate a bad car driver, 
Who, at traffic lights, nearly hit her,
She said “Life flashed” in rigid fear, 
When the car towards her did steer. 

She rubs shoulders with Crockroft, 
As a...

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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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Abbie was born on October 28th in 1995,
And comes from East Grinstead, Sussex,
She went to two special schools very alive, 
With therapy: Treloar School and Valence. 

Abbie boarded at Valence, a good deal, 
And with...

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Paul was born with cerebral palsy, 
Deprived of blood in the womb, 
And his father, also called Paul, 
Acted in Starwars, in the 1977 film.

He was born in 1990, 15 January, 
And is a most...

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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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Toby comes from London, 
But he trains in Richmond, 
Has a sporting degree from, 
St Mary’s University pond. 

Born on 27 September 1994,
And classed as a T33 sprinter,
He stuck it out at the UK door,
Until...

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Speak such soothing words, never crude,                             ...

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Looking for world's vile and wicked, 
I found no one so crooked;
When I delved in my own within,
No one than me was more mean!
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Here is the original doha,  called a couplet of Kabeer, which...

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Sabrina has the condition speech dyspraxia, 
Which caused a mild intellectual impairment, 
And so competes in athletics throwing events, 
Specialising in the shot put discipline, skill. 

Her brother who competed in sports games, 
Inspired her...

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