Breathe, stay
Calm for the throw
Do the draw
Play the freeze

Let the end come to you
End after end, up to ten

Chess on ice

Wait for the sign

The broom points like dawn
The sweep will extend

Throw to release

You have this
You’ve done it before
You know

The ice (Do you like it?)

The stone is smooth, the way is there
The line is clear with curl at the end, when
The rock will stop

Wait, then
Let it go

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Canada’s men’s and women’s curling teams will be playing for Olympic medals this weekend after many days of hard competition and brilliant play in Cortina d’Ampezzo. I look forward to cheering them on!

Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes; Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert. This poem is for you. I wrote it yesterday.