Long Paras Poems

A Poem as a Tribute on Mother's Day Part 2

I was again charmed 
By the singing of Koyal’s song
As the Koyal was still singing her “Kuhoo kuhoo” 
In her full throated ease with her melodious...

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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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Kylie had a diving accident, 
In her friend’s swimming pool, 
In which she broke her neck, 
And so was sped to hospital. 

Tragically, all the doctors, staff, 
Thought she was really drunk, 
Because she still...

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Jade is a wheelchair racer, distance events,
Competing in the 400m, 800m, 1500m T54,
Born with her femur missing she attended, 
Ormesby School which is in Middlesbrough.

From there she enrolled in Prior Pursglove, 
A college in Guisborough...

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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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Claire won 5 medals at the Barcelona Paras, 
In 1992, where she took the 50m freestyle gold, 
To set a World Record, and in the 100m pass, 
Still freestyle, she secured a warm silver fold,

A...

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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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James was very disappointed at fourth place, 
In his final at Rio when he swum in 1:05:01,
“My arms just felt like lead down that 2nd 50m”:
He’s been to four Paralympics, many Worlds.  

With 12...

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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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Ollie Hynd MBE is a first class swimmer, 
And has neuromuscular myopathy et all, 
He broke his brother Sam’s WR skimmer, 
Which was set in Beijing 2008, his gaul.

Ollie debuted in 2011 at the IPC...

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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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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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Bethany swum for Ireland in London’s Paras, 
Her teacher dad used to be a church minister, 
She enjoys the Christian Fellowship Church, 
And raises her hands to praise god after races. 

She has an intellectual...

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“It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, 
male or female, able-bodied or disabled, 
we all stand with the same shooting [hold], 
beginner or experienced [to get enabled].“

Jo’s an archer who began shooting 2014,
When in...

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Lora’s tandem pilot is Corrine Hall, 
But she originally knew Fiona Duncan, 
In the speedy sport of para-cycling, 
And was born on 4th September 1998.

She picked up this discipline by team,
In 2009, when she joined...

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Paul suffered a stroke at the young age of ten, 
He was born 3rd October 1985 in Swansea,
He had been a keen footballer, it was his den, 
So was introduced to table tennis for his...

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Rob played semi-professional rugby, 
From when he was 4 until the age of 21, 
When he got a serious spinal cord injury, 
Whilst playing that rough game spun. 

As part of his rehabilitation sessions, 
At...

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Just after diagnosis with MS, 
Stephanie took injections, 
Beta interferon injections, 
Which saw her to Beijing. 

She was originally, in the past, 
A British team swimmer, 
A really good swimmer, 
So she continued on in...

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Sarah Storey was the first disabled athlete, 
In the Commonwealth Games to compete, 
As an English competitor, and she’s thrice, 
Able-bodied national track champion of ice.  

She was born without a left hand, entangled,...

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Harriet has Beckwith-wiedemann syndrome, 
Something which shortened her right side, 
And she also his difficulty with blood sugar, 
But she’s a dog lover of Baya Bear and Bow. 

Born in Huntington which is a market...

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Nigel is Britain’s most successful boccia player, 
Having won eight major titles at the Worlds, Paras, 
And so spoke out when Rio’s organisers, clever, 
Refused to televise boccia’s intriguing blethers.  

He says that boccia...

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Vicky is an archer, born on the 14th of April,
In 1977, and started getting that archery thrill,
In 2010 when she competed for the first time:
She found archery thru a friend’s lucid dime.

She lives in Malvern...

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Aaron was born with club foot, 
But had corrective surgery cool, 
So played tennis until aged 14,
When he changed to table tennis. 

Very soon after, at the age of 16,
He tried out for ParalympicsGB, 
Even...

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Sascha Kindred OBE was born in 1997,
And is married to swimmer Nyree Lewis, 
Another gold-winning Paralympian, and,
They’re known as the “golden-couple”. 

Sascha’s CP solely affects his right side,
And he was born in Münster, Germany, 
He’s...

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