http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Mountain biking poet comes to Bike Fest en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:40:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10922#post-121855 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:46:08 +0000 chdot 121855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any visit to Charlotte Square in August confirms an affinity between bicycles and books - and the usefulness of railings!</p> <p>A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan, has said "I<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Poems-that-turn-ordinary-things-grand-3276725.php"> usually do a lot of idle woolgathering, punctuated with bicycle riding and a certain amount of cooking</a>"</p> <p>"Kay Ryan is widely regarded as one of America’s great living poets." - <a href="https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/kay-ryan" rel="nofollow">https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/kay-ryan</a></p> <p><a href="http://jacquiephelan.org/2008/07/18/the-poet" rel="nofollow">http://jacquiephelan.org/2008/07/18/the-poet</a> </p>