(I somehow lost my post in the middle of reviewing it--sorry if this ends up posted twice! Now let's see if I can remember what I wrote.)
I was talking with a friend about swimming and she said she started "swimming for life" x number of years ago. I got the sense that she meant that it was more than a good workout--it kept her "alive." I have to admit that it has that kind of effect for me, too. At the risk of sounding too new-agey, it's nourishing in more than a physical sense.
What does swimming mean to you? How does that compare to other sports or activities you do? How does that meaning influence your goals and performance?
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But soft! What record on yonder scoreboard breaks?
It is the 200 ***, and Brendan just won!
Unite fellow breaststrokers and retaliate
Against those who are sick with envy
Please be another record broken
For there is only one true stroke.
Tis the most noble and virtuous of all
Only fools do see naught, and cast it aside.
Tis the right stroke. O Tis my beloved!
Only if all knew the truth
So strong through elegance
Unseen yet so strong
Be not bold yet silently powerful
The fairest of all do swim such a stroke
Being so glorious, A gentle ripple
Following in the wake.
What if that wake were bigger
It would put shame to the gentle nature
So soft and smooth
As an angel descending from Heaven
Would seem to the unenlightened a chore
That they cast aside it's true demenor.
See how that records shines!
Oh that that record were mine
So that I could bestow it's glory to all.
that's an outstanding peice of prose there Seagurl....Shakespeare would've been impressed!
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. Oh and thanks for the kind words about my avatar S(he) Man I saw that you posted another poem about your workout buddy Beth over on another thread. I was hoping that you could share more of your poetic talents over here as well? Don't you guys think she should do that?...(back me up here guys).
But soft! What record on yonder scoreboard breaks?
It is the 200 ***, and Brendan just won!
Unite fellow breaststrokers and retaliate
Against those who are sick with envy
Please be another record broken
For there is only one true stroke.
Tis the most noble and virtuous of all
Only fools do see naught, and cast it aside.
Tis the right stroke. O Tis my beloved!
Only if all knew the truth
So strong through elegance
Unseen yet so strong
Be not bold yet silently powerful
The fairest of all do swim such a stroke
Being so glorious, A gentle ripple
Following in the wake.
What if that wake were bigger
It would put shame to the gentle nature
So soft and smooth
As an angel descending from Heaven
Would seem to the unenlightened a chore
That they cast aside it's true demenor.
See how that records shines!
Oh that that record were mine
So that I could bestow it's glory to all.
that's an outstanding peice of prose there Seagurl....Shakespeare would've been impressed!
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. Oh and thanks for the kind words about my avatar S(he) Man I saw that you posted another poem about your workout buddy Beth over on another thread. I was hoping that you could share more of your poetic talents over here as well? Don't you guys think she should do that?...(back me up here guys).
