Baiku

[RebeccaV]

I don’t know how I got started on this, but I’ve been writing some Haiku lately, except that it’s about motorcycles so with apologies to real poets I'll call it ‘Baiku.’

Haiku is a form of traditional Japanese poetry that has 3 verses – first 5 then 7 then 5 syllables. G’head – try it.

Self-sufficiency
Is why riding is for me
We are an island

Blocking the left lane
A fat boy on a Fatboy
I just don’t get it

Riding is a way
To find who I might be
In another time

Stupid piece of crap
What the hell is it this time?
I want a new bike

[kbasa]

A clot of Harleys
Watch as I pass you all
Wish you could lean over

Big fat slow beemer
CBR tries to lose me
I wave as I pass

Saddlebags are big
Until I pack my clothing
Now I want a trunk

Rally camping now
Wake with a sore back again
Hotel looks more fun

Smelly naked guys
Nowhere to point my eyeballs
Communal shower sucks

Beer tent open late
I stumble back to my tent
What was I thinking?

Valve cover comes off
Valves adjusted one more time
Bike runs smooth again

Bike rolls to a stop
Dead battery or something?
Fuel was not turned on

Oh man. This is fun.....

[BMWRich58]

Zipping past mountains
I do hope to live here soon
The beauty of it.

Tall peaks dressed in white
spruce and balsam fill the air
I love Idaho

Twisty fast corners
this road traces the Salmon
three more years till heaven,here!

[kbasa]

:clap

[RebeccaV]

BMW
Rich the flatlander - Hi and
good evening Captain!

[BMWRich58]

WE B Chillin'''''''''

[kbasa]

boxergrrlie says
we should write some poetry
i'm not robert frost

[The_Veg]

Wow they really do
Cook at the table. Is there
Any dog in that?

Sorry.


BatBike runs hard now.
Horizon to horizon.
How big is TexSux?

Pulled over again.
Hope you enjoy your new jail.
Up yours officer.

Forgot camera.
Can't put pictures on website.
I really did ride.

No GPS here.
Got no steenkin' ABS.
I think Airheads rule!

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by boxergrrlie
I don’t know how I got started on this, but I’ve been writing some Haiku lately, except that it’s about motorcycles so with apologies to real poets I'll call it ‘Baiku.’

Paraphrased from my site: From http://www.bradfordbenn.com/beemer/haiku.htm

So when I was at Bob's BMW I purchased the Moto Magnet set. Since then Jennifer and I have been having fun setting up various phrases on the refrigerator, dare I say new age Haiku. I have both typed them as well as keeping the picture of the magnets on the fridge. Warning some of these are a little suggestive... kids do not look.

Here is a sample:

never lost
have tour
roared curves
twisties free

the RPM's sing
instruments accelerate
he grin

Then for something with a little sexual inneundo... click here (http://www.bradfordbenn.com/beemer/grafix/seattoy.jpg) Warning, if you are offended by sexual inneundo, don't click

There are more up on the site.

[kbasa]

How much longer till you go home, Brad?

:D

[RebeccaV]

Originally posted by KBasa
boxergrrlie says
we should write some poetry
i'm not robert frost
Keep your Robert Frost
Swider's better - about bikes
and hilarious!

Originally posted by The Veg
Forgot camera.
Can't put pictures on website.
I really did ride.

:lol


Dissed again by a
Non-waving motorcyclist
Your bike is ugly

[lorazepam]

Vibration in mirrors
Squirrely handling in curve
Radials cupped again

Warning sign
Dangerous Curves ahead
Excellent Ride

Hope these qualify :p

[lancew]

Too much ice to ride
Coffee and Baiku instead
Later switch to beer

Miss "Two Wheel Tuesday"
Used to see racing all night
Fox Speed Channel sucks.

Dog says "quit pacing
Why don't you go for a ride?"
Who taught dog to talk?

Snow still falling hard
Radio says many wrecks
OldCarKook is nuts

Coffee and Baiku
No substitute for real thing
Might switch to beer now

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by KBasa
How much longer till you go home, Brad?

:D

10 days. And this is not a motorcycle trip :eek

[kbasa]

On a conference call
I waste time writing baiku
Wish I was riding

[kbasa]

Originally posted by lorazepam
Vibration in mirrors
Squirrely handling in curve
Radials cupped again

Warning sign
Dangerous Curves ahead
Excellent Ride

Hope these qualify :p

:thumb

[The_Veg]

Brad, do have a better picture of that poem? Just too damn fuzzy to read. And yes I have good sharp young eyes. I could make out about 3/4 of it...

Wait, never mind... used the other link...Heheheheheh!!!!!!!!!! Good stuff!:bliss

[lorazepam]

Decreasing Radius
Sparks singing from peg
Powerslide.

[YB in IN]

In honor of my bike which is currently residing in the living room/kitchen/dining room of my one bedroom apartment:

Bike in apartment
Keeps toasty warm for the Spring
Bye kitchen table


Brrr it's cold outside
Even my Gerbing not warm
Winter can blow me

[Cliffy777]

I remove my helmet in honor of your terrifically twisted word play. To further salute, I offer this:

Am honored to read
Baiku from all these people
Bike riders are best.

