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Funchal Poems - Poems about Funchal

Premium Member Funchal's Star
... It was in the eighties, a winter day in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, when a woman gave birth. She was an anonymous, struggling woman sailing the seas of poverty, with three other child......

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Categories: funchal, career, courage, inspirational, poverty,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Cristiano Ronaldo
... Cristiano Ronaldo. Born in Funchal, Madeira's archipelago. Played for Real Madrid and Man United. Now his flair gets Al Nassr fans excited. Messi is Ronaldo's biggest rival, always vying to ......

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Categories: funchal, celebrity,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member My Holiday Travels - Part 1
...One of the loveliest islands I've been Malta fits that bill without doubt Valletta and Mellieha are real highlights summer sunshine is an attraction to count Venice is one beauty without doubt ......

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Categories: funchal, holiday, travel, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Not Always True
...May England be a enormous ship called: "Queen of the Seas" And that doesn't sink ...! May Portugal be a grand winery in Lisbon or Funchal, li......

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Categories: funchal, allegory, allusion, creation, extended
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Madeira - An Island of Beauty
...This years holiday took us to Madeira an island of exquisite beauty so rare having a history rolling back decades raising its inhabitants looking so fair Columbus himself stepped on this land ......

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Categories: funchal, beautiful, holiday, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme



Stephanie Slater
...A Games Maker at London’s Paralympics 2012, Stephanie used to be a competitor able-bodied, In the Great Britain team, mind on the Olympics, Even tho’ since 11 her eyes were bad, crummier. On......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse
Susie Rogers
...Susie was inspired by the Beijing Paralympics, To pursue her talent at swimming, to train hard, So she was classified as an S7, deformed limbs, And won three medals in London, one in Rio. Sh......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse
Rebecca Redfern
...Rebecca was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, Aged seven and was born in 19th December 1999, In Droitwich Spa which is in Worcestershire county: She trains, works out at Worcester Swimming Cl......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Harriet Lee
...Harriet has Beckwith-wiedemann syndrome, Something which shortened her right side, And she also his difficulty with blood sugar, But she’s a dog lover of Baya Bear and Bow. Born in Huntingt......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Charlotte Henshaw
...“Perfect practice makes perfect”, Is Charlotte’s motto in life, principa: She swims and plays piano, oboe, Loves musicals: Les Mis, Wicked. Born without fully developed legs, Both were amp......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Bethany Firth
...Bethany swum for Ireland in London’s Paras, Her teacher dad used to be a church minister, She enjoys the Christian Fellowship Church, And raises her hands to praise god after races. She has......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Matt Wylie
...Matt’s dad Mike works in IT for Nissan, So when he won gold at Rio de Janerio, For the 100m freestyle in the S9 category, Nissan made him a gold car, a LEAF. The LEAF is one of the new elec......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Scott Quin
...Scott was born premature, five weeks, With his brain fused to his skull, It was Crouzon syndrome, dysostosis, And doctors operated to null. He was a strong wee tike and survived, Edinburg......

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Categories: funchal, strength, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Andrew Mullen
...Andrew came in behind Daniel Dias, Brazil’s most popular swimming star, Three times at Rio: 2 bronze, 1 silver, In the 50m butterfly, IM and the back. He’s from Glasgow, born short limbed, ......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Jonathan Fox
...Jon always does a Rubix Cube, Before swims for his nerve, He’s a self-confessed motorhead, Loves driving Lamorghini’s. Born on the 30th of May in 1991, With mild Cerebral Palsy, He has a......

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Categories: funchal, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse

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