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Premium Member dancing in the dark

 
I know what it feels like to be
      visually impaired
have been losing my sight for years
I am not blind yet
two operations have helped
but it is difficult for day day
so, I walk with friends when out
go shopping with friends
and yet,  still go to dance class
                    I  use my memory 
of the dance moves
the shape of the dance floor
aware of my space always
                       I let the music lead
    four steps this way
      three that way
         two forward
             one backward
I feel the others dancers 
                           close to me
so, I dance free of any fear . . .


Melissa Reid

Melissa always dreamed of being a beach lifeguard, 
But when it got to the age when she asked about it, 
She was told she could not because of her eye sight, 
Since she is visually impaired and so can't see well. 

Whilst studying sports science she found the triathlon, 
To be a sport which she could do - a guide sees for you,
And so trained hard every day on a static turbo trainer, 
Where you don't need someone to show you the way. 

Her swimming background means that she does best, 
At the swimming part of the three-disciplined triathlon,
The other components being cycling and running, PT5,
But the honest truth is she really loves the whole thing. 

In 2013 in Antalya, Turkey, at the ETU European Champs, 
Para-triathlon, Melissa won the hip-hop, most desired gold, 
And in 2014 in Kitzbühel in Austria, Melissa won the silver, 
At the ETU European Champs, where everybody else was. 

2015, and the ETU Europeans again but this time Geneva, 
And Melissa took the bronze, then 2016, the Netherlands, 
And Melissa bagged another bronze. She teaches swimming, 
Was born Nottinghamshire in 1990, and trains in Cornwall. 

In Rio she won a bronze and so stood tall on the podium, 
When the GB anthem sounded for her and Nicole Walters,
She’s already training hard for the next Paralympic games, 
Which are to be held in Tokyo, Japan, in the year 2020.

Premium Member Braille Writer

Your Braille Writer

I’ll write from right to left
while you read me from left to right
our hearts meet and we’ll never say goodbye
you are my precious  gem  in this world of change
remember, I am your hope and strength whatever happens
I’ll show you the light
a  great assurance
that you’ll be alright,
like a bright lamp
just carry me 
I’ll show you the path
giving you lovingly 
the desire of your heart
just touch the dots
like switching me on
then I’ll  show you that life is good and the world is so beautiful.





 Date Written: Sept. 18,2012 by Leonora Galinta





Note: I lovingly composed this poem  dedicated to exceptional kids especially the V.I. or visually impaired ones . I tried to make a lamp shade shaped poem as I was  inspired by the manual braille writer I have here. I used this when I learned braille writing for V.I.

Second Place
Contest: Impress Me with a small Poem IV
Judged: 3/14/14
Sponsor: Poet Giorgio A. V.
© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Concrete

Premium Member Future Smartphone Technology

INVENTIONS 
ARE THE MATERIALIZATION
OF THE IMAGINATION.

IMAGINE...
IF YOU WILL...
A SMARTPHONE
THE SIZE 
OF A GRAIN OF RICE.
IMPLANTED 
IN YOUR HEAD.

WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
AND CONNECTIONS 
TO SUPER COMPUTER 
SATELLITES 
ORBITING THE EARTH.
ANSWERING QUESTIONS 
FASTER 
THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

GRAPHENE LENSES 
COVERING YOUR EYEBALLS 
PROJECTING IMAGES 
FOR VISUAL ASSISTANCE 
AND FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

IMAGINE FREQUENCIES 
REVERBERATING 
BACK AND FORTH 
BETWEEN YOU 
AND THE UNIVERSE.
CREATING VISUALS 
OF GALAXIES
2.5 MILLION 
LIGHT YEARS REMOVED.

IMAGINE...
TRAVELING 
TO THE EDGE OF QUASARS. 
ADVENTURING 
INTO AND THROUGH 
BLACK AND WHITE HOLES 
WITH OUT FEAR. 

EXPLORE DARK MATTER.
EXPERIENCE 
THE FRAGRANCE AND TASTE 
OF COSMIC DUST.

COMMUNICATE 
WITH A DEGENERATE DWARF.
VISIT AND MINGLE
WITH A BROWN DWARF.
UNDERSTAND
HOW AND WHY 
THEY ARE CONSIDERED
THE UNDERACHIEVERS 
OF THE UNIVERSE.

FEEL THE ENERGY OF
THE UNIVERSE.
EXPLORE THE THEORY
OF MAGNETIC STRUCTURE
OF MATTER.
COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND
THE HELICAL SOLAR SYSTEM.
COMPLEMENTS OF YOUR
FUTURE SMARTPHONE.


