Short Astraddle Poems

While riding my bike down a lane
I felt an incredible pain
I was astraddle
Without my saddle
That's something I won't do again!...

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A Welsh Girl who loved Rock 'N Roll
Had little or no self-control
She flew off to France
Where she split her pants
Astraddle Le Grand Merhin Dol...

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Have you heard about cowpoke Clapsaddle?
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   He rode fer years on his horse astraddle.

      His legs was badly bowed,

         And he walked pigeon-toed.

            Oddly he named his hoss Fiddle Faddle.

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired...

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A cool midnight ride 
Down the narrow spine
Of black water’s edge

Tattoos and chrome silver flashing
Beneath the strobe sparking streetlights
Astraddle warm engine metal

Fascination behind cannabis eyes
Within the brain leaves a hot fingerprint
Skin tingling beneath denim and leather

Rock-and-roll heartbeat run to the Deception Pass 
Upon island’s northern tip spans suicide’s rail
Rider glides bridge’s span through hovering white clouds...

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