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| The most popular bicycle model— and most popular vehicle of any kind in the world—is the Chinese Flying Pigeon, with some 500 million in service.[1] |
should always be the vehicle
of novelists and poets.
~Christopher Morley
Life is like riding a bicycle.
Midweek Motif ~ Bicycling
Each bicycle has taken part in many stories. Each cyclist is a protagonist and maybe even antagonist, supporting character and audience to the drama. Maybe some have a philosophy of bicycling as well. Do you?
Write a poem with a bicycling motif.
From her book Bicycles: Love poems.
Ode to Bicycles (Oda a la bicicleta)
by Pablo Neruda
I was walking
down
a sizzling road:
the sun popped like
a field of blazing maize,
the
earth
was hot,
an infinite circle
with an empty
blue sky overhead.
A few bicycles
passed
me by . . . .
(Read the rest in both Spanish and English HERE!)
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(Next Midweek Motif = the color Green)
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Good morning, Poets, and welcome to the midweek motif. what do you think when a bicycle rolls by? Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteA bit of a Curate's egg from me today: good in parts :-)
ReplyDeleteAll poets are cyclists? Or all cyclists are poets?
I made a hash of it. Sorry. I can talk about them for hours....but poetry? In motion, yes. Not in so many words.
Now I'm going out - on my bike - and wait for the others to roll in.
Loved the montage effect. Of course, I want at least a book that introduces each and everyone of your collection.
Deleteold poem, so i wont link it...just leave it here in the comments...
ReplyDeletei have written about bikes plenty of times. this one is one of the first poems
i ever wrote (2010)...
we would not be deterred
we would not be deterred,
even when my uncle would
hang them in trees, if we
left them laying by the
gravel road that wound
around our hill
we would not be deterred,
even when my little sister
hit a tree, one summer day,
popping all her fingernails off,
neatly, leaving pink pulpy nubs
before they bled down her shirt.
no, a bicycle meant freedom
and so we pushed its bounds
pedaling everywhere we went
tires hissing on the pavement
and if you were really daring
you would let go, both arms
out by your side and fly.
we would not be deterred,
but then we grew up,
our bikes sitting in the garage
rusting, why did we
let them clip our wings?
Like! I contained one of these events in my own poem! Your style has evolved since this, but I like its relative starkness and your use of repetition and detail. Thanks, as ever, for climbing on board.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPRGlf-30E&list=PLB4AE33C5F6FDD3CA
DeleteNo surprise Bri that you have bicycles at the elemental form of your poetry. I think it's also good to look back at early work to see your growth.
DeleteI know you still fly free on occasion with those boys :)
Good one, Brian!
Deletethanks Susan....i scribbled a few lines and linked it up... :)
ReplyDeleteI suspect our poets will be re-watching that film this week. I will.
DeleteBack later kids...off to Tuff City!
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! Have a wonderful day.
DeleteI'm heading out to a dentist appointment and will be back in a few hours. I might wish to be with Sherry instead!
ReplyDeleteConsidering how much bikes have meant to me I have only written about the tricycle. Thanks for another delightful prompt, Susan!
ReplyDeleteLet me take you to Galveston for this one...
ReplyDeleteHi! Inspired by idea of two...thanks, Susan!
ReplyDeleteWhat great reading! If you only wrote about a tricycle and have lots more to say, feel free to add another bike story.
ReplyDeleteThe poem won't earn me the yellow jersey, but at least I kept pace!
ReplyDeleteGood fun.
DeleteNice topic for the season. Mine is up at: https://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/blue-bike/
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never, I trust! :)
ReplyDeleteabsolutely
DeleteI love your presence. And poems.
Coming back after a long time! Love the prompt!
ReplyDelete"My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library"
Peter Golkin
Aditi, come back with a poem! I stay open until Saturday am.
DeleteNice Prompt Susan...loved it:)
ReplyDeleteDear Susan most interesting prompt-so much can be written on this-here is my contribution-Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful contribution. Thank You.
DeleteI saw your prompt and hope you don't mind that I dropped a poem. Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteI love cycling.
I am happy you wrote a poem for this prompt! Remember if you ever stop in after Saturday, you can post in the Sunday Pantry right here--and you could also simply post it again.
DeleteThat's all Poets! I won't be back again to this prompt. You can still use the prompt, but why not post for the poetry pantry Sunday?
ReplyDelete