[kbasa]

Cliffy suffers with cold
oldcarkook rides in the snow
I am such a puss

[BradfordBenn]

Cold at Home
Warm Here
Bike Home
Sad Brad
9 Daze

[RebeccaV]

:clap

Damn good poetry even sans magnets!

[BradfordBenn]

Thank you... wait until you see the next one.

[BradfordBenn]

Flock of BMW
Sit Outside Hotel
Alas Four Wheels

PMS Sucks
Parked Motorcycle Syndrome
Perfect Martini Solution?

[jgr451]

Great topic bgirl.
I love the haiku model.
Will post when set to.

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by KBasa
How much longer till you go home, Brad?

:D

So I got home from my trip about five days ago. Something about this thread and there being about six inches of snow on the ground made me finish a project I was working on for a while.

I have six or seven kits of Magnetic Poetry, various topics. I used to use them on the refrigerator but they started falling off. So then it was use them and then put them away since I did not want the dogs eating them. Today I put up about 32 square feet (3 meters) of metal in my basement to compose on. (The top middle one is the composition one, all those little white things are words.)

Weak Shift
create sizzle
sweat symphony

retire
a dream
on deft machine
sing pipes sing
estatic celebrate
spring yet?

[username]

i just found this thread... ;) so i'll try to contribute a little.

i loquaciously
told myself to lean some more
and miss the roadkill

as an ATGATT guy
i find the summer to be
full of temptation

riding with a song
a self-sung soliliquy
no Ipod for me

sweepers or twisties?
airhead, oilhead, or brick bike?
yes yes yes yes yes!

reading this great thread
haiku's seep into my brain
and out my fingers

[jmerlino]

This is my first bike
A bitchen F650
Many roads to see

What's with the sputters?
How can I be out of gas?
Carburettor futzed.

Pay the labor charge,
Or try to fix it myself?
Bank account recoils.

[Cliffy777]

to see this thread resurrected. Fine job gents.

[username]

jet black on blacker
R1150R
who am i, james bond?

one two three four five
six seven eight nine ten twelve
forgot eleven

(oops, haiku, not baiku.)

[YB in IN]

girlfriend is near me
the forum is close by too
oops gotta go now

Okay that sucked. But seriously my girlfriend is making fun of my poor haiku skills.

[R75_7]

R75,
/7 is my true love,
except for my wife

black beautiful,
quick simple and sensual,
under me feels great

balancing my mind,
between what was then and now,
immediately

[BubbaZanetti]

my r100
a beautiful pile of rust
i pray you start up

crotchrocket screams by
i'll get you in the twistys
is what i must think

no need to go fast
when you've got a stylish bike
so old guys tell me

___________________

i hope the contractions don't count for 2 sylables!

[Fang]

Hey, don't let this go to your heads, y'all, but there's some serious haiku talent at work here. I really enjoyed reading your poetry postings. :)

I mean it!

No, really!

Envy is the sincerest form of flattery - or at least the sincerest form of sour grapes! I dunno.......

[iRene]

I should be working
(but I'm reading the forums.)
Quick! Close the window!

These people pay me,
I get five weeks vacation!
It's still not enough!!!


Or does this belong in the "do you read the forums at work" thread??!?!
:dunno

[Burnszilla]

Straightening the curves
Quickening the straightaways
We are one with the road

[username]

Originally posted by Burnszilla
Straightening the curves
Quickening the straightaways
We are one with the road

please dont take this personally... :D

composing baiku
he does five and seven well
but ends up with six

[Burnszilla]

Whoops.. Don't drink and Baiku at the same time.


Straightening the curves
Quickening the straightaways
I'm one with the road

[rocketman]

Midnight moon chasing
Black pool, star spots reflecting
Shadow rider passing

First line of five only
Baiku poems by moto folks
BG is responsible

Bosses wondering
Work force slacking, reading here
Money still being made

Parking lot full of bikes
No one parking next to mine
Does it need washing?

Rain soaker outside
folks asking “you rode today?”
Guess we are all nuts!

People asking why
Can’t know and don’t really care
Why try explaining?


OK not quite sure about contractions but I'm going to pretend they are just one syllable, hey, you've all heard of poetic license, right?:dunno

RM

[RebeccaV]

:rocker

You all totally blow me away with your Baiku!

[jgr451]

Angry man rants long.
Baiku is peaceful and good.
Why not feel better?

Burma shave.

Tada!!

[RebeccaV]

Can't focus on work
Motorcycles on the brain
Must go to Forum

Fat sticky new tires
Now I can carve roads with ease
Whoa! Better slow down...

My oilhead rides smooth
MP3 player works now
Vive la difference!

'Nice bike' my friends say
Why is everyone teasing
me about tickets?

Tracy's had a slide
I think she needs a nickname
Maybe 'Dragon Meat?'

