Henry Winkler was the Fonz on Happy Days.
Mister tough guy and"Ayyy!" was his favorite phrase.
With his leather jacket and girls on his lap, he was the coolest dude.
Now, an old man with a warm, fuzzy, and funny attitude.
Helen Keller who amidst deafness and blindness,
Had turned poet, writer, and lady of kindness…
Peter Winkler, who, though, arthritis affected,
Wrote and left his soul, never to feel dejected…
Octavia Buttler with her dyslexia,
Authored science fiction as her euphoria…
Christy Brown though suffered from cerebral palsy,
Wrote with his toe many an elegant story…
John Hockenberry suffered paraplegia,
Wrote and won over his physical inertia…
Who can forget the author of Paradise Lost?
Who had kept his inner eyes vibrant at all cost…
The universe has men and women so many,
Who has proved that physical ills worth no penny...
It's not the hand; it's the poet's heart that volumes write,
Who can bind wings of imaginations at flight?
08 June 2021
The Poet's Hands Are Tied Poetry Contest
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