Long Gymnast Poems
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Fate with its fierce claws
swooped down on her,
fearfully altering her already fatigued life.
After the death of her affectionate parents,
with none to care, the blind girl’s life
turned dreadfully damp and dark.
An orphanage became her shield and shelter.
Suddenly left under a strange stormy sky,
she was like a bird with broken wings.
While other children laughed and danced
she listened silent, secretly sobbing inside.
The rhythm of music scrawled wishful waves in her
Its notes sifted down slowly into each sinew.
She tried to remember and recite them in silence
She sang them solitary in murmurous voice,
and her legs involuntarily tapped to the rhythm.
Then came the day of community celebration
As the tantalizing, titillating music filled the air,
she rose suddenly from her seat,
walked to the place from where tuneful trills flowed.
No one guided her, but with the melodious music
brimming and beating softly inside,
she moved to the center, brightly illumined.
She started to sway, though never rehearsed before,
with silken steps softly sweeping the floor
and feet fluttering and floating in flawless rhythm.
Before an imagined crowd, she swayed and swirled.
As a designated dervish, her hands weaving worship,
inner eyes emitting fire, her feet flawlessly moving,
she danced in frenzied joy, wobbling like a droplet
on an oiled lotus leaf, her body gyrating into loops,
like a practiced gymnast gliding.
On one leg, as she whirled and twirled,
everyone got lost in her malleable motion!
Imagine being Katie or Naomi or Simone.
The world has expectations and it won’t leave you alone.
Your performances’ perfection has been touted and extolled,
So anything will be a loss if it won’t get the gold.
Well, pressure takes its toll and therefore, even with the buffers
Of team and coach support, sometimes a well-rehearsed act suffers.
Katie* gets the silver as the Aussie’s time is faster;
Naomi** loses to a Czech, a Japanese disaster.
And Simone***, the gymnast everyone believes to be the best
Leaves the competition early, feeling out of sorts and stressed.
It seems the build-up is too much and many athletes just
Cannot function when their hopes and dreams may suddenly combust.
*Katie Ledecky **Naomi Osaka ***Simone Biles
Real happenstances may be scary,
illusive or even be imaginary.
Octopus dancing twisting eight tentacles.
. Witty wicked witch showing miracles.
Kid of ghost laughs loud and merrily swings
Valorous vampires spreading thick dark wings.
Gibbous Moon peeping through clouds winks wizard.
Owl whirling round eyes turning head backward.
Unicorn washing horn in blood with soap.
Ghosts in tug of war with python as rope.
To fight with enormous huge angry elephant
rushing crowd of aggressive migratory ants.
Vicious vultures acting gymnast taking vault.
Hawks in flock started to gallop and took a halt.
Micro cat chasing macro mouse wagging tails.
Me, as lone witness trembling, and heart fails.
Great moments in childhood
THE PLAYGROUND.
Responsible for
bumps, bruises, broken bones
busted egos
Redeemed by
spontaneous acts of wisdom
retaliation, retribution and mercy.
THE “JUNGLE BARS”
A ten foot high tower
ruled by a reincarnated
Olympic gymnast.
THE “SEE-SAW”
An 18 foot plank
Balanced on a fulcrum
(never trust the other kid
to dismount slowly and ease you down)
THE CENTRIFUGE
(aka the kid killer)
A 12 foot in diameter lever powered device.
Purpose - to allow children to spin so fast
that they could be thrown in a tumbling
mass across the stone strewn ground.
THE “SLIDE”
A 15 foot long metal chute
Capable of reaching temperatures of 125 degrees
on a perfect “let’s go play in the park” day.
THE “SWINGS”
A controllable Grandfather Clock
capable of inducing great fear and excitement
and an insatiable desire to get higher – faster.
(often thought of as a “gateway drug”)
John G. Lawless
©6/15/2021
I heard the tale of Humpty Dumpty who sat on a wall,
and how he managed to have a terrible and fatal fall.
But let me be the first to set the record straight,
everything that happened that day was not fate.
Humpty was a rising and upcoming gymnast,
that could do flips on the balance beam really fast.
He had enemies that hated him to the core,
they wanted to be Him,and so much more.
So one day they greased down the infamous wall,
Dumpty practiced there everyday, they knew he’d fall.
Until this day no one knows the true story,
It was the biggest lie told in modern history.
My father was a king's horseman and a gymnast,
and helped kill him and think of a lie that would last.
6-28-18
The grocery store becomes a maze
the moment I walk in~
a senior-sized obstacle course
I never signed up for.
The top shelves taunt me first,
stacked with everything I actually need.
I stretch, I rise on tiptoe,
I perform a small, wobbly ballet~
only to watch the cereal box
remain smugly out of reach.
Then come the bottom shelves,
where the soda cartons lurk.
I squat like a cautious archaeologist,
praying my knees won’t file a complaint.
I tug at the twelve-pack~
it tugs back.
We negotiate.
