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Thinking Too Much: I Like people riding bikes
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Friday, 1 May 2015. I Like people riding bikes. This ought to go on my cycling blog as much as on my poetry blog - maybe it will. I wrote this on the occasion of leaving my job at CTC and it explains why people like me work so hard to encourage more people to ride bikes. My former colleagues had this already but its time to share. Oh Yes and here is a gratuitous picture of a tree:. I like people riding bikes. I'll just t...
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Thinking Too Much: Café Frug - Open mic - St. Ives Arts Club
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Café Frug - Open mic - St. Ives Arts Club. Find out more about the club and its activities at: http:/ www.stivesartsclub.org/index.html. After an opening short set by Bob accompanied by talented guitarist Adrian O'Reilly the open mic session opened and I was invited on stage to read a few poems. The theatre is an intimate setting and the acoustics were great and it was really nice to be able to s...
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Thinking Too Much: The Spoken Word Shindig #23, Hebden Bridge
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Wednesday, 22 July 2015. The Spoken Word Shindig #23, Hebden Bridge. Last night I headed over to Hebden Bridge for edition number 23 of the Spoken Word Shindig organised by the inimitable Winston Plowes. Nelson's Wine Bar was crowded from the start and provided a terrific audience who thanks to Winston's expertly set up PA could hear every word and every pause. When I came up to perform at number 13 I had intended to do ...
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Thinking Too Much: Shay the Poet performs at Eroica Britannia, Bakewell
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Wednesday, 1 July 2015. Shay the Poet performs at Eroica Britannia, Bakewell. Performing my set at Eroica Britannia. The full set list:. My set list on the table in our B&B near Bakewell. I like people riding bikes. Just a happy celebration of people riding bikes. See earlier blog post from 01/05/15 for the full poem). I'm a bloody poet now. How I got started in poetry - maybe. A look at modern life, on the go 24/7.
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Thinking Too Much: Domestique
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Friday, 1 May 2015. A couple of years ago I wrote and posted a poem about doping in cycling called Dopers' Lament. More recently I wrote this short poem about the sadness of the young men who died as a result of "doing what had to be done". Bike passed to mechanic. Showered, massaged, refuelled. Doing what has to be done. And he dreams of bigger days. Of Pyrenees and Alps. Of his name on the road. And he drifts off.
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Thinking Too Much: Shay the poet heads to Eroica Britannia
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Wednesday, 20 May 2015. Shay the poet heads to Eroica Britannia. Just one month to go to the most handsome cycling festival - Eroica Britannia. Vintage bikes, vintage everything and 30,000 people heading to Bakewell in the Peak District for a fun filled 3 day family adventure on 19, 20 and 21st June. There's music, films, conversation, food, drink and of course loads of old bikes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Thinking Too Much: Open Mic - The Union, St. Ives
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Monday, 20 July 2015. Open Mic - The Union, St. Ives. There was plenty of music from wannabes to experienced musicians and the mood was loud and lively. Maggie and I watched, and listened to, a wide variety of performances from folk to rock and the crowd were tapping feet and singing along almost as soon as things got going a little after 9.00pm. Mickey asked me for one more poem so I went with Different Dad which can al...
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Thinking Too Much: June 2015
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Thursday, 11 June 2015. Eroica set list building. A little peek into my set list for Eroica Britannina on 20th June,. A minute and a half. If you've ridden short hill climb races or if the pain and exhilaration is new to you then this poem will tell you about all of that, in about a minute and a half, the time it takes to race up one of my favourite climbs at Monsall Head. It's not all about cycling and bikes!
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Thinking Too Much: Comfort Zones - The slam
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My Cycling Blog is available at. My cycling blog is here: "It is so about the bike". Monday, 3 August 2015. Comfort Zones - The slam. When I wrote a recent blog post about an open mic in the very busy Union Inn in St. Ives I mentioned the benefit of stepping outside of one's comfort zone ( see more here. Prior to that I'd had the amazing experience of performing at the Eroica Festival in Bakewell, Derbyshire ( see more here. And to some extent dropped back into my comfort zone. List posts by label. Seamu...
