{"id":708,"date":"2012-08-19T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T00:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=708"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:11:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T17:11:57","slug":"heroic-age-ode-for-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"Ode for the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ode-au-sport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-709 alignleft\" title=\"Ode au sport\" src=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ode-au-sport-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ode-au-sport-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ode-au-sport.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We who speak<br \/>\nof aging as a curse<br \/>\nsense the days we eke<br \/>\nout could get worse.<\/p>\n<p>By habit we hallow<br \/>\nvictories of the young,<br \/>\nwhose run becomes hollow<br \/>\nand soon enough unsung<\/p>\n<p>as our bursts of sprint<br \/>\nmerge into marathon.<br \/>\nBit by bit we reinvent<br \/>\nthe measure of having won.<\/p>\n<p>Speed yields to distance.<br \/>\nThe brio of dash<br \/>\ntopples before persistence.<br \/>\nSteadiness trumps flash.<\/p>\n<p>And as we turn to lope,<br \/>\naiming to come in last,<br \/>\nthis remains our hope:<br \/>\ncross not sooner but fast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The first modern Olympics had a competition, of sorts, in poetry. The image has been reposted from<a href=\"http:\/\/xerxesxerxesxerxes.tumblr.com\/post\/28631881039\/visual-poetry-ode-to-sport-by-eschbach\"> More like a Log<\/a> and the original text can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/?page_id=317\">Pastis at Bandol and other Poems<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_708\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=708\"  data-item_title=\"Ode for the Olympics\"  data-item_date=\"2012-08-19T17:20:31-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We who speak of aging as a curse sense the days we eke out could get worse. By habit we hallow victories of the young, whose run becomes hollow and soon enough unsung as our bursts of sprint merge into marathon. 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