Apres Le Deluge

Haiku # 58

Water reeds sprout green leaves

A pool which was a puddle

Rains bring strange new growth

Street Food

Red Lentils on Telegraph

drying in the street

for Ethiopian food

What can we learn from freestyle rappers?

What can we learn from freestyle rappers?


This is a huge missing link.  I want to activate the medial portions of my prefrontal cortex(mPFC) so I can apply my rhyming skills to freestyle.  I wonder if there is an amino acid, like inositol, which could stimulate a particular part of the pre-frontal cortex, and you could learn to relax the other part of it.  Yummy--I believe this is the future!

Kimmage Counter-sues

Sportswriter Paul Kimmage

from isle of Eire

Faced McQuaid/ Verbruggen

drew  their fire

His friends backed him up in ire

The suit has gone from pan to fire

Now Paul K is counter-suing

suspicions of fraud are brewing

against Verbruggen and UCI

Now it's Hein and Pats' turn to cry

With war chest raised for  defense

Paul K. and pals now play offense

 Seek damages for rude comments, 

accusations, arguments,

defamation, loss of rep, . .

This Ride will still get  Rougher yet

Floyd Landis must be feeling chipper

His profile is now so much hipper

Ditto Frankie Andreu and wife

A welcome respite from their strife

Behind the scene is broken Lance

Oh, lies, all lies, and fiery pants

No victim of circumstance

He fiddled the tune of doping dance

But did he corrupt the UCI?

Time will tell, by the by

Haiku October 10, 2012

Next time I will be a duck

One half of a pair

Whirling in a pond of two

© Imo Music Oct. 10, 2012

Imo's 3 Way

Wonderful Wednesday calls for a big break.  3 homemade ingredients combine for a heavenly cocktail
  One part homemade Kombucha (expertly made by Ryan Wilder)
  One part Kama Sutra elixir (Imo brew)
  One part Fennel/Rose Ganesh Elixir (Imo brew, too)

Serve over decorative ice cubes.  Sip with serenity and expectation    

In Memoriam: Glenn Harold Murray 1930--2011

The Last Drop

There are no endings/

No curtain calls/

Eternal Lives/

Like waterfalls/

Ever sourced from a

Shoreless sea of light/

If life were day/

There would be no night/

There are no final moments/

Remaining crusts of bread/

Only continuity--there is no dead

Only an eternity of incarnations/

Like hopping on a train which

Slows down at a station/

Destination: Effortless Expansion

And if you miss one ride/

You can always catch the next  one.

Imo Music 7/31 2011 10:17 AM

UCI Elite Men's Road Race

UCI World Championships 2012

Less than four laps to go,

the state of affairs is incognito

The pace is so high

musettes  left unclaimed

but eating for energy

is part of the game?

Cav did his part

Then ended his year

rainbow striped jersey

clearly held dear

A fine world champ

everyone would agree

For me "Big Daddy"

he'll always be

Wiggins is out

Ditto Froome

 Phinney will not challenge

T. Boon

A messy crash shatters the field

the favorites push on

refusing to yield

A strong breakaway

Contador does his stuff

as does Albasinni

Hanging back

trailing Nocentini

Hesjedal was slowed by the crash

He's fighting for a last minute dash

So many options for winning unfold

Too soon to predict who'll be wearing the gold

Again, the Cauberg!

Another climb!

Albert attacks another time!

Tommy V gestures at the front

Two laps to go 

which team holds the trump?

Hope he's in hiding

And biding his time

Will Phil win from behind?

Spain's looking strong

Causing Belge angst

Talansky and Stannard

 emerge from the ranks

Head winds are an issue

For those in the lead

A stinging descent

could cause a nose bleed

Just before Cauberg

a tactical spot

Stannard is a monster

Talansky is dropped

The heavy faves

including Gilbert

Follow Nibali

who flies through the air

It's down to tactics

And late season form

Berto attacks

For him, it's the norm

So many sprinters are showing their heads

'tho Alberto is dishing out dread

by setting a pace designed to deplete

Spain has a team which will be hard to beat

Italy's there!  

