http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: National Poetry Day en Sun, 31 May 2026 23:11:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201320 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:24:02 +0000 wingpig 201320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13849" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13849</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201294 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:28:24 +0000 cb 201294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And a short <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2257">limerick</a> thread. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201292 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:20:00 +0000 wingpig 201292@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a thread somewhere<br /> titled 'cycling haiku':<br /> Ought to post a link. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201279 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:38:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 201279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I blame him</p> <p>For my n+1"</p> <p>I didn't just make him up. Richard was a year or two older than me, and always seemed a step ahead in the bike stakes.</p> <p>@mgj - that's my lunch hour sorted then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201267 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:02:00 +0000 mgj 201267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Look out for a giant poem on the Royal Mile tomorrow, at Sailors Arc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201260 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:15:18 +0000 chdot 201260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>I blame him </p> <p>For my n+1</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.citycycling.co.uk/Issue9/CyclePoet.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.citycycling.co.uk/Issue9/CyclePoet.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201258 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:11:03 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 201258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the parking thread, this about riding in car parks (I don't know why I like riding through car parks, up and then down, but I do).</p> <p>Upwards<br /> Squeak from your tyres echoing<br /> A car on some other level<br /> Distant though virtually above<br /> Interloping<br /> Roads may be for sharing<br /> But only cars park<br /> In a car park</p> <p>Downwards<br /> Free rolling out of the wind<br /> On the smoothest surface of the day<br /> Looking out for lights<br /> Reversing imminent<br /> 180 degree turns<br /> Brake, apex, pedal<br /> No need for a ticket</p> <p>Then out<br /> Into the light<br /> The air<br /> The noise<br /> The potholes<br /> It's a shock to the system<br /> And so much worse<br /> When the cars are moving </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201257 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:07:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 201257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=site:www.citycycling.co.uk+cyclepoet" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=site:www.citycycling.co.uk+cyclepoet</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15562#post-201242 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:42:19 +0000 chdot 201242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/national-poetry-day" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/national-poetry-day</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/bicycle" rel="nofollow">http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/bicycle</a></p> <p><a href="http://allpoetry.com/poems/about/Cycling" rel="nofollow">http://allpoetry.com/poems/about/Cycling</a> </p>