Friday
Jun202014
June 20, 2014: #BikeCommuteHaiku No. 11
Friday, June 20, 2014 at 01:17AM I don't salmon much
but safety, on Tillary
requires a fish
I commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan by bike on most workdays. One day, to calm myself from too many car-doors in my face, too many pedestrians stepping blithely and without looking into the bikelane, I started composing haikus in my head. Thus was born the Bike Commute Haiku Project. From that day, June 10, 2014, I pledged to compose and post one haiku a day about my commute for one year.
Addendum July 31, 2014: After a while, it became clear to me that I do not, actually, bike every single day. And so here is my modified pledge. I will post a haiku every day that I do until June 10, 2015.
Friday, June 20, 2014 at 01:17AM Thursday
Jun192014
June 19, 2014: #BikeCommuteHaiku No. 10
Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 07:17AM The Zipcar driver
stuck in traffic, I pity
Late fees are a bitch
Wednesday
Jun182014
June 18, 2014: #BikeCommuteHaiku No. 9
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 11:36AM Downtown Manhattan
Narrow streets and huge-ass trucks
Every day I pray
Wednesday
Jun182014
June 17, 2014: #BikeCommuteHaiku No. 8
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 06:13AM Outdoor poetry
Ignoring fears in traffic
Counting syllables
Monday
Jun162014
June 16, 2014: #BikeCommuteHaiku No. 7
Monday, June 16, 2014 at 11:12PM Bike on Brooklyn Bridge
Tourists throw kids into lane
Somehow they survive