[BradfordBenn]

Biz Trip Friday
New Boss Travelling
RT at Home Drat

Biz Trip Wednesday
Going Alone
RT is answer

[rocketman]

Originally posted by boxergrrlie
:rocker

You all totally blow me away with your Baiku!

Tanks, only I realized I blew the last line in the first three, guess it's true what they say, haste makes waste, in this case an extra syllable. Guess maybe I shouldn't have dropped out of school, but you know, being the only 40 year old in Kindergarten can be tough on a guys ego! :cry

So allow me to respectfully resubmit the first three

Midnight moon chasing
Black pool, star spots reflecting
ghost rider passing

First line of five only
Baiku poems by moto folks
BG responsible

Bosses wondering
Work force slacking, reading here
But still getting paid

RM

[rocketman]

Rode in as always
Temp at Sixty-five in DC
This can't be August!


work sucks, want to ride
Get bike out, go all day long
flying down back roads

(added at 8:50)

six foot cubby hole
Phones ringing, bosses ranting
Clock watching, tic tic…

(added at 9:50)

beautiful day out
phones STILL ringing, body inside
mind outside, riding

(added at 11:20)

White on blue outside
inside one more meeting done
Just one more to go!

(added at 1:55 PM)

Writing Baiku’s fun
But RIDING is much more so
Wouldn’tcha have to say?

{woodin-cha} according to the most authoritative book on the subject “The Authors Guide of Bastardized Phonetics” TWO syllables :bliss

Each word here, four only
Will this make some poem that once
Writ must wait till done?

(kinda almost make sense!):dunno

(Added at 2:58)

Sunshine and blue skies
Bike outside waiting to go
I am sooooooo gone……..(poof)!


RM

[jmerlino]

Love this cool weather
Cleaned the garage yesterday
Gotta ride today

[username]

this seemed appropriate...

hall effect sensor
horrifically expensive
you still love the bike

[GSAnderson]

Forty two thousand
A damp rainy afternoon
Good day to turn wrenches

[The_Veg]

The Veg is lazy
Don't feel creative today
Maybe I should ride?

[BradfordBenn]

Great Day Out
My foot has gout
Can't go out

foot doesn't fit in the boot:cry

[RebeccaV]

Brad Benn is exempt
From syllable rules it seems
Maybe it's 'Bradku?'

Just got back from a
Lengthy lazy Sunday ride
Should I wash the bike?

[jmerlino]

Originally posted by boxergrrlie
Just got back from a
Lengthy lazy Sunday ride
Should I wash the bike?

Seems kinda silly
To scrub and polish the thing
Grime awaits anon

[Fang]

Originally posted by boxergrrlie
Brad Benn is exempt
From syllable rules it seems
Maybe it's 'Bradku?'

Just got back from a
Lengthy lazy Sunday ride
Should I wash the bike?

"You" shouldn't polish the bike. Make your love slave do it. Better yet, give him a ration of [bleep] for not volunteering to do it w/o being asked! What in Hell's the matter with him? :)

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by boxergrrlie
Brad Benn is exempt
From syllable rules it seems
Maybe it's 'Bradku?'

You know Me
I follow my own rules
What you see is Me!

[YB in IN]

In honor of my 900+ mile day back home from the Damn Yankees Rally.

Back from Heath Rally
Why is August so damn cold
Is that me I smell?

[jmerlino]

Originally posted by Fang
"You" shouldn't polish the bike. Make your love slave do it. Better yet, give him a ration of [bleep] for not volunteering to do it w/o being asked! What in Hell's the matter with him? :)


Ooooh - I'm sorry, sir
Answer not in haiku form
Signed, Alex Trebek

However, and still,
The idea that you expressed
Is echoed by me

[iRene]

At the Heath rally
So great to see Garth again
PHEW! Must stay upwind ;)

[jmerlino]

Originally posted by iRene
At the Heath rally
So great to see Garth again
PHEW! Must stay upwind ;)

So supremely bummed
Couldn't go to Heath rally
Missed out on the fun

:cry

[YB in IN]

Originally posted by iRene
At the Heath rally
So great to see Garth again
PHEW! Must stay upwind ;)

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Beer and Maker's Mark
Good eats from the church ladies
Oops, where'd that come from?

[The_Veg]

The Veg went riding
The damn BatBike failed to charge
But I still love it!

[rocketman]

saw this on a pole next to a no trespassing sign on one of my rides this weekend and....

http://roadrunes.com/August%207th%202004/images/P1010029.jpg

Sir Bear, why are you
There, just to scare or is your
Coat caught on a nail?


RM

[kbasa]

From down in the depths
This thread sat lonely and sad
It comes back to life

[RebeccaV]

Wow! Times Flies!
Old threads get to be like trips
down memory lane.

[riderR1150GSAdv]

To see Garth post here
brings memories good and bad
We never met wrote instead
With a tear in eye
I say goodbye
and go to bed.

[Rapid_Roy]

cylinders explode
rubber twisting meets the road
Where the H*ll am I?

[RebeccaV]

cylinders explode
rubber twisting meets the road
Where the H*ll am I?

