Trail Haiku for Last Day of Summer


Erie Canalway/ Trail of adventure for bikes / place to prove myself

Oh, turkey vultures / beautiful and disturbing / wide as I am tall

Alone on the trail / except for the guy who hides / every time I pass

A linear park / gets tiresome on the ride back / Does the bus stop here?

Amsterdam bike kid / overtakes me and brakes hard / Startled me, you jerk!

Schoharie Crossing / Museum - If you visit / post ride, you smell bad.

At Jim's Irish Pub / get a coke and a water / never beer and bike

Ninety miles round trip / a great way to stretch my legs / geez, darkness comes fast

Turtle, snake, fox, frog / two fawn, millions of rabbits / cats, dogs, pigs, cows, sheep

Piglet scares, retreats / when alone - pack of piglets / charge fence, bleat for food

So many cardinals / swoop in front of me, singing / brightest brilliant reds