Yes, I’ve relocated Songs of the Open Road again. Click on it to go there and then change your bookmarks please.
Yes, I’ve relocated Songs of the Open Road again. Click on it to go there and then change your bookmarks please.
Just Another Biker
~by Sorez The Scribe
More than just a way of life
This life I live this bike I ride
More than tats upon my skin
They tell the tale of where I’ve been
More than just the words I Scribe
Down to earth the poems I write
More than just a broken heart
When my ol’ lady died in my arms
More Than just the Patch I wear
Above my heart upon my vest
There is so much more to my life
Than just being labeled another biker
Another Day, Another Ride
A late October Afternoon,
I point the Road King out of town
It’s only 55 degrees
I have my stocking cap pulled down
I head for the curves of Portneuf road
Rolling south at a leisurely pace
The chill in the air intensifies
The wind tingling on my face
I turn onto Marsh Creek Road
And give the throttle a twist
No traffic, I ride past farms and kids
All riding should be like this.
At McAmmon I pull in at the truck-stop
Two bikers from Logan are there
We talk of our rides, of rides to come
Of the clean and crisp fall air
They take off and I go inside
Come back out with a cup of joe
I sit there soaking up afternoon sun
Beneath mountains now dusted with snow
Two more motorcycles rumble in
A sport bike and a new black Fat Boy
The new owner grinning from ear to ear
Just a hundred miles on his brand new toy
We chat for a while then I take off,
Turning back on old US 91
Three more bikes are on my tail
Soon we’re rolling four as one
At Inkom the riders pull up alongside
An old boy on an Ultra glide
Grins as we sit at the stop sign,
“Hell of a fine day for a ride.”
I turn left and they turn right
We wave; we’re all heading for home
Another good ride, another good day
For me, another road poem.
Winter will come, it’s in the air
Snow and Ice may keep us inside
But know that there will always be
Another day, another great ride
Copyright 2007 Bill “uglicoyote” Davis
I suppose this poem might piss some people off. se la vie
Bikers
People ask “what makes a biker?”
I hear that question a lot
I’m not sure there is an exact answer
but I’m pretty sure what they’re not
They’re probably not those hardtail hardheads
who park their rides in front of the bar,
whose asses are parked on a barstool inside
but whose bikes never travel too far.
They’re not those fat-cat wannabes,
trailers hauling their custom bikes
from rally to rally all year long
they don’t know what real riding is like.
Tattoos sure don’t make you a biker,
although some have tats, some do not.
Expensive black leather isn’t enough
It’s something that just can’t be bought.
Do all biker’s have to ride Harleys?
I love my Harley, but that’s just not true
I’ve ridden with guys on all kinds of bikes
who were “bikers” through and through.
Are all one per-centers bikers?
I know that many of them ride free
But some of them are just assholes,
just another kind of wannabe.
To me real bikers are riders
out there with their wheels on the highway
putting on the miles, living in the ride,
on every back-road and byway.
Instead of hiding under the overpass,
right on through that storm they glide.
They know that trailers are made for boats,
that it doesn’t have to be sunny to ride.
A biker will stop to help you out
if you’re down along the way
The brand you ride doesn’t matter a damn
They might need your help some day.
To me it’s all about the ride,
about living out there on the highway,
about rolling with a few good friends,
but you don’t have to do it my way.
If you think its all about the tats,
about the chrome, the leather, the bars,
you can go ahead and live that life,
but you might as well drive a car.
You don’t need a nice motorcycle
to get all rowdy and drunk,
to dress up like a pirate and
fight with some dumb punk.
Me, I’ll be out there on that highway,
making that Road King roll.
I bought it to ride, and I feel deep inside
I’m a biker, right down to my soul.
Copyright 2007 Bill “uglicoyote” Davis
Bruce Arnold, the editor/owner of LDRLongDistanceRider.com has written one of my favorite poems, I Ride Mine. He also has some related merchandise on sale here, including a nice wall plaque of this poem. Bruce along with fellow biker Ray Henke, the editor of Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers, team up on Bruce-n-Ray’s Biker Forum where Bruce occasionally commits random acts of poetry. Poetry like this:
A Biker Funeral (dedicated to “Trip”)
Sunday morning early comes
This sweltering summer’s day;
Chrome and coffee polished off
As bike and rider wake,
And rumble off to clubhouse for
A changing of the brew;
Black vests in formation–fast
and tight–a loud tribute.
Iron horses, hundreds strong,
Come thund’ring through the gate;
Sleeping souls on notice, fallen
Biker nears his fate.
A mile of gleaming metal lines
The circle and the park;
Out of saddles, boots hit brick
And make for chapel’s heart.
Members of the Club stand post,
Proud brothers in the wind;
Shaded eyes the tears disguise,
And loss they feel within.
Friends and family pay respects
To biker and his mate;
Praises made and prayers raised,
Blues legends resonate.
Final words and kisses, then
The pipes’ Amazing Grace;
Souls of bike and rider seek
Eternal resting place.
Sunday morning early comes
This sweltering summer’s day;
One more rider, Heaven bound,
Roars through the Pearly Gates.
Written by Bruce Arnold, 2004
A Free Man
Sunday morning, nine A.M.
On the Payette South Fork road
Fifty degrees, crisp Autumn air
As the Aspens turn to gold
Head east towards Lowman
Then north to Stanley, a steady sixty-five
Ponderosas tower beneath blue skies
God, its great to be alive
To feel the cool morning chill
Smell the world you’re riding in
To hear the stream along the road
Take a bite of the rushing wind.
The most beautiful ride in Idaho
This Stanley to Ketchum run
Beneath the Sawtooth Mountains
In the warm September sun
A car behind presses me hard
An SUV, black as midnight
It roars around me at seventy –five
Blacked out windows, rolled up tight
The passengers protected from
The sunny world outside
In total, sealed off isolation,
On their sterile, joyless ride.
I pity them, for they’ll never know
In their driven, hurried rage
The bite of the wind, the smell of the pine
They are prisoners in a cage.
As for me, I’ll ride until snow flies
Ride as many miles as I can
For as I ride, my spirit soars
On my bike I ride, a free man.
Copyright 2007, Bill “uglicoyote” Davis
The internet’s largest collection of Biker Poetry by individual poets can be found over at V-Twin Biker. It is growing all the time and QBall has started a fourth page of poetry. I’m proud to say that three of my own poems are the first on the new page.
This Is Now
~by Sorez The Scribe
There’s nothing like a long haul ride
To shake the cobwebs from my mind
Karma finally swayed my way
As I throttle on today
I stayed the course strong and true
Never gave up on being who
I am the Brother I’ve always been
But doubted myself when downtime hit
Suffered through the loss and pain
Nothing more to lose yet all to gain
I wear my heart upon my sleeve
My Colors proud for all to see
Yeah there’s nothing like a long haul ride
To shake the cobwebs from my mind