GO ROY!!! :clap


Reading old baiku
Brings back lots of memories
I love this forum

[Rapid_Roy]

Thank you , but it was everybody else. You all were my muse.:dance

[RebeccaV]

Roy's a modest guy
Glad to meet him through riding
Has a heart of gold

[RebeccaV]

I've been here four years
This online community
Is a second home

[Rapid_Roy]

:blush

happy that we met
the miles that are on your bike
lesser than heart size:thumb

[darencs]

I've been lurking here since mid '05, reading old threads 'til way too late at night and learning about my then new-to-me oilhead, but I've never come across this thread. Thank you for resurrecting it.

As I madly clean and de-clutter my house, getting it ready to sell before my move back to Missouri, I read this one and it really hit close to home.
Tall peaks dressed in white
spruce and balsam fill the air
I love Idaho

So, inspired by a 330 mile lunch ride last Saturday, which was 230 miles further than it could have been---Just because, here are my lame contributions.

Pace set through Sawtooths
By K11RS
F650 screams

And, since we found temps in the 30's and a little snow on Galena summit,

Heated liner and,
Gloves on high but still toes freeze
Shiver from waist down

Warm N Safe liner
Keeps my torso toasty warm
Great day for a ride

[kbasa]

Nifty stuff.

[Rapid_Roy]

tach needle sees red
shifting, twisting the throttle
repeat as needed

[SNC1923]

Riders form photos
and craft exquisite haiku
Zen and maintenance

[The_Veg]

Got a new GS
Dang this bike is really cool
Gotta go ride now

[BuckeyeClark]

My bike, my rolling shelter
from life's grind I hide
The road, the horizon's call

In the groove now, miles roll by
What were my worries?
Drifted away, forgotten

Sun sinking low, heading home
Litttle boy and girl
Kisses and hugs for Daddy

[jgr451]

Boxergrrlie rocks.
Her baiku is very clean.
Wish mine was also.

[kbasa]

K bike whines some more
I roll off the throttle some
backfire scares the birds

[rocketman]

saw this on a pole next to a no trespassing sign on one of my rides this weekend and....

http://roadrunes.com/August%207th%202004/images/P1010029.jpg

Sir Bear, why are you
There, just to scare or is your
Coat caught on a nail?


RM

Went by to see my bear friend and he's gone, not to surprising as he was looking a bit peek'ed the last time I saw him soo....

in memory here's this little ditty..

Mr. Bear, no longer there
The Wind and Weather and Time
Taken its toll, I surmise

And since I've been off the forum for quite a while...


No posts in quite some time
Too busy riding or damn overtime
Can’t wait for retirement!

:brad

RM

[BradfordBenn]

Liked Thread Much
Painted Bathroom Magnetic
Put in Words

http://www.bradfordbenn.com/magnet/motorcycle.htm

[The_Veg]

Going on the road
To ride in Oklahoma
Hot damn I can't wait

[Rapid_Roy]

The headlight is off
the bandanna moves with speed
summoned by my hand

:D

[RebeccaV]

A brief getaway
To ride some new roads and hills
Lovely Virginia

My bike says "Let's go!"
Four days of blissful riding
Then work sucks me back

Tickle in my throat
Achy, runny, feverish
Damn, I've got a cold

[jdmetzger]

Undeniable
Individuality
Representation

[RandallIsland]

K bike whines some more
I roll off the throttle some
backfire scares the birds

:ha :ha :ha LOL!!!

_________________________

CB200
Wish was never sold for dough
For made noise like Gods

CB350
In horrific state of grace
Rubber, chrome, oh my!

__________________________

New York State Trooper
"Do you know why I pulled you..."
"I'm sure it was speed."

"Radar eighty-four"
"I was not even looking."
"Do you have license?"

"Do you know _____ ______?"
"His wife works with my girlfriend."
"Is your license clean."

Waiting, praying, tight...
"I will let you off with a..."
"...sharp warning tonight."

___________________________

[flgoff]

Icy roads,
Friends ride their sheds.
I ride my Beemer
Oh! Skidding Slideways!

[SNC1923]

school: endless meetings
rolling mountain sweepers call
my bike gathers dust

[RandallIsland]

JK fall boy now
Eye candy "gentleman" not
He who subtle not

:D

[cjack]

Hmmm let me try it
Gee it's not so hard to do
Wow think I got it

Interestingly
This could be a post about
Nothing in THAT thread

Hey mom look no brain
All you do is count to five
Then you count two more

Time to rest my head
Time to rest my body too
Can I stop this thread

Nope it keeps going
And the words keep flowing past
I think I hate this

[KGT1200]

Old dark and smelly leathers
once chome exhausts
colored dark brown tan and blue

shades of pink and green and blue
the drop of gasoline mixes with the raindrop
my reflection in the mirror startles me

seems only other beemers on the road today
I watch to see the big jugs or not
as they go the other way zooming

[Rapid_Roy]

There's a thread stopper. *gulp*

[RandallIsland]

No bikes, no life, no
Just spite, of the wicked low
Riderless posting

Crass course poor mannered
Sad weak vocabulary
Never friend of mine

[RebeccaV]

