Deanna C. Dilley Poems Multi-Category Countries Member Profile Dear fellow poets, my name is Deanna. At the age of 12 I took a creative writing class and have been writing ever since. I was born with Beal's Syndrome which is a very rare birth disorder. Basically in laymen's terms -- my joints are tight or contracted. I don't have full mobility of pretty much any part of my body due to the contractures. I am also legally blind in my left eye and have mild heart and hearing concerns as well. Though I am pretty high functioning (passed all Ohio 9th grade proficiency tests on 1st or 2nd try and passed both parts of English proficiency for 12th grade), I do have some developmental delays. Early 2000s, I began writing a poetry book for and about people with various disabilities. Most poems are fictional, but some are about myself or friends/co-workers that are disabled. In Mar '08, I started to work on a tribute poetry book about idols who represent American life. I went from Jim Henson to Rosa Parks. I am writing my auto-biography. Profile Views: 2456 345 poems online - viewed: 188699 times. 18 other documents online - viewed: 8427 times. Documents Collections Click here to share this member profile with your Facebook friends Share Look for this SHARE button on many VoicesNet pages. Poem Title Views Responses Votes Points Added Last View Categories Win Or Lose 42417 102 3 13 4/15/2007 7/30/2010 Inspirational Sports - Sports Team Spirit 18890 6 1 3 9/23/2007 7/30/2010 Inspirational Sports - Sports Rise Up! 15617 13 2 4 6/14/2007 7/30/2010 Basketball - Sports Competing for Gold 7799 8 1 3 6/26/2007 7/30/2010 Inspirational Sports - Narrative No Need to Be the Best 6231 9 1 4 4/10/2007 7/29/2010 Inspirational Poems, Motivational - Inspirational Sports Under the Sea 3831 4 0 0 9/6/2007 7/30/2010 Fish - Funny Sisters In the Spotlight 2686 1 1 3 5/13/2007 7/28/2010 Inspirational Sports - Sisters If I Could Change the World 2653 2 2 7 6/2/2007 7/29/2010 Funny - Happy Our Last Good-Bye 2633 0 0 0 10/21/2007 7/29/2010 Good Bye - Sad, Grief, Sympathy, Broken Heart The Perfect Friend 2267 4 1 3 6/11/2007 7/29/2010 Friendship, Best Friend, Friend - Thank you, gratitude SMILE 2263 1 1 3 8/8/2007 7/26/2010 Funny - Happy Davey At Bat 2016 1 0 0 7/20/2007 7/30/2010 Baseball - Funny Special Olympics' Oath 2013 2 0 0 5/3/2007 7/28/2010 Inspirational Sports - Life For My Parents 1990 5 2 4 5/15/2007 7/30/2010 Family - Thank you, gratitude Be Thankful 1929 3 1 5 11/12/2007 7/30/2010 Religious, Christian, Jewish, Islam, Baptist, etc. - Thank you, gratitude My Friend 1919 2 1 4 5/29/2007 7/30/2010 Friendship, Best Friend, Friend - Thank you, gratitude My Closest Friend 1882 9 2 6 4/6/2007 7/28/2010 Friendship, Best Friend, Friend - Thank you, gratitude Turn Your Frown Upside Down 1816 7 1 4 4/15/2007 7/30/2010 Free Verse - Inspirational Poems, Motivational If I Knew 1728 7 3 10 5/6/2007 7/29/2010 Sad, Grief, Sympathy, Broken Heart - Sorry Autumn Days 1679 0 0 0 9/18/2007 7/28/2010 Fall - Season Friends Are Nothing 1528 2 1 3 4/14/2007 7/30/2010 Friendship, Best Friend, Friend - Thank you, gratitude Reach For the Stars 1504 2 1 3 5/13/2007 7/28/2010 Happy - Inspirational Poems, Motivational Precious Angels 1499 4 1 3 6/6/2007 7/28/2010 Angel - Baby, babies, infants Families 1350 0 0 0 10/7/2007 7/29/2010 Family - Inspirational Poems, Motivational Love Is A Sin 1303 0 1 4 9/26/2007 7/28/2010 Sad, Grief, Sympathy, Broken Heart - Forbidden Love Imagine 1278 3 1 4 5/2/2007 7/30/2010 Free Verse - Inspirational Poems, Motivational Ice Dancer 1266 4 2 7 3/7/2007 7/26/2010 Inspirational Sports - Winter My Brother Is Mean 1165 4 1 4 7/1/2007 7/28/2010 Brothers - Funny The Christmas Angel 1085 3 1 4 12/5/2007 7/28/2010 Angel - Christmas Don't Give Up 1084 2 2 6 5/15/2007 7/30/2010 Happy - Inspirational Poems, Motivational If Dogs Were Humans 1042 2 1 4 1/23/2008 7/30/2010 Dogs - Funny Growing Older 1036 2 1 3 5/6/2007 7/28/2010 Birthday - Life Listen to the Angel 967 1 0 0 5/15/2007 7/21/2010 Angel - Inspirational Poems, Motivational Cloud Nine 965 2 1 4 4/15/2007 7/29/2010 Funny - Happy Shattered Heart 924 4 1 3 5/22/2007 7/29/2010 Break Ups - Sad, Grief, Sympathy, Broken Heart Happy Town 914 6 4 13 4/7/2007 7/30/2010 Happy - Children, young kids, child Who Says 844 1 1 4 5/15/2007 7/29/2010 Funny - Happy Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me 833 1 1 4 6/20/2007 7/25/2010 Beautiful Love - Falling in Love If Santa Was A Woman 832 5 1 4 12/7/2007 7/29/2010 Funny - Christmas A Child's Lullaby 818 0 1 4 6/7/2007 7/30/2010 Baby, babies, infants - Children, young kids, child Next Page of Author Poems