Eventually, I win,
but only by calling it a team lift
between me and the Holy Spirit.
Carts whiz by like racecars,
children dart like squirrels,
and I weave through the aisles
with the grace of a retired gymnast
who misplaced her balance in 1998.
But somehow, I make it~
past the shelves, past the soda,
past the checkout line that moves
with the speed of continental drift.
And when I finally reach my car,
I feel triumphant.
Victorious.
Practically athletic.
Who needs a gym membership
when the grocery store
offers a full-body workout
and a spiritual lesson
in patience, perseverance,
and laughing at myself
every single time.
As a gymnast with zestful glee
Going to and fro she likes to flee
Climbing up then down freely
Swinging herself wondrously
Showing off to pet monkey she does see on the tree.
With jubilant and vibrant spree
There she is, very mobile as she can be
Exercising faith* spiritedly and enthusiastically
Hopping with pull-ups, strengthening knee
Mimicking pet monkey, assisting her at the counts of one-two-three.
*Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
October 8, 2024
2nd place, "Just a Silly Little Poem 10 lines or less" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Miranda Hawley; judged on 10/12/2024
Inside a classroom of a Fourth-grade elementary pupils in early 1990s, pupils were asked by their Speech and Writing teacher to write anything about Christmas.
One male pupil, not a good reader/writer, wrote something else in an acrostic form...
C - Christ, cousins, casino, church, caroling,
Christmas cards, candies, Christmas
Tree, Chess, Care Bears, chocolates,
ChocNut
H - Happy family, Handycam, homily, ham,
hunting, horse, hope
R - Relatives, recycling, renovation, recital,
roller coaster, roller skating, rowing,
running, restaurant, rent payment
Red Riding Hood, Robin Hood,
Richie Rich, Rumplestiltskin
I - Inspirational people, icicles, ice cream,
igloo, ibex, Intramurals
S - Snow, snowman, superheroes, Santa Claus,
saints, Snow White, Simpsons, sparrows,
squirrels, Sesame Street
T - Trips, television, tennis, table tennis,
trouser, typhoon, tornado, Typewriter,
Telephone, Telephone booth,
tranquilizer, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry,
The Jetsons, turkey
M - Mother, Mary, minister, magic, monkey,
Mary See, medicines, money, motel,
Mickey Mouse, Mr. Bean, Miss Universe
pageant, movies, My Teacher, My 2 crush
A - Angels, Angelus prayer, ABBA and all
good, beautiful "A"s in this World
S - Sweater, stars, sand, singing, strolling,
spelunking, skateboarding, swimming,
skydiving, skiing, Smurfs, Scrabble, soup
Every pupil was called to read his/her own writing in front of the class. The said male pupil was asked about her two (2) crush with initials "OK" and "MS" and said:
"OK is the female Belarusian gymnast who introduced the deadly 'Korbut flip' in the World Olympics and "MS is the young, great tennis player from Yugoslavia."
"1...2...3... Abracadabru, Please and Thank You!
Let The Light Turn...Green!"
Seven is a whole passel Max, not Mid,
But never shirk you did, never asked for a Bid,
Never also, we would not, you be Rid,
One O'Them, Rusty, the third floor Kid,
Lindsey was "Heart & Soul" 'til her digits did Skid,
The Rob, Brave Knave, yet 'neath a shore table Hid,
Kristie the Red "Incred" to Lee lovingly Slid,
Jen the Wren, Rambunctious Doer, her Rick Did,
Hilary, numbered John, even Lamp Lids,
Nori Pooh Bear gymnast, flipped Tom's Id,
Seven is a Duo, and How!, Plus a Quid,
All by Wooden Spoon marched, like navy Mids,
Your Caesars cut us 7 from rough Burlap
"Veni, Vici, Vids"
Written to demonstrate that post-stroke I could still write verse on Mother's Day
that was 7 yrs. ago
The artwork shows a
female gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble
on the side of a building damaged by Russian strikes
The graffiti artist posted three images
the piece Friday on social media,
with a simple caption reading "Borodyanka, Ukraine,"
using an alternative spelling for the town's name
Speculation had been mounting that
Banksy was in the war-torn country after a series of murals
appeared in Borodianka, located about 35 miles northwest of the capital, Kyiv
The town came back into Ukrainian control on April 1
returning residents found their houses ransacked and shops pillaged with windows broken and contents stolen
The letter "V" a symbol used by Russia's Eastern Military district in concert with the letter "Z" an emblem for Moscow's so-called "special military operation" was found painted on buildings, vehicles and checkpoints
Who's Banksy? Clues about the mysterious artist!
Slippery, provocative, mysterious Banksy, the British artist
whose identity is still unknown,
is considered one of the main contemporary street art icons
His art, many times satirical,
address universal issues such as politics,
culture or ethics
In the center of Los Angeles, an "unauthorized" Banksy’s exhibition,
dedicated to the enigmatic artist,
lets visitors dive into the controversial artistic universe
of the most influential creator of present time