Wow - some good stuff posted last night!! :bow

[Rapid_Roy]

Wow - some good stuff posted last night!! :bow

I didn't know you liked limericks.......:stick

[Rapid_Roy]

JK fall boy now
Eye candy "gentleman" not
He who subtle not

:D
Is this a Baiku or channeling Yoda are you? :stick

[SNC1923]

one vengeful haiku
on second thought, mine withdrawn
fire with fire just burns

[cjack]

Wow - some good stuff posted last night!! :bow

Why be serious
You can be delirious
Times I know you are

[Rapid_Roy]

one vengeful haiku
on second thought, mine withdrawn
fire with fire just burns


gentleman, scholar
very good picture critique
I salute you sir

[Bob_M]

Pink dawn glowing, GO
Canyon road, twisting upward
Mountain vista, Stop

We’re being played as the fool
By being the military tool
Which stifles the strifes
For Mid-Eastern fiefs
Add that to the high cost of fuel.

[lamble]

A true Maestro knows
The more notes a trumpet blows
Much sweeter the ear

Shame that to convey the message, we don't hear through our noses, then I'd have had rhymn and reason.

[Rapid_Roy]

Oktoberfest Rocks!
hanging and laughing, we 'fest
bikes, beer, brats, Autumn
:thumb

[SNC1923]

heavy school meetings
going up against the prez
soon may ride full-time

[SNC1923]

anticipation
two-up north on Hwy 1
Carmel's for lovers

[RebeccaV]

one vengeful haiku
on second thought, mine withdrawn
fire with fire just burns
I'm with ya buddy. I appreciate your unposted baiku. :nod

[Bokrijder]

A boomerang shaped dart
Should I pick it up Should I throw
A long graceful arc - ouch


Motard

[jdmetzger]

one bike for the road
another for land and street
roundels grace them both

[BubbaZanetti]

this thread is quite good
let us keep it up pluuhhh-eeez
you all win gold star

btw, responding to daily correspondence in haiku makes you seem at least 2.7 times "more smarter".

[Rapid_Roy]

clock hands not moving
time is slow,eagerness swells
Oktoberfest near!

[jdmetzger]

construction at work
drills and hammers make much noise
please send some Advil

:hungover

[BeemoKat]

two airheads garaged
long workdays, early nightfalls
Thank God it's Friday!

[tourunigo]

Leaves, a carpet gold,
a cautious path wet tires take
Moist, dead Autumn smells

[jdmetzger]

Mapping out new routes
Tomorrow the GS rides
Muddy forest trails

[alien_hitchhiker]

Final drive spills guts
Engine surge keeps annoying
I love my oilhead

[Bob_M]

Blue monitor glow
angled rain while cold winds blow
maybe change the oil

[rgvilla]

sunrise so beautiful
again, I fold and pack the tent
coffee is so good!

large elk in the road
PIAA lights show me the way
time to camp again

wyoming winds blow hard
the road ahead is empty and fast
R1100R is up to the task

Colorado mountains rocky mountain high
million dollar highway, Silverton to Ouray
KOA campground is where I'll stay

(thoughts from a great summer ride)

[BradfordBenn]

Ready to Ride
Notre Dame Home Game
Too many Idiots on Road

[Timba]

Apologies in advance for the poor quality. :) The following were inspired by this morning's ride with my Amy, also reuniting with several friends.

Adventure and girl
Breakfast at Old Spanish Trail
Oops, too much coffee


Old friends on their bikes
Bandera breakfast journey
Lunch ride too, maybe?


Life in Hill Country
With my girl and my GS
Paradise, not lost

[SNC1923]

Apologies in advance for the poor quality.

I disagree with your assessment, wholeheartedly.

[Rapid_Roy]

3 a.m.ride home
Bright moon and wind swept leaves fly
Oktoberfest fun

[jdmetzger]

Oil light starts glowing
Evil paper shim installed
Don't trust the dealer

(If you ride an Airhead and change your own oil, you'll understand).

[cjack]

When dealer here sells
for self help a filter kit
put back what you find

(and hopefully the last guy did it right...:D )

[ultracyclist]

Ride with the wind song
Rolling on more throttle
Ride on, Grasshopper

Focus liberates
Lining up random twistees
Now breathing easy

Move to go or slow
Just like trimming sails graceful
Freedom roars and sings

[RebeccaV]

Ride with the wind song
Rolling on more throttle
Ride on, Grasshopper

Focus liberates
Lining up random twistees
Now breathing easy

Move to go or slow
Just like trimming sails graceful
Freedom roars and sings
Thanks for sharing those, Howard. They're really nice. :nod

[jgr451]

Baiku is so hard.
Five seven five.Seven five.
Feeling must show too.

[Mika]

Golden leaf falling
Rapid blue Roadster leaning
Mika is smiling

[jgr451]

Nice ones m1ka and ultracyclist!and rapid roy.

[Rapid_Roy]

Thank you, and you too! :thumb
It was difficult not to be inspired by all the good stuff I was reading.

