Woman Gymnasts Olympic Competition/ China vs US
Table of contents for 4/Poetry
- “short and sweet love poems” / ” short beach poems” /A Nice Place to Be
- Love’s Aging Moments
- Beach Watching/ Mother Nature Arrives
- Sailing Away
- Jigsaw Poems/ Caroline at Coastcard/ Ekphrasis
- Woman Gymnasts Olympic Competition/ China vs US
- Love
- Bugs
- Learning How To Kiss/ Kiss From A Rose/ Seal
- Poetry About Accidental Death And Dying
I saw you tonight
As you knelt down to pray
Perhaps asking God
To please take you away.
But the army was busy
With our Tibetan friends
And God wasn’t ready
To call it a day.
I’m so sorry you missed
That thin beam when you landed
Though you spun through the air
Like a bird in the rafters.
And I’m sad that you sat
On the mat late at night
Like a fighter whose met
One too many hard rights.
But still I would say
You have won a great lesson
About sporting laws
And the ways of oppression.
Your foes were too young
To feel some of the pressures
And they had fake ID’s
From their communist mentors.
So you lost the gold medal
But you have your free life
Unlike many others
Who remain far from sight.
Please come home to us
And accept our true thanks
For all your hard work
In the land of the tanks.
For breathing the air
That’s polluting your lungs
And for praying inside
A godless creation.
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I am having a good time with poetry exercises these past few days. Here is another blog where poetry has found a home.
http://www.penmeapoem.com/category/weekly-poetry-prompt/
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