Derailleur Words
For Penny Fuller's "Part D: The A-Z of Unusual Words" Challenge
Introduction
This is for Penny Fuller's "Part D: The A-Z of Unusual Words" Challenge which you can read about below.
The music is "My White Bicycle", Nazareth's more muscular cover of the Tomorrow song.
What Derailleur Means To Me
Has a teenager all my bikes had Derailleur gears, I think they were all made by Sturmey Archer and I remember John Peel playing a song called "Sturmey Archer Kid" possibly by the band After The Fire but there is no trace of it on the World Wide Web and that was a bit of a shock.
In the Half Main Half Biscuit song, "A Lilac Harry Quinn", the coda reads:
Sturmey-Archer Campagnolo x 6
Sturmey-Archer Campagnolo on my mind
You can read and listen here:
It was great being able to change gear but the number of times the chain came off required rethreading the chain, but that had to be done to get back on the road.
Now the poem which will make no sense:
Derailleur Words
Sturmey Archer Campagnolo
Or Maybe It's A Shimano
The First One Was Le Chemineau
From Italy, Vittoria
Tommaso and Amadeo
Kharkhov Gave Us Campagnolo
Riding My Bake And On The Go
How Derailleur Works, I Don't Know
Huret's Jubilee Came On Show
Then Campagnolo Nuovo
That's Quite Enough, Now I'll Go
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Under Stars
Looking up at a clear night sky, under the light of Celine and bathing in the good feelings that come from that. Away from buildings, communing with nature, and the sounds of nightbirds and insects. A hedgehog and some dormice wander across the meadow, finding shelter when they hear the Barn Owl hoot. At times the rain comes down in a fine mist almost as though it is washing your body from the drudgery of the day. Silver rays come through the clouds and they cross the face of the moon revealing the stars twinkling from a million miles away. So many colours are in the night sky though the one that bathes us is silver. Lie down and relax, feel nature's healing power and know how perfect you are.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred about a year ago in Poets
Comments (5)
honestly I had a bike like this that was constantly frustrating me.
and that is how the wheel turns....with gears Nice work, Mike
lovely poem, you talented
I remember having to fix my chain on my 10-speed what a hassle at times. Great work.
Hahahahaha your poem made me chuckle!