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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Debate!
Cycling Haikus
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Posted 9 years ago #
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Today;
Leave in summer shorts
Leaden pall descends. Lights on
Overtrews come outLast night;
Peaceful autumn night
Moon flecked canal, cobbled path
Youthful burst soon fadesPosted 9 years ago # -
5-7-5 syllables, right?
Leaves fall. Turn to mulch.
Oncoming lights much too bright.
Such is the NEPNPosted 9 years ago # -
Council forget grit
Dogs wandering off the leash
Ah, the Roseburn pathPosted 9 years ago # -
Ahead, two people
One right up the other's bum
Daft, amongst wet leavesQueen Charlotte Street's setts
glisten with spilt diesel oil
Watch out along there.On NEPN,
WoL too, and canal towpath
Searing lights abound.Posted 9 years ago # -
5-7-5 syllables, right?
Yes, plus a seasonal reference and a melancholic tone.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Haiku are too short
To fit in many long words
UnfortunatelyPosted 9 years ago # -
@wingpig
Expressing yourself
in seventeen syllables
is very diffic(John Cooper Clarke)
Posted 9 years ago # -
Council wants world class
Blows budget on Q-B-C
This is Edinburgh** only works if you pronounce it "properly", e.g. Edinbruh
Posted 9 years ago # -
The canal;
Teeshirt toddlers gone
Pathside thickets wither down
Cormorants returnDucklings all full grown
Summer leaves now golden fall
Still no kingfisherPosted 9 years ago # -
:)
Posted 9 years ago # -
This is not the way
That sudden autumn shower
Borked your GPSFleet the rider flies
Along the shared use path
Strava KOMThe shiny head badge
Is not the shiny head badge
'Til it's on FlickrPosted 9 years ago # -
Unplanned country walk
Amidst beauty how I wish
My spokes hadn't bustPosted 9 years ago # -
There was a young man from Japan
Whose limericks didn't quite scan
When asked why
He said because I
Try to fit as many syllables into the last line as I possibly canOh wAit haiku
I once wrote a program that randomly generated haiku, worked well.
When I say I wrote it, that is a lie I cannot even remember the name of the language I was supposed to be learning but it was a popular programming language in Japan funnily enough, Ah yes, PrologThe scottish nAtional bonsai collection might still be in Balerno, in a wee greenhouse
And finally Cyril, the best whisky of 2015 is Japanese. No scottish malt in the top five appArently
Posted 9 years ago # -
Boy plays a blinder
Undipped light in my eye
Not wilmington's cowPosted 9 years ago # -
Winter commute
Morning ride is dark
Work day in fluorescent glare
Ride back in moonlightPosted 9 years ago # -
Sunday ride
Impossible bliss
Floating through the purple muir
Don't forget the cakePosted 9 years ago # -
Audax:
Up before the lark
Pedal eat pedal repeat
Soup and cake and sleepPosted 9 years ago # -
NEPNs been gritted
Maybe it's time for longs now?
Not if you're WingpigPosted 9 years ago # -
I went to Aldi
The were selling winter gear
Now I will be warmPosted 9 years ago # -
Do you think there is
time to shout as cyclists pass
blinders in my eyes:Retina searing
Why are your lights so blinding
dim your cree torch pleasePosted 9 years ago # -
Potholes everywhere
destroy wheels, tyres and body
how much does this cost?Posted 9 years ago # -
leaf-caked fixed mudguards
make mockery of gliding
disturb reveriePosted 9 years ago # -
some of these are actually quite good (not mine) up there with the great exponent of the 17th century - Basho,
Obviously he was there first but he did not cycle
Posted 9 years ago # -
gembo likes our
heptodecasyllabic
bons mots de véloPosted 9 years ago # -
Gogar Station Road
Full moon illumination
Which has more craters?Posted 9 years ago # -
Ninja bikes and peds
Appear as if by magic
Out of the gloamingPosted 9 years ago # -
Guy Fawkes ganja youths
Perfumed the sweet bonfire night
Now sour trash smouldersPosted 9 years ago # -
Uberuce, much Beer.
The Hour was late, sky was dark
Splish! In the drink. Splash!Posted 9 years ago # -
The Hawthornvale Path
sports a bin, filled with burnt wood;
@north_team were tweeted.
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