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Published: Sunday | August 30, 2009
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Poets Gone: Bolt Crazy

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

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