[ultracyclist]

This is by far one of the most interesting threads that I have seen on any site!

[RebeccaV]

In a stale meeting
My mind on motorcycles
Writing baiku helps

[RandallIsland]

Whites keep blacks locked up
Congress is corrupt and sad
Elections are fixed

So we ride the dream
Looking for the change we make
In the local day

Mixing bikes with cheer
Elucidating complex
Thoughts not beer soaked posts

[Braddog]

Early morning ride
Foggy face shield cold numb hands
Airhead jugs warm me

[jdmetzger]

Back in stabbing pain
Need to get some better drugs
Then I ride, again

[RandallIsland]

Back in stabbing pain
Need to get some better drugs
Then I ride, again

Why your back in pain?
Off-roading with street bike 'gain?
Drugs are for wussies.
:D :stick

[mandypants]

I took a poetry and lyricism class in college and loved it!

Here are my efforts:

Deadline Approaching
The January Issue
Shaping Up Nicely

Features and Columns
Product and Rally Reviews
Make Our Magazine

Shadows grow longer
Autumnal crisp chill is here
Watching the days fly

Sidestand snaps back up
Can't keep it out to lean on
Fixer rescues me!

Purple Airhead dream
Streaking through the twisty roads
Prince would be so proud
http://vinylzart.com/images/AlbumCovers-Prince-PurpleRain(1984).jpg

[vincewinkel]

Stop with the poetry and get back to WORK.

Geeez.


:sick

[jdmetzger]

Stop with the poetry and get back to WORK.

Geeez.


:sick

Not in Haiku form
The editor should know this
Now YOU, back to work :nono

:stick

[cjack]

Silence you bozos
we're in the company of
greatness can't you see?

[rgvilla]

article to submit
a long ride this summer
will Mandy pass it

sitting at computer
where to start? the ride
good winter project

need new tires
clutch and transmission spline lube
expensive winter project

weather getting cooler
rode home in the rain today
gerbings getting warm

[RebeccaV]

Not in Haiku form
The editor should know this
Now YOU, back to work :nono

:stick
Heh. :p

[Mika]

Morning air holds breath
Press starter motor turns spark
Fuel flames joy of life

[RebeccaV]

Morning air holds breath
Press starter motor turns spark
Fuel flames joy of life
That is really lovely, especially the last line.

[Mika]

Thank you. This is a very interesting way to look at the experienc of motorcycling.

[RebeccaV]

Thank you. This is a very interesting way to look at the experienc of motorcycling.
I think that haiku is very appropriate for motorcycling and your example shows how truly lovely it can be.

[cjack]

Thank you. This is a very interesting way to look at the experienc of motorcycling.

Me too :clap :clap :clap
I'm liking this thread :heart :heart
:) :) :thumb

[cjack]

Me too :clap :clap :clap
I'm liking this thread :heart :heart
:) :) :thumb

different ending like in Hollywood...

:) :) :nyah

[RandallIsland]

Throttle fades away
Engine ticks crickets roaring
Loud as bones relax

Stillness listens to
Leather creaking off the seat
Exhaust pipe pinging

Muscles stretch and ache
As toes and knees feel for blood
Naked hair feels wind

[jdmetzger]

Two Beemers for me
Now a new Airhead for dad
Together we'll ride

[wanderer]

Cruel words for Gillette
Gather those who love all roads
Laugh,share, rekindle


Some miss this great land
Some seek life outside themsleves
Some will not find it


It is hard to see
With eyes open with minds closed
Also hard to watch


Try to shape the world
Try instead to shape yourself
Joy, peace is in you


Ask many: Why ride?
The more experienced say
....nothing... I get that!


The ride my haven
The wind blows fuel for my mind
I am one with all

:bikes

[SNC1923]

:clap

[RebeccaV]

Riding brings such joy
To all of my five senses
See, hear, smell, touch, taste

[tourunigo]

photo theme now known...
creativity opens wide
ready, set, aim, shoot

[wanderer]

I've got to ride NOW!
Frees my mind, I don't know why
Do I ride to learn?

Going to suit up
Don't know where I'm going... so...
Doesn't matter, ride!


My heart beats faster
I feel anxious, need to go
Life's full once again

[Mika]

Blue sky with red light
Black asphalt hides green sensor
Bloody red arrow

[RandallIsland]

Lonely, tonight, late
Twisting throttle NYC
Blackberry shut off

If I ride all night
Empty city streets at dawn
Melancholy gone

Friday cafe' craze
Commuters pass other ways
Riding back, alone

A new day starting
Bike resting through sun baked light
Finally sleep, worn

[Rapid_Roy]

the roundel calls me
from it's oily, dark haven
dares me to ride,can't
*sigh*

[SNC1923]

five a.m. riser
email: work turmoil brewing
off to death valley

distant horizon
politics, asphalt don't mix
i'm a memory

[lazywizard02]

Early morning start
Frost on the handlebars
I can see my breath

Slip the choke on full
She starts and rumbles deeply
Fully packed I leave

Hotel behind me
and onto the freeway fast
Roll on throttle roll

Hunker down low tuck
I point the nose to Dallas
Leave the night behind

Alone with the dawn
Ripping holes in cold air
The needles buried

[RichardCook]

Heart says go and ride
Head says no, must stay at work
All the gear, no time

[Timba]

Blue sky with red light
Black asphalt hides green sensor
Bloody red arrow

:thumb

[jdmetzger]

Morning ride to work
Dark skies, streetlights are burning
Shadow chases me.

