gymn Poem

[hammy]

Wow--those were awesome! I love the first one also, and I think it is completely true. Awesome job!

[gracefulone]

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Originally Posted by hammy Wow--those were awesome! I love the first one also, and I think it is completely true. Awesome job!

Thanks. It was inspired by all the little girls I teach and the poem was a gift to my team this year. All of them have a story. Just Keep Flying was about a flyaway that I was really scared about-or as my English teacher calls it "a great life philosophy". Stronger was abut a gym pest. Heart of a Lion was three-page guided journal entry-turned poem.
I found some more, but not the one I was looking for.
(this one was at State when I got sick in the middle of the night and I was so sore it hurt to move)

What I Love

When you're heart's pounding
And you just want to stop
Go back home
Sit in your room and rot
When you feel it's not there
Not even way down deep
And you just want to
Call it quits and weep
You've got to remember
It's what you love
Going hard
And flying high above
Think of all those hours
Spent in the gym
Working hard all for
That one big win
When you're about to freeze
Before doing something new
Hear this in your head,
"It's what I love, it's what I do"

[gracefulone]

This one was at the Green County Invite. Keep in mind I was a level six. Bars was my best event and they were only going out one place for awards.

Smile On

Smile, slaute
Stand before the bar
Think; here's my chance
To make a splash
Grip
Kip
Cast, clearhip
Connect the squat-on
Highbar kip-cast
Pullover, nice underswing
Tap it out, 1-2
Tuck a little, let go
Flip open
Here my feet
Hit the mat
Stuck Routine
Smile, salute
Wait for the score
Good, but good enough?
Awards-I've won
Stand on the podium
Smile, salute
One last time today
Get ready
For next week.

[gracefulone]

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Originally Posted by Dani Thoes were awesome I loved the first one Especialy! But thats just me and all! ^_^

Thanks! You should have seen my trying to write it. I ended up having to work on the computer b/c my handwriting was so shaky. Tears were pouring down my face and it still makes me cry. But I am extremely sensitve....

[Dani]

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Originally Posted by gracefulone Thanks! You should have seen my trying to write it. I ended up having to work on the computer b/c my handwriting was so shaky. Tears were pouring down my face and it still makes me cry. But I am extremely sensitve....

I write song lyrics more than poems!

Here is one chorus of a song im working on!

Here I stand looking out to thoes watching me!
My head I hold up high! Not knowing what I might see:
Girls better, stronger, faster than me!

[gracefulone]

I like it!

[gracefulone]

I finally found the one I was looking for.

The Athlete and the Audience

You dance like no one's watching,
Even though you know they are.
You know your smile's fake,
Yet from know this they're far.
You're doing tons of tricks, yet playing some too,
But they don't seem to mind; they wouldn't dare to boo.
You're being a showoff, usually despised,
Yet they paid money, just to see your prize.
You were getting nervous,
And were positive they saw.
Yet as you saw them watching you,
You could tell they found no flaw.
As you were twisting, turning, and flying,
They could not see how hard you were trying.
As you were gliding from bar to bar,
They were close, yet so far.
As you keep your balance up on the beam, and look so very poised,
They could not make a single noise.
As you pick up all that speed, and fly to unknown heights,
They cheer so loudly, just as you like.
You stuck all your landings, and hit all your routines.
They sat, then stood, and never missed a beat.
You slid into your sweats
And became one of them.
Then sat and watched your friend,
And saw it start again.

[lil_tumbleweed]

sooooo cute. very nice on the replies as well!

[gymgymgymnast08]

Wow. Love them all! <3