A poetic response to another Golden response from Paralympics GB (Hannah Cockcroft, winning Gold in Rio) Have you been watching ? A Magical moment in the Rio lights New wheels speeding down the track to a Gold Neutrals and rivals all – Astounded – The British girl Has taken it…. Speeding through the competition, …
Tag Archives: Paralympics
The Runner (Paralympic)
A tale on the Paralympian, Johnnie Peacock – Dedicated to all the Athletes at @ParalympicsGB taking part in the Rio Olympiad It’s not just the short burst of speed It’s not the ability for opponents to fear your name It’s not the fancy kit that makes you fast No – Its all that work …
Sprint (Paralympic)
In honour of Dame Sarah Storey – who’s just become the UKs most decorated Paralympian. Surpassing all others on two wheels Paralympic gold tally record – broken Rio watches and applauds your achievement In getting the record number of golds New dame holding the record – that’s gone from the swimming stadium To the …
Paralympians in Brazil
Salford, 7th September 2016 Right about now, Rio-de-Janeiro is beginning the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil, the premiere event for Elite Athletes with a Disability. Recent readers of my blog will know I helped the Brazilian Paralympic Squad prepare in their Training Camp for the London Games in 2012 in the City of Manchester. Wheelchair …
The Paralympian
I watched the Sun Arising on a new dawn as the greats arrived at our “little place” The Superstars performing with style and with grace Teams talking tactics were out in the hall the teams with the skill with two types of ball And Hammers were set and run ups aligned as instructions were relayed …
A Martian Landed at Media City
A Martian he landed at Media City He took a look round, but thought it a pity That attracted by all those colourful lights He landed his craft where he couldn’t see sights. He saw a Man in a uniform sat behind desks turning young adults to nervous wrecks saying ‘this isn’t a place for …
Waves
Another poem with an Olympic theme, seeing as we are approaching the Rio Games in Brazil. It was basically a write up of the build-up and expectation, over the time i was helping out as a spectator services team leader during the Football Competition in Manchester. I’ve put it into some kind of verse! Waves …
What do you do all day?
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Million-Dollar Question.” It’s a similar question to “Why do you blog?” The impetus to start writing the blog came as a device to bring all my writings together with the drawings and photos currently stored on my humble little laptop. My attempts to get my writing out …
The Inkwell 