⟳ Репост от Matthew Kish

An ugly injury ended his career but Marcus Lattimore could always fall back on being a South Carolina football icon. But after a few years, he started to ask: "Is this all it's gonna be for me?" He moved to Oregon, found a home and found his voice — remarkably, as a poet. New at @oregonian.com:

Football made him a star. Poetry, and Portland, made him whole. | Bill OramAfter the world watched him suffer a career-ending injury, the former NFL draft pick says Portland gave him his life back.www.oregonlive.com