Friday, April 26, 2013

Running



Running
It’s the pounding
of feet on the cold hard ground.
The inner warmth
of a great accomplishment
and the greatest gift you receive, confidence.

That feeling you get is confidence.
It’s a feeling of strength only given by running.
When you finally surpass your previous accomplishment
Your heart is pounding,
As you feel the physical warmth.
Is there no better sport on earth?

Who knew this wonderful, simple activity on Earth
Could bring out a confidence
That no other activity has given me. It’s warmth
Surprises me every time I start running.
It’s more than the pounding
of heart and feet, it’s what comes with it, a sense of accomplishment.

Accomplishment,
It’s a word many of us know here on Earth.
Some people come crawling and “pounding
On the door of confidence”
Begging for accomplishment. When all you have to do is go running
It’ll give you more satisfaction then any ice cream (and also more warmth)

Warmth,
In my mind it’s associated more with accomplishment
for me it comes with running.
That’s better then any fireplace on Earth.
I mean what fireplace is gonna boost your confidence,
and you gotta love that synchronization of the heart and mind pounding.

The synchronized pounding.
Feeling the inner and outer warmth.
The confidence
and accomplishment.
The feeling of levitation above of the Earth.
How can you not love running.

Running it’s more then the pounding.
It’s more then the cold hard ground and inner warmth.
It’s all of these plus more such as that feeling of accomplishment and confidence.

6 comments:

  1. I hate running with a fiery passion, but I really enjoyed how you wrote this. Great job! :)

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  2. Hi haley im kevin i like running too. I am alright at short distance but when it comes to long distance thats what i am great. I like the 1500 Meter, the 800 meter, 400 and 200 meter. I love track and field. also In track and field i am good at running long jump,and triple jump

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    1. I'm the same. I can run okay short distance but I'm awesome long distance. It's the endurance I guess. :) Do you do any other sports?

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  3. Hi haley,Im Tasha. Your poem was interesring and relatable, because i too love to run and have lots of confidence from it. To make you poem even better, i would reccomend choosing different words rather then using the same words throughout the whole story. I liked how you split your poem into sections. Awesome job!

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    1. Do you mean the end words cause in a sestina they have to be the same. It's in a certain pattern. You should look the up...

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