News at Eleven: Throughout the 2012 London Olympic Games,

Guggenheim fellowship-winning poet Kwame Dawes will be writing verses that capture the spirit of the day's action, with a particular focus on the Jamaican team. Here's his first installment about the opening ceremony.

Day One

Jamaican Gold

from The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy: The Opening Ceremony (Poetry of the Games 1)
then The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy: Carrying the Fire of Victory (Poetry of the Games 2)
then The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy: Dreams and Laughter in London (Poetry of the Games 3)

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