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When Running isn’t Just Exercise
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on May 28, 2012
I was talking with a friend from Nike last night, and our conversation brought me back to the first time I saw those gorgeous copy-heavy Nike print ads aimed at women in the early 90s. Women portrayed as strong female athletes with something to say, for once.
This poem was inspired by those storytelling ads and the group of women I’ve been running with for almost 20 years. Running isn’t just running to us. It’s the thread that weaves together our life experiences.
An Unexpected Email…
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on October 3, 2010
This arrived in my Inbox a couple of weeks ago from someone I haven’t seen in many many years. A poem I had forgotten about. And that’s as much of the story as I’m willing to tell.
Clinging to the Edge
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on April 15, 2009
Originally published on MySpace on April 15, 2009
Today I ran along the waterfront at lunch, and as I was
crossing the Hawthorne Bridge I noticed a sign that said
“Suicide Crisis Hotline,” which I thought very timely considering
I had the following story bouncing around in my brain before I crossed the bridge…
We clung to the edge of the bridge, fingers entwined,
smiling, laughing, living on the edge, never realizing the peril we were in. I
met you there, on the edge, the ledge, and there we stayed for months on end.
We seemed happy there, on the edge, until you dared me to look down.
“Look down,” you said, “Look down.”
“I can’t look down! I won’t look down!” I said, with fiery
denial, not wanting to believe our entire world existed on the edge.
I continued to look up, as I felt your fingers slip, my grip.
I fought to climb up, and you fought to let go.
I stood on the bridge, at the edge of the ledge, watching
you tumble into the darkness where you so desperately wanted to go.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you” I said, through a veil of
tears as I felt your fingers slip away. “I choose to save myself.”
And the song that was playing in an infinite loop on my iPod for my whole run was Jai Ho from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack
Jai Ho
(Jai Ho)
(Jai Ho)I got (I got) shivers (shivers),
When you touch away,
I’ll make you hot,
Get all you got,
I’ll make you wanna say (Jai Ho)
(Jai Ho)
I got (I got) fever (fever),
Running like a fire,
For you I will go all the way,
I wanna take you higher (Jai Ho)
I keep it steady
Cuz steady is how I feel it.
This beat is heavy, so heavy,
You gonna feel it.
(Jai Ho)You are the reason that I breathe,(Jai Ho)
You are the reason that I still believe,(Jai Ho)
You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Uh-uh-uh-oh!
(Jai Ho)No there is nothing that can stop us(Jai Ho)
Nothing can ever come between us,(Jai Ho)
So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! (oohh)
Catch me, catch me, catch me, come and catch me,
I want you now,
I know you can save me, come and save me,
I need you now.
I am yours forever, yes, forever,
I will follow,
Anywhere in anyway,
Never gonna let go.
Jai Ho
(Jai Ho) Escape (escape) away (away),
I’ll take you to a place,
This fantasy of you and me,
I’ll never lose the chase. (Jai Ho)
Yeaahhhh (Jai Ho) Yeaahhhh
I can (I can) feel you (feel you),
Rushing through my veins,
There’s a notion in my heart,
I will never be the same.
(Jai Ho)Just keep it burnin’, yeah baby,
Just keep it comin’, (Jai Ho)
You’re gonna find out, baby,
I’m one in a million.
(Jai Ho)You are the reason that I breathe,(Jai Ho)
You are the reason that I still believe,(Jai Ho)
You are my destiny,
Jai Oh! Uh-uh-uh-oh!
(Jai Ho)No there is nothing that can stop us(Jai Ho)
Nothing can ever come between us(Jai Ho)
So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! (oohh) (You and me, it’s destiny)
Catch me, catch me, catch me, come and catch me,
I want you now,
I know you can save me, come and save me,
I need you now.
I am yours forever, yes, forever,
I will follow,
Anywhere in anyway,
Never gonna let go.
Jai Ho (Yeeeaaahh), Jai Ho (Yeeeaaahh), Jai Ho
I need you,
Gonna make it,(Jai Ho)
I’m ready,
So take it!
(Jai Ho)You are the reason that I breathe,(Jai Ho)
You are the reason that I still believe,(Jai Ho)
You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Uh-uh-uh-oh!
(Jai Ho)No there is nothing that can stop us,(Jai Ho)
Nothing can ever come between us,(Jai Ho)
So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! (oohh) (You and me, it’s destiny)
Jai Ho!
Baila baila!
Baila baila!
Jai Ho!
Baila baila!
Jai Ho!
Truth, a Poem
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on April 7, 2009
Originally published on MySpace on April 7, 2009
Photo credit: Veil to Silence, by Sea Fairy
The Bath, a Poem
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on January 6, 2009
Originally published on MySpace on January 6, 2009.
No time to write something new, so I give you a poem I wrote years ago.
Broken Heart, a Poem
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on December 19, 2008
Originally published on MySpace on December 19, 2008.
Here’s a poem that I wrote earlier this year. My Match.com blog reminded me of it.
Dedicated to all of you who have ever been dumped! 
Flying My Geek Flag Proudly!
Posted by Kelly Jo Horton in Poetry and Prose on June 5, 2008
I spend my days writing mostly serious marketing collateral and documentation for high tech companies. Lately I’ve been writing a lot about High Performance Computing in the modern data center. Don’t know what I’m talking about? That’s okay. I got tired of being so serious and wrote a rap/poem about it.
To get the full effect of this “poem,” you need to read it out loud like a rapper, because that’s how it sounds in my head!
I fly my geek flag proudly!
HPC Rap
High Performance Computing is da bomb you see,
If you can’t say that mouthful say “HPC.”
Clusters, and storage and processors galore,
Got a room full of servers from the ceiling to the floor.
Got blinking lights in racks,
Hardware servers all in stacks.
Welcome to my world,
it’s the IT shack.
Computational analysis,
I/O paralysis,
bottleneck dialysis,
need a psychoanalyst!
© 2008 Kelly Jo Horton
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