[Mika]

Hyperthermia
Summers gone winter will dawn
Hypothermia

[RandallIsland]

Sex and politics
Religion, pornography
Just go ride your bike

Harmony photo
Forum solidarity
Theme for the weekend

What's mine is yours too
Campfire is just fine today
Standing next to you

Aficionado
United in others love
Motorcycling

[kbasa]

Rally site mayhem
Politics mesh with cold days
I need to go ride

[jgr451]

Very good Grasshopp.
kbasa.remember 5.
7 5 home brew mmm.

[rocketman]

http://roadrunes.com/images3/biku/green-brown-gold.jpg

Green and Brown and Gold
Nature paints with Colors Bold
And thus revels her Soul

RM

[jdmetzger]

Wide eyed passenger
First two-wheeled experience
Gives her a wide smile

[RandallIsland]

Trapped in snow tight ice
Dogs die winter howls lost souls
Wolves hunker for Spring

[jdmetzger]

Engine revs, tires grip
The bike dances beneath us
the road leads us on

[wanderer]

Christmas day is here.
We share with our families.
This family too!

Thanks for MOA!
Friends, memories shared lifelong
Seasons best to all!

:heart :heart

[RandallIsland]

Nothing is striking
Girl's good, bills paid, apathy
No time to ride bike

I miss my best friend
Revving deep within my soul
Making winter go

[alien_hitchhiker]

the garage is cold

this winter thing's getting old

long rides cure, I'm told


:dunno

[The_Veg]

Record high today
Great day to be on a bike
Summer will suck hard

[jdmetzger]

Haiku's can be hard
But sometimes don't make much sense
Refrigerator


:D

[KGT1200]

Haiku's can be hard
But sometimes don't make much sense
Refrigerator


:D

The most sensible things
wild, frantic dissonant when young
plucked like a ripe banana when old

[RandallIsland]

The most sensible things
wild, frantic dissonant when young
plucked like a ripe banana when old

Dissonant frantic
Wild when young banana thing
But who's counting hard
:stick

[KGT1200]

no one counts
he has three fingers
sometimes one

[SNC1923]

First last line five sybs
Though middle line has seven
Or else not haiku

[KGT1200]

Where is Rebecca?
Boxer Girly is silent
during all of this.
__________________

[Rapid_Roy]

ADVrider
Where all talk is possible
like a happy bar
:usa

[RandallIsland]

ADVrider
Where all talk is possible
like a happy bar
:usa

True love of my dreams
Riding away toward life
Less the caustic men

[KGT1200]

oh so true she goes
where eyes only smile at you
words unlimited?

[The_Veg]

You guys are boring
Write some cool **** about bikes
I miss RV too

[RebeccaV]

I'm still here my friends
Taking a break from posting
Your Baiku kicks ass

:nod

[Rapid_Roy]

balance is restored
Carbs synced valves adjusted well
the best road's the next

[jdmetzger]

Good to see RV
Her Baiku thread still lives on
I wish her good rides!

[RandallIsland]

Yay Yay happy day!
Understandable post slump
Boxer RV rocks!
:heart

[jdmetzger]

Now two thousand posts
Do I have too much free time
Or just love it here?

[cjack]

wondered if she was
maybe bummed with all the snow
seems the thaw is here

[KGT1200]

A thousand posts came
and I passed by the milestone
without a wimper

[cjack]

no body miss me?
oh...wait...I am always here
need to get a life

[KGT1200]

slush like cold mush snow
came on one more time today
spun my tires seems endless; sigh

[RandallIsland]

no body miss me?
oh...wait...I am always here
need to get a life

Cjack not single
JM & RI lone wolves
Leagues of difference :stick

slush like cold mush snow
came on one more time today
spun my tires seems endless; sigh

Rode miles today hard
Slush cold mean too far up North
Spinning tires good :stick

[BexBmr]

For sale: R60
Slash 7 the price was right
Now I ride my own

John is jealous of
My R60/7
I'm a happy girl

I'm sick of winter
Make it go away puh-leez
Want to ride again

[RichardCook]

RV lurks and reads
Posts from many admirers
Spring comes to my heart

[RebeccaV]

Cold gray light recedes
Seasons change and we with them
Springtime of my soul

[Rapid_Roy]

pin striped dream black white
cleaning fixing set it right
poem that is slash 7

[cjack]

Gee you gals and guys
you are very good at this
...used to inguneers

[Rapid_Roy]

Baiku's call my soul
if mine are good, purely luck
crappy at all else
:laugh

[Braddog]

Salt still on the road
Bike waiting in the garage
Sun to the rescue!

