Bicycling Poems - Poems about Bicycling

We planned for cycling in Northern Montana Me, Marvin, Louis, and Anna I had doubts about them, though they were healthy For Anna could never resist a selfie Marvin couldn't plan, Louis attracted disaster Mainly because he always had to go faster. Me, my only problem was I'm slightly bats and guiding these guys was like herding cats. We flew in with our...

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In 1894, Annie climbed on a bike Told the doubters to take a hike Planned to cycle cross the planet, found sponsors, took a gun Though she died 50 years after, her legend had begun. How much is embellished, it's hard to say, She used steamships to bridge gaps along the way. But thousands of miles she rode alone, While today's rebels...

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I took my bike on Amtrak, got off at Charlottesville. Climbed up to the Blue Ridge parkway, the first of many a hill. I met a Canadian Carpenter as I got closer to N.C. He was cycling alone; his wife would meet him in Miami. We shared some jokes and when food ran low resupplied at the green valley of...

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I'm a pro-cyclist, and I despise people with flab So it hurts that my folks don't walk, they'd rather take a cab. I describe my races at the dinner table, but all they do Is nod politely and say, "pass the stew"! I took my nephew Chad cycling, such a pain: As soon as we hit Salton hill, he began...

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I cycled to Hawthorne before the dawn, Saw a deer on Taxter Road leading a fawn. I reached a field of the kids little League. Waited for the train, too pumped for fatigue. The train passed by lakes of Croton Falls, At Ten Mile River I heard a bird’s calls At Wassaic, calmed down on Deep Hollow Road, By purple flowers, a...

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Years ago, a young man in Brooklyn wheeled his bike out the gate. His plan, to cross the land, exact route left to fate. The first week was the hardest, scared, he doubted his quest. It took all his courage, he says, to keep heading west. To conquer fear, he says, we have to face it and just go. Don't...

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