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When Dreams Met the Eiffel Tower

...
A dream for many a watch for some  
The Olympic journey, Here it comes!!  
It was in Paris, few days ago  
It rushed a shiver from the head to the toe.  

Flags carried through the Seine river...

If I Could Choose My Imaginary Friend

...It might be a T-Rex dinosaur
to scare off big bullies with a roar
or Archimedes to help with math;
while I linger, ponder, in the bath.
A space astronaut would be quite swell
to give me some sup...

Northern Territory Bores

...There is a large cattle property in the Northern Territory of Australia
   where the bores are named after Famous cricketers and that prompted 
    this piece.

                      Northern Ter...

Eaten By Ants - Part 2

...luckily for our ambiguous plot structure
and the stern requirements of partisan doggerel
the ringing coin toss bounced then came up tails
and fortune directed that the box be opened
gingerly grip...

Gold Medalist

...A young star athlete in Tokyo
Was born with crippling polio
He overcame the stress
By swimming his best
He now has gold in his portfolio. 

written July 24, 2021...

Time and Chance

...Merit was always the gold medalist
Then came the shrewd unconcerned capitalist
Who endeared and sold to many the cheap thrill
At jaw-dropping prices reserved only for mastery and skill
And I agre...

Immeasurable

...I watched a young gold medalist 
Finish her routine 
On the balance beam.

I watched a young girl 
Walking barefoot 
On the smooth bark of a fallen tree. 

My heart soared at both 
It only k...

Paul Davies

...Paul played table tennis as part of his rehab, 
So accepted an invitation to ‘Come and Try’, 
Which saw him selected for a German contest, 
To represent Wales ‘cos he’s from Cardiff fab.  

That...

Tower of Her Love

...Wind of wind haste among the sky pen point the sculpture now close one eyes

A build a house among the sea sit among captivate like bronze to a medalist

To smile a pond a river and to found shad...

Harriet Lee

...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 Huntingt...

Claire Cashmore

...Claire was born disabled, no left forearm, 
And at school hid it well under her jumpers,
But swimming let her accept, love her body, 
Such that today she’s a swimming medalist. 

Born in Redditc...

David Henson

...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 Catholi...

Jodie Grinham

...Jodie is a law student born in Telford, 
Living in Tilford, so she happily attends,
Lillishall Nat. Sports & Conference Centre, 
And was born on the 26th July in 1993.

When her dad became ill, ...

Josef Craig

...This man loves Newcastle United football club, 
And has overcome Graves’ disease thyroidal, 
By having an op to remove that deathly snub, 
Of his prowess in the swimming pool brutal. 

He won a ...

Lee Pearson

...Lee Pearson is a para-equestrian athlete, 
Because in horse jumping he does compete, 
And has arlthrogryposis multiplex congenita,
Which he was born with in 1974, not bitter.

He’s a ten-times p...

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