first bike ride of the season
the year
the streets jagged with
potholes bumps
to avoid
sun high
the light laid flat
across grey
occasional new black
how avoid
pedaling hard
swinging this way
& that
breeze new made
mind a void
20/04/05
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
Hand and mind
and heart one
ground to walk on,
field to plough.
Robert Creeley
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