3 ways i’m getting ready for the 2023 riding season
Yippee! The 2023 motorcycle riding season is just around the corner (she writes optimistically). Last year, I didn’t get on my bike until the end of May due to…
sweet dreams
Some riders, like my friend Sabrina, choose to hibernate during the winter months when they are unable to ride. This poem is about that. sweet dreams by susan ©…
uk composer turns #bikerpoetry into heart-stopping, foot-stomping, chart-topping country music song <3
I was one in a thousand people milling about during a coffee break at the Leaders in Dubai conference in November 2006, when a man whom I didn’t know…
to wrench or not to wrench
Many motorcyclists like to maintain their own bikes instead of having mechanics do the dirty work. I’m not one of them. Nor will I ever be. I understand (kinda’)…
it’s almost spring
Many motorcycle riders spend most of the winter wishing it were summer. This poem is about that. it’s almost spring by susan © 2023 it’s almost spring the sun…
oh baby, i love you
Perhaps ever-fickle motorcycle riders should come with a warning label: ‘Love at your own risk.’ 😛 oh baby, i love you by susan © 2023 Read here: oh baby,…
less may be more, but more is better :)
(Updated January 2024) “How many bikes is a good number to have?” someone asked in January 2023 in one of the FB motorcycling groups I’m a member of. The…
6 ways motorcycle riding improves mental health
A fellow rider shared New Year’s wishes in one of the Facebook rider groups I belong to. His words resonated with me and sparked the poetry pixies to pick…
we rode a long way, baby
“I didn’t think you’d be back,” the Ottawa Safety Council (OSC) instructor said on the morning of September 12, 2021. It was day two of the OSC M1 exit course…
dead bugs are dope
You don’t get away with much in a FB motorcycle group. I posted this pic and caption, for example, in the Ottawa Misfits Motorcycle Group: The post generated a…