Tag: Cycling
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Achievement
#MLMM #Photochallenge Written for the Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge prompt. Photo credit: One Big Photo. He sat atop the conquered stone admiring the view cycling his way to the very top for a moment or two Looking out to heaven and down among the hills where the clouds amassed around his feet sitting there all still Standing […]
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Going Manual
#FFFC People found it odd the cyclist ambling down the paved road on two feet Smiling as she walked on the wet paving stones and occasionally – splashing in puddles When asked why she wasn’t riding through town her answer was simple her helmet was back at the velodrome
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Madison
#Olympic #Cycling #Madison Medals of precious medal are the prize as the athletes dart around the track on their cycle relay in search of the top three positions some say bronze and silver are runners up – of course everyone wants gold…..in reality no one wants to be fourth
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Puncture
Puncture A poem by Brian F Kirkham 14/06/2017 Perhaps it was fate intervening Under the lights of the one – on – one run off New champion releases a breath – as old one curses release from a tyre Cut by something sharp on the road Taking the title away from him Until then, the […]
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Sprint (Paralympic)
In honour of Dame Sarah Storey – who’s just become the UKs most decorated Paralympian. Surpassing all others on two wheels Paralympic gold tally record – broken Rio watches and applauds your achievement In getting the record number of golds New dame holding the record – that’s gone from the swimming stadium To the […]
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Legacy
Salford, 11th March 2016 In response to the Daily Post Prompt Legacy They say a Legacy is something left behind after you are gone. Something to remember you by. This is definitely true for the Legacy of the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002. You see, it may have been a short sports competition, smaller than […]
The Inkwell 