Anna Grimaldi (DLO)
For example, for our Fitness we have been challenged to walk the length of NZ. That's 2090 km! Walking that far is too boring so I've been trying to roller skate my way to Invercargill.
Anyway the main reason I'm blogging today is to tell you about the Paralympic superstar, Anna Grimaldi.
Anna Grimaldi is 24 and has been to the last Paralympic Games at Rio and is at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic's as well. Her disability is classified as T47 with a weak arm and a non-usable hand.
She has achieved many different goals. She is a spectacular Long Jumper and a great Sprinter. She won gold for New Zealand in Long Jumping 100m and 200m. The Queen gave Anna was the award of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2017 New Years Honors, for her services to athletics.
When Anna was interviewed after winning at the Rio Paralympic Games she said:
"Big championships give you so much motivation. There's so much you can do and I'm really excited for the next four years."I chose Anna as my focus for my DLO because I look up to her. I may not love sport and athletics but she is an amazing person doing the best she can with an unusable arm and hand. I wrote this Haiku to celebrate Anna as a person as well as an Athlete.
A haiku about Anna Grimaldi
Anna Grimaldi
She's ready for the next game.
Playing basketball,
with her only sis Abby.
Limb deficiency,
is her disability.
Paralympic Games,
long jumping is her passion.
Born in Dunedin.
Parents are Tony and Di.
She likes netball too,
and played them both at high school.
Going to Tokyo,
Winning first place is a dream.
Born with a weak arm,
Does not stop her from winning.
Olive, this is an outstanding effort. You're facts have been presented in a detailed blog post, and I love your creative response to the facts you've read about. Your poem is awesome, you've considered how syllables and rhyme can contribute to an effective poem. You will need to change the title of your poem however, as your poem is not a Haiku. Haiku follow a pre-determined structure of 3 lines, with 5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables. I don't think your poem needs changing at all, it is fabulous...just tweak the title. I'm going to award extra House Points because of the huge amount of effort you've put into this. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteHear hear Miss McGrath, I concur! What an outstanding post Olive. I love the fact we got to read all about her first then could enjoy the poem with that knowledge. Your explanation writing is as good as your poetic writing. You are rocking it!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding writing Olive. What a little superstar you are. Settling into a new school and now this lockdown. I know things aren't quite what we were all hoping for at the moment. But you are getting on with it & doing an exceptional job. Kai pai. Debs
ReplyDeleteAwesome post Olive!
ReplyDeleteYou are a true wordsmith :)
The poem is a great way to share Anna's story alongside the facts above.
It would be great if you could do a post on roller-skating and maybe share some photos of you skating your way to Invercargill :)
Keep up the great work!