Long Muscular dystrophy Poems

Dedicated to my dearly loved and departed cousin Johnnie
who passed away peacefully in his sleep. I love you Johnnie. 
I hope that now you will watch over all of us here on Earth as you...

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I pass it every time Ava has a home volleyball game 
and It makes me wonder about fate..
It’s a tree…growing outside my old classroom…planted in 1988.

It was for one of my Autistic students that this...

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A Different Kind of Courage

Sam took to the stage, limping with a leg brace
And more than a mere trace of fear on his face
The humorous speech competition was on
He’d made it to finals, prior contests...

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Sam took to the stage, limping with a leg brace 
And more than a mere trace of fear on his face 
The humorous speech competition was on
He’d made it to finals, prior contests he’d won
...

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Stephen is the most successful boccia player, 
In the class BC4, he has muscular dystrophy, 
He often competes alongside Peter his brother, 
To do his best to succeed and secure victory. 

He’s been Scottish champion...

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Scott has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, 
And plays boccia on a wooden floor gleaming, 
Where he rolls the leather ball accurately, 
Down a ramp to hit the jack, and he’s beaming. 

His father quietly assists him...

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“Art is the medium by which a person, having experienced an emotion, intentionally transmits it to others” – Leo Tolstoy

A bleak monotonous landscape,
Had been her outlook for years.
She so vehemently longed to escape.
The young woman...

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I wrote this cause I have Muscular dystrophy 
and so people will think anyone can have Muscular Dystrophy.
This was wrote back in 1999.

We would like to thank Jerry Lewis and M.D.A.
For making Sept.3  a...

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I wrote this cause I have Muscular dystrophy 
and so people will think anyone can have Muscular Dystrophy.
This was wrote back in 1999.

We would like to thank Jerry Lewis and M.D.A.
For making Sept.3  a...

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"INTRODUCE ME"

Hi my name is Teresa my friends call me big T.
I'm crippled with Muscular dystrophy.
I'm unable to walk or write my name.
Life is hard but there's no one to blame.
I thank God for my...

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Conversations in third person, shaking legs, hands, feet, and fingers.
Diabetes, fish, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, lupus, cancer, AIDS, Chucky, 
sticks, trains, sunglasses, tampons, menopause, pregnancy, threats, crippleness, 
the end of the world, all of this...

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I made a wish that Muscular Dystrophy would've passed me by.
Then my life would have been different and I wouldn't have to cry.

I could walk I could run and play with all my grandbabies.
Do my...

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Hi my name is Teresa my friends call me big T.
I'm crippled with Muscular dystrophy.
I'm unable to walk or write my name.
Life is hard but there's no one to blame.
I thank God for my poetry...

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