Throughout the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, poet Kwame Dawes is writing verses that capture the spirit of the day’s action. The Wall Street Journal is publishing his poems: here are those he has composed so far.
Bob Costas’s Pink Eye and Sochi’s Brown Water
The Fashion of Ice Skating Pairs
Poems for the Jamaican Bobsled Team
Michael Christian Martinez: The Wounded Dancer
The Gay Olympian’s Dilemma at Sochi