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(NBR) Scooter Haiku

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First, I admit that the germ of this idea was from reading a thread on Modern Vespa that is several years old.

The Sky Island Riders scooter club just finished a Scooter haiku writing contest. It's so hot in Tucson this time of year that lots of folk aren't riding much. I though I would try something scooter related that could be done in air conditioning. Everyone was encouraged to submit scooter-related haiku poems. I then had a couple of judges judge them and givem me a list of winners and honorable mentions.

It was fun and we got some pretty good haiku out of it. Click the link below to go to our website and see our poems.

http://skyislandriders.com/?p=1790

Any MB'ers want to give it a whirl?

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Great idea, Howard! Clearly you got folks going with that project, especially Stan Scott who penned my favorite submission.

The open road calls
Scooter is full and ready
Why am I waiting?

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My (far less profound) Buddy-related submission...

Go riding or not
Stator ignition pickup
Decides yes or no
:wink:
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Post by az_slynch »

jrsjr wrote: My (far less profound) Buddy-related submission...

Go riding or not
Stator ignition pickup
Decides yes or no
:wink:
Spot on. I'd submitted something similar in honor of my Riva 180:

Insert key press Start
Stubborn beast will not breathe fire
Another day then


To play on ICP's "Miracles" derived meme...

Fricken scooters, why won't they work? :lol:
At what point does a hobby become an addiction? I'm uncertain, but after the twelfth scooter, it sorta feels like the latter...

Seriously...I've lost count...

Seven mopeds ...that's still manageable...
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Some like shifting gears.
Others find it annoying.
CVT's are cool.

8)
C'mon, sko sko sko!
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Morning dew on seat,
River's mist meets rising sun,
At dawn today, we ride!


I can't write haiku,
My words never rhyme, and I
Run out of sylla
Feel da rhythm! Feel da rhyme! Get on up! It's Buddy Time!
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This might sound like a poke at Howardr's lousy RV250 situation, but it's not. It's about SYM's stance in the US since the beginning:

SYM makes a good scoot
Alliance makes a bad choice
No parts too often

Or further back:

HD200
Carter Brothers is on fire
Where is S Y M
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Verizon texter:
My middle finger straightens.
Can you hear me now?
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Post by Rob »

I have no idea what a haiku poem is. I'm guessing that anything beginning with "There once was a man from Nantucket" won't work. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of my poetic creativity.

Off to do a google search.

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You could do part of it:

Once man Nantucket
Who's kept cash in a bucket (yeah, right. That's the version you were thinking of)
You get the idea
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Honda scooter falls.
No need to get excited.
Just raise a Ruckus.
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old broken bones ache
and the pain is now chronic
where have the chicks gone?
The Racer's Motto:
Broken bones heal,
Chicks dig the scars,
The pain is temporary,
but the glory is forever!
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I am at work now
reading Modern Buddy posts
should I be worried?
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Dawn finds me still morose
Rain out of sight this summer
I ride up to clouds
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Weather or season must be mentioned in a traditional haiku (which many here have!).

Mine's here.
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Open faced helmet
Riding fast hit a large bug
It smelled like a peach?

True story, still have no idea what the heck kind of bug that was.

Pulled up to gas pump
I spent more time ungearing
Than pumping my gas.

That's pretty much an every day (that I gas up) thing.

Pumping my gas fast
SUV owner is too
"How fast does that go?"

That's never the real question they want to ask.

Honk honk honk honk honk!
HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK
Stebel Nautilus!

...yep. That about covers it.
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HONK HONK HONK...
That's funny.


A car pulled out in
front of me one evening.
Scoot died, I'm alive.
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Long days and short nights
Rising early seeking some thing
A quest we all know
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My top case is full
I have nowhere I need to be
Lets go hit the road.
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Post by Anthonyf953 »

One more!

I filled up my tank
It was only three dollars
Suck it Escalade.

Full disclosure I love Cadillacs and have owned a few , but it seemed fitting.
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I have a pickup
I have an SUV too
I ride my scooter

Supermoon tonight
Moon's closest approach this year
4am be up
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Lostmycage wrote: Honk honk honk honk honk!
HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK
Stebel Nautilus!
:rofl: The true zen of this haiku is that the weather is indirectly referenced, you know the weather in the cager's brain that is about to change from foggy to unsettled. :twisted:
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Post by Rob »

Syd wrote:You could do part of it:

Once man Nantucket
Who's kept cash in a bucket (yeah, right. That's the version you were thinking of)
You get the idea
Yeah, that's the PG version I was thinking of. :)

How about:

Long extended winters
Nonsensical Haiku poems
Come to an end and lets ride

And that's all tongue in cheek. Just wondering it that fits? I'm not a Haiku hater ... although I can't say I really understand these, some are interesting.

Rob
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