[Braddog]

Roy seems quite clever
When it comes to writing prose
Luck's better than skill
:bolt

[jwhite518]

Fixing a mistake
My bike in many pieces
Will I have spare parts?

[Rapid_Roy]

Minnesota son
shining on Roy's baiku's here
it makes me feel good
:wave

[jobee58]

Here's one (word "riding" sounds like writing with a "soft" t)


Poetry-Riding
Most supple, sensuous art
Like song for the soul

[jobee58]

Loud pipes save nothing
Aspiring Organ Donors
Throwbacks and their toys.

[jobee58]

Panic brake in curve
That's fishtail seen in mirror
This will leave a mark!

[RandallIsland]

Here's one (word "riding" sounds like writing with a "soft" t)


Poetry-Riding
Most supple, sensuous art
Like song for the soul

Baiku art on high
Motor writing meritage
Welcome to forum!

[cjack]

Cold gray light recedes...


Speaking of that...

roads are clean and dry
it's a little cold but hey
riding every day

[KGT1200]

fog was thick today
dark as I flew down the road
brought enlightenment!

[Braddog]

Going home early
Black Beauty waits patiently
Away we will fly!

[cjack]

ride early...often
some bugs on the face shield
a sure sign of spring

[jdmetzger]

Cottonwood blowing
Gets inside of my helmet
I can't scratch my nose

[Mika]

:thumb

Thanks for the verse and bumping a great thread!

[wsteinborn]

Cottonwood blowing
Gets inside of my helmet
I can't scratch my nose

+1 :p

Snarfled one today
My nose blocked up and tickles
Full face is no help

[KGT1200]

hail hits the helmet
rain like little drummers
beating down the road

[rgvilla]

packed up for the rally
first I have to make some hay
horses don't go hungry

[35634]

cruising down the road
into my helmet I sneeze
now but snot I see

[35634]

I hear a loud pop
bikes handling turns into slop
air has escaped tire

[The_Veg]

I hear a loud pop
bikes handling turns into slop
air has escaped tire

Making baiku rhyme
I think that is so gaijin
Snot one was cool though

[35634]

time to kill I got
good old mac and photoshop
ride rubber chicken!

[jdmetzger]

Early ride to work
Traffic is so much nicer
Wish I could ride on...

[RichardCook]

New tires Saturday
Dealer made fun of my 'stitch
It's hot but safer

[lancew]

VIR calls me
back to fields of tents and bikes
tickets came today

smell of racing fuel
machines sharp on razor's edge
cooler full of beer

cellphone does not work
nothing but track around us
thousands just enjoy

eyes take in the scene
all here only to enjoy
these are of my Tribe

at night many leave
we stay resting in camp chairs
where else would you go?

at sunrise the track
is cleaned and dressed and readied
soon the show begins

[RandallIsland]

Al Ain has a track
Two hundred dollar track days
Aw heck...streets no limit.

[Sue]

Wisconsin autumn
Leaves erupt in vibrant hues
Cool mornings beckon

[Sue]

The Green Bay Packers -
Sundays without Number Four
A state in mourning.

Now the Jets have Farve.
It is like watching your Ex
Dance with someone else.

[jdmetzger]

Catskills trip coming
Really need to get away
Ride free once again

Catch up with old friends
Ride the hills through dirt and mud
And after, drink beer

:wave

[RandallIsland]

Eyes staring at me (http://randallisland.blogspot.com/)
Motorbike now a Harley
Dubai. Humid. Night.

Dish-dash speeding round
The energy making wrecks
I ride paranoid

Race coming up soon
This weekend I'm on pit crew
Looking toward sound

Camels and robots
Another type of racing
Probably safer.

:german

[jobee58]

the roundel calls me
from it's oily, dark haven

like this image very much, poetic for sure.

[jdmetzger]

Wind chill thirty five
Riding through the blowing leaves
With a frozen smile

[Timba]

Post Election Ride
Big Bend, Davis Mountain roads
Cure vote hangover

[RandallIsland]

Rebecca V in
da house bumpin' and grindin'
cannot contain joy!

[PAGoldsby]

The "Comfort Seat" on
Eleven-Fifty RT
Sometimes really ain't.

[r11rs94]

Let me take a shot at this.

Zing Zing bullets flying by
Run to take cover
Man its hot but a dry heat

Try to get some sleep
Trying not to think of home
Great more mortar rounds

Wake-up, more raids today
M.R.E.’s to go
I would kill for cool water

3 months, 6 months, 1 year now
Get to see wife soon
Home finally, lets go ride

[RandallIsland]

Longing for motor
Sounds throbbing deep in my ear
Desert stretches out

Lonely roads with green
Endless date palms lining sides
Blotting out moon...dunes

Two hundred kilo
Meter per hour trucks race fright-
Fully by. Senses cringe.

No speed limit here.
No comfort-ability.
Super-car/truck track.

You can go fast, sure,
As fast as you want to be.
Freedom but diff'rence.

Summer coming 'home'
New Yawker on a desert
Run to Texas grace.

Gratitude for friends
Far across the far blue seas
Many languages...