Tag Archives: bicycling

A Morning Ride

Posted on September 2, 2017 by labeak52

  Our autumns here are shot through with summer days, days that, if they had come in June, would crowd the parks with moms, dads and little ones and the rivers with high-school and college students with their kayaks and … Continue reading →

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Voices XXIV

Posted on August 22, 2017 by labeak52

I coast down the long, gentle slope, happy for the respite from hard pedaling. There’s not a car anywhere in sight and as I lean into the turn and cross the tiny bridge over the trickle of a creek branch … Continue reading →

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On The Road to Damascus

Posted on August 8, 2017 by labeak52

    On this mini-vacation we took advantage of every benefit that retirement offers.  That is, we left home on a Monday and avoided all the summertime, weekend traffic.   We drove east from our home in the Kanawha Valley in … Continue reading →

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Hot Fun in The Summertime

Posted on July 21, 2017 by labeak52

  When I began this blog I had in mind to write regularly about home repair and primal diet and exercise.  If you’ve followed me here at all, you know it has not worked out that way; that, far and … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem, March 21, 2017

Posted on March 21, 2017 by labeak52

.   Go to the old roads, the narrow pavements That run beside the creeks Top the ridges of the hills and drop and glide as The world opens into great bowls of green Of meadow and forest. Where some … Continue reading →

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evening post, November 9, 2016

Posted on November 9, 2016 by labeak52

A Modern Psalm Oh, Lord, why do I chafe against rest And fight against silence Like a wrestler pressing for advantage Or pulling for escape With all his might?   I labor to fill the open hours Hours thou hast … Continue reading →

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morning poem, November 8, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by labeak52

    This morning there is traffic on the river The first boat pushes a barge of coal At the first lock the station man opens the gate And the barge floats in like a cloud It’s hollow thud against … Continue reading →

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morning poem, November 6, 2016

Posted on November 6, 2016 by labeak52

    Modern poetry Has a beat Inhale the earth And exhale speech   Modern poetry Don’t have form But shadows cold And sunlight warm   Modern poetry Don’t have rhyme It looks for sounds And counts the time   … Continue reading →

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evening post, November 5, 2016

Posted on November 5, 2016 by labeak52

“Yes, I know that I could get out.  I could even sell my house here and just travel back and forth from Florida to the mountains here with the seasons.  And I think that I could learn to love that, … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, November 2, 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016 by labeak52

      Frost   Every blade of grass Stands at rigid attention White topped and edged. The morning mist is heavy and low And rolls in the long-angled sunlight Like the Spirit brooding over the waters There is no … Continue reading →

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