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drifting

Mar 25, 2021Jul 18, 2021 gravy

freewheeling
the creak of a
heron

Posted in bike, nature, sensations, wildlifeTagged bike, bird, haiku, micropoetry, poetry, short poem

desserted

Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020 gravy

at night
sweeping the empty streets
on my bike

Posted in bike, home, Midlands, natureTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem

stretching

Dec 4, 2019 gravy

waiting
at the top of the hill
winter sky

Posted in bike, sensations, weather, winterTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem, winter

late for work

Nov 29, 2019 gravy

cycling through
quiet villages
church clocks

Posted in autumn, bike, Midlands, workTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem, work

not raining

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019 gravy

cycling
to the shops collecting
drizzle

Posted in autumn, bike, weatherTagged bike, haiku, poetry, rain, short poem

boiled icicle

Nov 10, 2019Nov 10, 2019 gravy

my squeaky bike
stopped at the traffic lights
rustling trees

Posted in autumn, bike, sensationsTagged autumn, bike, haiku, poetry, short poem

padlock

Jul 5, 2019Jul 4, 2019 gravy

abandoned bike
chained to the fence
with cobwebs

Posted in bike, natureTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem

growing up

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 gravy

family bike ride
the blur
of the nearest trees

Posted in bike, children, sensationsTagged bike, children, haiku, poetry, short poem, tree

Easter holidays

Apr 19, 2019Apr 18, 2019 gravy

ribbons of cloud
unwinding
pedal by pedal

Posted in bike, home, mood, nature, spring, workTagged bike, cycling, haiku, poem, poetry, short poem

night ride

Jan 16, 2019Jan 15, 2019 gravy

losing myself
in the thick forest

Posted in adventure, bike, mood, nature, winterTagged bike, haiku, MTB, poetry, short poem

rolling along

Dec 26, 2018Dec 23, 2018 gravy

quiet lane
the sound
of my bike tyres

Posted in bike, Midlands, sensations, winterTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem

outgrown

Dec 19, 2018Dec 19, 2018 gravy

too big
for his childhood bike
his bony ankles

Posted in bike, children, moodTagged bike, children, haiku

we should walk

Sep 17, 2018Sep 16, 2018 gravy

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pub railings
unchaining
the drunken bike

Posted in autumn, home, sensationsTagged bike, haiku, poetry, short poem

Towpath at night

May 12, 2018May 11, 2018 gravy
by the time
the sleeping geese honk……
……I’ve long cycled past
Posted in bike, nature, wildlifeTagged bike, bird, cycling, haiku, poetry

Cycling uphill

May 11, 2018May 10, 2018 gravy

the road
finally flattens — my lungs
inflate with life

Posted in adventure, bike, sensations, springTagged bike, haiku, poetry

Crush

Apr 22, 2018Apr 21, 2018 gravy

yellow snail
in no rush to cross
the cycle path

Posted in bike, natureTagged bike, haiku, poetry

Summer?

Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018 gravy

warm evening —
mowing the lawn
in my cycling shorts

Posted in home, nature, spring, summerTagged bike, haiku, poetry, summer

After a winter ride

Feb 13, 2018Feb 10, 2018 gravy

Scrubbing mud
from all my bike’s crevices,
then from all mine!

Posted in bike, home, winterTagged bike, haiku, mud, poem, poetry, winter

Game of Thornes

Feb 5, 2018Feb 4, 2018 gravy

Mountain biking
in Westeros —
A Dance Of Tyre On Mud

Posted in bike, winterTagged bike, game of thrones, haiku, MTB, mud, poetry

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