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Mine was actually purple from 1969 but I cannot find a picture of it in that color. This is more like pink!

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Bumless On My Purple Stingray

the new bike for which

all summer

I worked my bum off


Sept. 30, 2018 for Maureen McGreary's Biker's Dozen Poetry Contest

*Bum can be replaced also by the word buns or my made-up word, bunless. I read that England prefers the slang Bum and US prefers buns!

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Gary Smith

October 12, 2018 at 4:19 PM

Congrats Andrea, great fun much enjoyed. :)

Connie Marcum Wong

October 8, 2018 at 3:38 PM

Congrats on your first placement with this clever entry Andrea. I missed this one before. : )

Kim Rodrigues

October 8, 2018 at 6:23 AM

So cute! My bike was pink and I had a basket on it. My dad built both bikes in his office. My brother and I were curious of what he was doing. A fun memory.

Paul Callus

October 4, 2018 at 11:45 AM

This is great, Andrea...I love the double play on words. Congratulations on placing first! Regards // paul

Janice Canerdy

October 4, 2018 at 11:02 AM

Good one, Andrea. CONGRATS! Janice

Sandra Haight

October 4, 2018 at 7:41 AM

Very clever, Jan! Congrats on your nice win! Hugs, Sandra

John Lawless

October 4, 2018 at 7:27 AM

soooo, I guess you were never called a lazy 'BUM".....nowadays the words "work" and "ethics" are persona non grata....

Jan Allison

October 3, 2018 at 6:11 PM

lol Andrea bum or buns who cares - but to me buns are for eating lol - what a fun poem:-) hugs jan xx

Line Gauthier

October 3, 2018 at 5:34 PM

Congrats on your gold medal win, Andrea. I was picturing a kid biking as hard as she could with her bum up off the seat... Fun poem.

Richard D Seal

October 1, 2018 at 5:34 PM

I’m not sure if you mean you worked all summer to purchase the bike, or used the bike all summer to aid your slimming regime lol. Who said you can’t do amibuity... Anyway Petal, I expect it was just one short trip down the street to achieve the re-shaping required. Take care, Richard. And bum is much nicer

Andrea Dietrich

October 1, 2018 at 5:51 PM

I sold greeting cards door to door all over my hometown all through the summer in order to be able to buy myself a bike. My family was too poor for me to have the kind I wanted. I would have to use a secondhand bike of a sibling until I could afford my own. I was already quite skinny at age 14, Perhaps I was even younger than that when I got the bike! Oh, and I worked so hard that summer, I got boils on my arms from exhaustion I guess.

Rhona Mcferran

October 1, 2018 at 3:39 PM

Cute write- laughed my 'bum' off! ;)

Rhona Mcferran

October 4, 2018 at 4:56 PM

Back to say "Congrats" on your win!! ;)

Harry Horsman

October 1, 2018 at 10:58 AM

oh is that butt, cute haiku, Andrea.

CayCay Godwin

October 1, 2018 at 10:46 AM

Oh, poor bum! Cute one. Posting mine today though I've two practically unread (comment-wise). Tim actually longs for a cycle but I am a motorcycle wimp - the older I get the more wimpy I feel about them. Love to you ... CayCay