Michael E. Harris
08162021

Premium Member - Dot To Dot -


   When she takes her life into her own hands
   with fingers that read braille
   from dot to dot
   Refuse to live in the void of darkness
   between A-Y

   No boat was built
   to stand on shore
   She wants to remove the writing itch
   from dot to dot
   Soft words that tickle the tongue
   Let light shine in all lighthouses
   over the seven seas

   Read all favorite books
   over and over again
   creating images
   sprinkled with angel dust
   free rein to your imagination

   For those who are blind
   or visually impaired
   a brilliant invention
   Read and write
   from dot to dot
   to a flood of experiences




   15.11.2022
   Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
   Copyright © All Rights Reserved


Hannah Russell

It was Hannah’s young dream to win golds, 
At Paralympics because she was born blind, 
So she races in the visually impaired class, 
S12 along with many other blind swimmers. 

Both Hannah’s parents are sporty and athletic, 
So they wanted Hannah to participate in sport, 
So they all chose swimming having no focus, 
No balls, no team mates, others to focus on. 

Hannah loved it, and after seeing Simmonds, 
Swimming at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008,
She asked her parents if she could swap clubs, 
‘Cos she wanted to take the risk, do more hours. 

At the 2012 London Games Hannah won thrice, 
A silver for the 400m freestyle, bronze for back, 
And another bronze for the 100m S12 butterfly. 
In the 2013 Worlds she took 3 silvers, 1 bronze. 

In 2015 at the Worlds again, this time in Glasgow,
Hannah sealed 1 gold medal in the 50m freestyle,
And another silver 100m freestyle, so in Portugal,
At the Euros 2016, she won one of each medal.

In Rio she took the gold for the 100m backstroke,
In a time of 1:06.06, 6 seconds faster than Matio;
She trains, exercises in Woking Swimming Club, 
And studies sports science at Salford University.

Sophie Thornhill

Sophie is a visually impaired para-cyclist, 
So her partner is Rachel James, the tandem, 
She’s on the Boot Out Breast Cancer team, 
And is a mastermind at Friends, all shows. 

From Poynton in Cheshire in England great, 
Sophie was born on 9th February in 1996,
And started racing as an adult in 2013’s year,
When she was initially piloted by Helen Scott. 

After Helen won three British cycling events, 
She went international she changed pilot, 
To Rachel, and they won two gold medals, 
In Newport, to miss the WR by 0.73 seconds. 

She made the Glasgow Commonwealths, 
To win the gold in the sprint, 2-0 straight, 
And at Rio Sophie, but this time with Helen, 
Won gold with a WR, in the B 1000m trial.

Do You Hear What I Hear

Birthdate?  My family tells me
it was 1900 or so.
I don’t remember being born;
I know when I started to grow.

My first real friend was named Reggie
We first met when I was just six.
It was Christmas Eve, we read from
the Bible and we played music.

I had put on a lot of weight
by the time the war rolled around
World War I that is.  Without me
that war wouldn’t have got off the ground.

I won’t brag, cause I’m handicapped.
I’m wired only for sound, not sight.
You’d call me visually impaired
And you know, you’re exactly right.

In my golden years, my pursuits
brought a world of music to you.
I made live drama popular,
did a fair share of preaching too.

Always tried to keep a handle
on current events and the news.
My biggest changes over the years
have been size and battery use.

February 22, 2020

Brian Strand: Strand SELECT Y

On 24 December 1906, the first radio broadcast for entertainment and music was transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts to the general public.
Form: Quatrain

My Prism

Visually impaired - I view the mirrors
The effect - I danced in life
Colors - Hues impressed my very soul
I became the artist -I painted
Love of life's beauty  - realism indeed
Even the flower the challenge at most
Sanity within me as I push brush
Exerted up all night it takes a toll
Teachers- astounding bringing best
But yet I see the critique in me built 
Esteem developed it is the roll
I too cultivate some derogatory weed
I paint views -. Opinions , it's a test
  IQ in painting challenges the mind
Imagery I still see that prism of colors
Hues in front of me, yet still I find
That the warms and cools I stroke
Yet should I charcoal first too
The beloved conte then broke!!!
It shattered the mind - ideas now 
In a bind......
© Stacey Law  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Alison Patrick

Alison completed the triathlon in Rio, 
With Hazel Smith, her guide athlete, 
‘Cos she’s visually impaired, not solo, 
And so needs Hazel to see the beat. 
 
She comes from Dunfermline, Scotland, 
Hazel comes from Edinburgh, capital,  
She loves to sing whilst a cooking hand, 
And worked as a physiotherapist vital. 

She wanted to be a runner, but injuries, 
Prevented this, so she took up triathlon, 
With her friends’ persuasion, frivolities,
In 2014 it quickly became her profession. 

Alison collected the bronze in Kitzbühel,
Austria, at the ETU European Champs, 
And still in that year, 2014, a gold bushel,
In Edmonton at the ITU World Champs. 

2015, and Alison struck pure gold again, 
At the ETU European Champs, Geneva, 
And then at the Chicago ITU World den, 
She took for the two of ‘em another silver. 

2016 and the ITU Worlds in Rotterdam, 
The Netherlands, and Alison won gold; 
She trains in Loughborough’s stadium, 
And was born in 1987 as eighties bold.
Form: Quatrain

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