
Sunday Arts and Education has been flooded with poems paying tribute to Jamaican 'sprint king', Usain Bolt. Here's a sample of what you had to say.
For Usain Bolt
Beijing Olympics 2008
August the 16th was the exact date
Men's hundred metre final, Bolt first
across the line
In a world record time of 9.69.
And him never just come first, him
decimate the field
All the other athletes saw of him
was him back and him boot heel
Even though him slow down and
lick him chest
and look off to the side
And to add insult to injury, his left
shoelace was untied
One athlete say, when Bolt pass
him, all him see
was a big yellow streak
And when him realise what did just
tek place,
him conclude that the boy is a freak
But the IOC president was not
amused, and after the race was a
grumble
That Bolt celebrate too early and too
show off and that him should try to
be humble.
But Bolt say him was only enjoying
himself and having a little fun
And meant no disrespect at all to
the other athletes who did run.
Plus the IAAF president had no
problem with how him celebrate
saying that he brought excitement
to the sport and this we should
appreciate.
In the two hundred metres, them say
Michael Johnson's record was
unreachable
but Bolt prove them wrong and
blew the world's mind to show that
it was actually beatable.
For him erase that record and win in a
time of 19.30.
And graduated from being a local
legend to become an international hero.
Next mission: World Athletics
Championships, Berlin, 2009
And all eyes were on the big man to
see what him would give us this time.
The track wasn't the usual orange-
brown colour; this time it was
blue instead.
But when Bolt tek off and scorch it
up, me could swear say it did turn red.
The one hundred metres was the
first race that him did tek on and tackle
For him it was the sweet taste of
victory, as usual, but for his
opponents it was a debacle.
Gay did say him was ready, and
Asafa look relaxed this time.
But when the starter's pistol go off,
Usain lef' the whole a dem behind.
For him shatter him own world
record, and clock 9.58 seconds to
win.
That's .11 seconds faster than him
run when him did get gold in Beijing
The fact that him did win, to most of
us, was not at all surprising
but the margin of victory, to the
other athletes, must have been
demoralising.
For this was a race that Tyson Gay
thought he could have won.
After all, him set a national
record and run 9.71.
But not only did he lose, him
lose by donkey lengths
I mean, people, think about it,
that just don't mek no sense.
As for the two hundred metres, that
was another classic display
Him tek eleven hundredths of a
second off that
record too, and blew the entire field
away.
After about ninety metres or so, the
race did basically done
And nobody could even get close to
him, no matter how fast them run.
Hey, before him run him race
them,
Bolt and his competitors will par,
but when him stand up at the
starting block, them better
prepare themselves for war.
For whenever him run at a major
event, him just keep raising the bar,
but now it look like say him gone
and raise the bar too far.
For when him crossing the finish
line his opponents only glimpse
him from afar.
And dem kinda beaten will mek
them have complex and give
them psychological scar
Because the man is a
supernova, him soar
way past the level of star.
It's time him stop running
'gainst humans now, and
start fi run 'gainst race car.
- Michael Abrahams