http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Out with the missus after COVID-19 haiku en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:30:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326210 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:48:24 +0000 nobrakes 326210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@LaidBack</p> <p>No tandem today<br /> Solo ride with gore tex mitts<br /> Raynauds kept at bay </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326207 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:51:45 +0000 LaidBack 326207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@nobrakes </p> <p><em>Today was too cold<br /> To cycle up the granites<br /> So stayed at home</em></p> <p>Mrs LB vetos dual occupancy cycling till later in year! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326193 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:10:34 +0000 nobrakes 326193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today was windy<br /> A slog fest up the granites<br /> Deserted A7 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326190 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:21:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ach here you go. <a href="https://www.wikipoemes.com/poemes/raymond-queneau/tous-les-droits.php">Queneau's <em>Tous les droits<br /> </em></a> Rhyming scheme is beyond me.</p> <p><em>We have the right to wear rags<br /> When ten battles are lost<br /> We have the right to wear rags<br /> When we command an army</p> <p>We have the right to a doublet<br /> When the sky turns mauve<br /> We have the right to a doublet<br /> When the horizon sees the dawn</p> <p>We have the right to wear clogs<br /> When the fields are on the warpath<br /> We have the right to wear clogs<br /> When the snails rejoice</p> <p>We have the right to a diving suit<br /> To court a mermaid<br /> We have the right to a diving suit<br /> When our heart gets too soft</p> <p>We have the right to wear lambswool<br /> When our soul is overweight<br /> We have the right to wear lambswool<br /> When we save our own bacon</p> <p>We have the right to<br /> A good shroud<br /> When the earth ends when the night tolls<br /> We have the right to wear our shroud<br /> When it's time to go underground<br /> </em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326180 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:11:31 +0000 gembo 326180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watching the Parisienne upper classes at play in Call My Agent on Netflix. Episode one has plenty of action. One of the plot devices has a 40 year old actress getting turned down for a Tarantino part unless she gets lipo filler. I think the actor playing the actress has already had that done to her coupon.</p> <p>La Casa De Papel slightly grittier, watching that as dubbed version to lighten the heaviosity</p> <p>And obvs. Series six of Friday Night Dinner on terrestial. My son cant stand it as it is the same joke each week, which is its genuius. Shaaaaalom </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326179 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:47:03 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.poemes.co/tous-les-droits.html-0">I translated this but then realised it's a bit too grim.</a></p> <p>Will look again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326165 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:09:28 +0000 gembo 326165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mais oui </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326163 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:11:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm in a translating mood. Who'd like some Queneau? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326162 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:10:03 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now composing a sonnet in kanji. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326160 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:41:11 +0000 sallyhinch 326160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to my serious haiku-writing friend, English syllables are much longer than the Japanese equivalent (they're more like - I think - phonemes), so most haiku written in English are too long. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326155 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:41:39 +0000 unhurt 326155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hail falls on my face<br /> Solo permitted exercise<br /> Feet grow cold during</p> <p>But I will resist<br /> Your attempts to cur-<br /> tail my haiku misuses </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326152 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:34:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Five syllables first<br /> Then seven in the middle<br /> Sad seasonal end </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326149 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 21:34:40 +0000 unhurt 326149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hail falls on my face<br /> Feet grow cold during<br /> Solo permitted exercise </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326143 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:37:11 +0000 gembo 326143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The north wind doth blow</p> <p>Daughter in town reported it too. </p> <p>None in balerno</p> <p>Is north easterly actually</p> <p>The 32mph record at woolfords is on </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20158#post-326140 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:21:28 +0000 nobrakes 326140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Steep hills on tandem<br /> Tight lungs and sore legs abound<br /> And now there is snow </p>