Krista Henry, Staff Reporter

Left: Author Joan Andrea Hutchinson - Peta-Gaye Clachar, Right: Usain Bolt - AP

For writer Joan Andrea Hutchinson there is just some-thing special about Olympic champion Usain Bolt. The poet has penned the first poem about Bolt's dazzling record-breaking win at the 100-metre race at the Beijing Olympics.

Titled 'Usain Bolt and Mi Marriage', the poem was written by Hutchinson early Tuesday morning, in a Bolt-like record time of 13 minutes. The poem is from the perspective of a female who has just watched Bolt win the 100-metre race and has fallen for the track star to the dismay of her husband.

The poem says, "Mi kyaan believe mi eyes/Ever since Usain Bolt win di Olympics 100 metres/Fi mi husband start exercise/ Yuh tink a lickle talk mi a talk to him/Bout how him belly a get big/Mi tired fi tell him how him a get waggaty/An start to fayva pig."

The poem goes on to describe the reaction of the persona when Bolt won, "Mi run up an dung inna di living room like mi mad/All liddung pon di floor/Mi say Usain, a long time no man no excite mi so /Mi ago love yuh more and more."

Hutchinson has been keeping an eye on the races and has nothing but love for Bolt and the Jamaican team. "He (Bolt) represents the determination of someone who knows what he is capable of. He does not fit the stereotype of a sprinter and he had to fight to be allowed to do the 100 metres, and look at what he did. He makes me proud to be Jamaican," she said.

Even though the women aren't mentioned in the poem, she says she has a lot of pride in their accomplishments as well. "The women make me feel so proud. Is like mi glad bag buss. They are a lot more humble and it is almost expected that they will be so, but I am very, very proud of them."

The poet believes the Jamaican people will connect with the poem, especially the men who will want to get in shape for fear their women may have fallen in love with Usain's toned runners body.

The reaction from non-Jamaicans, Hutchinson says, has also been positive. She said, "I was in Edmonton Alberta at the time of the race, and the fact that I was wearing a Jamaican T-shirt, the number of persons who kept on congratulating me, you would believe that I was Usain Bolt's mother."

This is not Hutchinson's first work based on the accomplishments of Jamaican athletes, her first book was a tribute to sprinter Merlene Ottey. Hutchinson has also written commentary on the Jamaican Bobsled team and the Reggae Boyz. Before Bolt's historic win at the 200-metre race yesterday, she had already begun a second Usain Bolt poem.