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Olympic Speed Skaters
by Chris Sorrenti
the mirror sits horizontal
unbreakable
athletes riding
the long claws
two by two steel lick
hurtling only three to medal
and upward
Zeus refracted reflecting
fists clenched
and a ?
© 1992
Revised © 2015
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11/13/2015 Author's Note: Sometimes, the shortest poems create the biggest challenge in terms of getting the message as close to perfect as possible. I was going to post this one earlier today, but after a couple of reads, saw things I didn't like in it.
Posted on 11/14/2015
Copyright © 2025 Chris Sorrenti
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| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 11/16/15 at 05:02 AM The horizontal mirror is a very cool way to describe the rink. Love the "long claws" and the "reflecting fists clenched". I'm not sure what to do with the end?? |
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