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Bike Commuter Haiku or

Write a haiku based on your daily commute.


(try to keep it positive, or at least funny).


pseudacris
2010-10-13 23:41:27

Greenfield dude's belly

Blocks morning sun while he grabs

the curb-thrown news


pseudacris
2010-10-13 23:42:18

Flying down the hills

Hey, they filled in that pothole!

Time for the rest now?


rubberfactory
2010-10-14 00:13:28

Rub eyes and stop clock.

Sun's not up yet, why am I?

Pedal slow at first.


marko82
2010-10-14 01:42:13

where is doctor sprite?

she has been writing haikus

ev'ry day this week.


salty
2010-10-14 01:50:38

riding down walnut -

garbage truck blocking all cars

laughed as i squeezed past!


salty
2010-10-14 01:54:14

So, how does it feel?

To pass me, and then get stopped

At that red light there.


rubberfactory
2010-10-14 02:04:15

suburbia sleeps

I serenade them, zoom zoom!

geese are mean critics


ejwme
2010-10-14 02:05:07

Set out while still dark

Lit up like a Christmas Tree

Watch sunrise from bridge


noah-mustion
2010-10-14 02:07:25

Leave work around 4

Avoid most of rush hour

Can't avoid short bus.


noah-mustion
2010-10-14 02:09:07

Ominous rubbing

Squeaking, Clicking, My bike asks

For what I know not.


ejwme
2010-10-14 02:20:04

Crawling up the hill

Smile at biker coming down

Really think, "asshole"


noah-mustion
2010-10-14 02:26:45

ross street, northbound, i

refuse to be doored by cops.

donuts precede me.


pseudacris
2010-10-14 02:49:34

My bike is Mocking

The Rain falls wet and Chilly

Come and Play with Me


dbacklover
2010-10-14 13:06:29

dressed for rain, wind, cold,

but it's not, so I'm basting

riding, wet, happy.


ejwme
2010-10-14 13:11:46

Sick, I drive to work,

Coughing up foul lung butter.

My bike sits forlorn.


reddan
2010-10-14 13:48:15

up and down the hills

see good and bad of Pittsburgh

view is the reward


myddrin
2010-10-14 14:05:28

O, Hot Metal Bridge!

Hard to say which I love more

Your name, or your view


mmfranzen
2010-10-14 14:38:38

Bike on the bus rack

Snoozing soundly while I move

Busway speeds me along


stuinmccandless
2010-10-14 19:26:25

I have learned to brave

the scary West End Circle.

Yay two-wheeled commute!


pinky
2010-10-14 20:51:08

Neoprene socks - ON!

Gearing up for wet ride home.

But, how to remove?


pseudacris
2010-10-14 20:55:02

elevation loss

to begin my ride to work

reverse that later


helen-s
2010-10-14 21:21:02

headwind in morning

inexplicably same

afternoon, what the.....


helen-s
2010-10-14 21:23:05

Chilly day today.

My legs hurt as I pedal.

Squeaky, need some oil.


rubberfactory
2010-10-14 23:15:47

1.

Frogs sploosh in the puddle

I pass as I ride the trail

Biking noiselessly


2.

Will I meet a skunk?

It's dark as I bike along

I cannot see what's there


3.

I look like a geek

Orange vest, blinkies, and big light

Safety trumps fashion


4.

Staircase in front of me

I haul the bike up the steps

Cars can't hit me here


5.

Puffing, out of breath

FedEx hill will kill me yet

Wish I had third ring


stuinmccandless
2010-10-15 01:54:50

Happy Birthday to me

My Bike is Done, Tools are New

Time For me to RIDE


dbacklover
2010-10-15 03:47:57

Riding into work

I make haiku the whole time

I am such a nerd.


rubberfactory
2010-10-15 19:09:25

ha!

me, too.


pseudacris
2010-10-16 15:14:18

I don't have my bike today but I have a commute haiku anyway. :)


This man's sprawling bags

Prove T driver just hates bikes.

"Keep aisles clear" my foot.


sprite
2010-10-18 13:35:20

driving car to megastore

wish I was on my bike

yippee for trial completion


bikelove2010
2010-10-20 18:40:35

don't commute the GAP

trees, river, trains, flat clear trails,

must. play. hookey.


ejwme
2010-10-20 20:10:00

I take the bus home.

The stop is right near my school.

I ride fifty feet.


rubberfactory
2010-10-20 23:03:20

Fall biking road cruft:

Ginkgo balls amongst leaf muck

Slippy stinky mess


pseudacris
2011-10-15 12:24:37

Driver cuts me off

"I will kill you in your sleep"

I say to myself


chemicaldave
2011-10-15 17:55:31

Margaret Morrison

At the bottom of Forbes hill

Light is never green


chemicaldave
2011-10-15 18:01:04

first morning below

fifty degrees. head winds make

me check for brake rub


dmtroyer
2011-10-17 18:17:41

please dont rain on me!

im almost there, please dont rain...

oh god, please dont rain!


melange396
2011-10-19 19:14:15

My spaghetti legs

won't get me to the hill top.

Where is that damn bus?


chemicaldave
2011-10-19 20:09:09

I'm the greatest cyclist in the world

that's a fact.

you saw me crash over my handlebars?

well..... I meant to do that!


marvelousm3
2011-10-19 22:10:05

5

7

5

= haiku


pseudacris
2011-10-19 22:15:14

^ sorry its my first haiku


marvelousm3
2011-10-19 22:17:25

Five syllables, then

seven, then five, makes a fine

chunk o' poetry.


reddan
2011-10-19 22:18:48

At first I was think "I'm so clever". Haiku fail


marvelousm3
2011-10-19 22:29:27

Just because your poem was funny doesn't mean that its haiku.

Back to the drawing board, you!


@reddan that's a great tutorial there!


pseudacris
2011-10-19 22:58:44

haiku writing is

great distraction from pizza.

syllables, not pie!


pseudacris
2011-10-20 01:52:37

The various transit geeks around the country are posting haiku on Twitter right now with the hashtag #transpohaiku. I posted my first entry, above, as one contribution.


Twitter hashtag search


stuinmccandless
2011-10-27 21:41:51