Great Deals On Cycle Clothing & Gear At Probikekit.Com
 

Lijit Search

Richard Sachs Cycles

Defined by places …

Is it cheesy to crib a post for your own blog from comments that you’ve left on someone else’s?

Fastgrrrl wrote today about having a sense of place, and how places leave their mark on people.

My place … I’m still trying to determine exactly where my place is …

It’s the Tennessee River, drifting [...]

Poetry Friday

Ordinary Days

Lock secrets in a drawer write notes in my favorite book put a letter in the mailbox and stand silent awhile gazing after passers-by in the wind, worry about nothing eyes caught by a shop window’s neon flash insert a coin into a pay phone bum a cigarette from and old man fishing [...]

Quote of the Day

Taking Leave of a Friend

Blue mountains to the north of the walls, White river winding about them; Here we must make separation And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.

Mind like a floating wide cloud, Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance. [...]

Honku (redux) in multiple parts

According to the Mop, it’s Poetry Friday. So, inspired by the book shown below, here is my contribution:

Honku: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage

O fixed-gear rider, I envy your freedom as you blow past the honks.

Messenger, ride hard! Make a delivery and pick up the next tag.

Brakeless, back pedal, skidding to [...]