Here comes Gilbert!!!

Of course, I'm hysterical 

Philippe!! Philippe!!!!

And, please note, he's still on his feet!!!

He vanquished the best

And so many of 'em

The Belge-bulged crowd gives lots of loving'

Boas Hag gets silver

Valverde takes three

But the day belongs to Philippe G!

L' homme de fer in victory

The kind of champ we love to see

He's born for the rainbow jersey

He fights back tears adorably

This race has been a lot of fun

Especially as the best man won!!!!!!!!!

Women's Cycling Afterword

'Nuff said, I'm complete

But I have to admit

on the distaff side

I've been out of it

Marianne Vos

showed how women compete

exactly like men

Watching her was a treat

Thanks for the nudge

and case in point, Carol

My thoughts must expand

from  gender view narrow

So looking ahead to 2013

I'll pay more attention 

to woman's cycling

Happy Sunday to you

Hope you're in the saddle

Or basking in Philippe's 

winning  battle

UCI Women's Road Race Haiku

UCI World Haiku

Marianne Vos, 25

Wins Womens Road Race

The Netherlands takes the Gold      

Words of Wisdom

Leonard Cohen says much more eloquently than I can:  

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

That's how the light gets in 

Ganesh as OM!!

                        GANESH AS  OM

Happy Birthday, Ganesh!

It's Ganesha's Birthday

Tantra's Lord

Time to go 

overboard

Sleep in

Drink gin

Disport with low women

Anything to shock the 

system

For on the wild side 

we will know him

Happy Birthday Lord Ganesh

To love you always is my wish!!!

Elite Men's Time Trial 9/19/12

Hooray for Tony Martin
who defended the Elite TT
He showed both skill and class
The mann from Germany
Ditto a man named Taylor
Phinney from the states
At 5:37 back it's Silver
that he takes
Way to go!,
you stellar cyclists
The world congratulates

VUELTA a ESPANA 2012

Vuelta Stage 21

Degenkolb sprints to win 5 stages

Valverde wins points

Sorry, Perito, I know that disappoints

Vuelta 2012 is for the ages

Alberto the crowd anoints

With seven fingers in the air

His count is what he thinks is fair

A race confounding cycling sages

Experts who self-appoint

Graham Jones picked Rodriguez

As did his buddy Sean

Even these total pros can 'times

be proven wrong

Everyone agrees

This race was the bees knees

Looking for more fun this year

Vuelta 2012 leaves much to cheer!

Vuelta a Espana 2012

 Los Tres Amigos

Made Spain proud in this Vuelta

Alberto is back big time!

VUELTA STAGE 20

Contador has won the Vuelta

Menchov took the stage

Richie Porte rode nicely

A good show by Talansky

Rodriquez showed courage

It's tight at the top

For Senor Valverde

A skip and a hop

He'll have to step sharply

To hang on to his spot

Froome will get fourth

Don't you reckon?

The streets of Madrid

will be Berto's coronation

Important as pesos face

devaluation

The Vuelta is great for

Spain as a nation

 Saxo-Bank-Tinkoff 

Has cause for elation

Ditto Spanish team Movistar

Two men in the GC carry hopes far!

The Bola del Mundo

left many a scar

Cyclists who wished they'd climbed by car

Tomorrows' Madrid stage must seem a respite

Cause this years' Vuelta has been a tough fight

The rehabilitation of Albert and Valverde

They can win like champs without playing dirty!

Vuelta Stage 19

Vuelta Stage 19

Gilbert takes the win

Segovian orgasm

Can't contain my grin

World Championships

Are next on Phil Gilbert's list

Can't wait to see this!

Senor Contador, Written July 23, 2011

Senor Contador

ALBERTO

Alberto Contador/

Tragic Matador

True and strong/

And yet so wrong/

A prickly personality/

within a Spaniard's soul/

A champions's zeal/

Is his appeal/

winning is his goal/

I wish the best for Senor A

A very happy ending/

Any hurt you may have had/

Hope that it is mending

Vuelta Stage 17 9/5/12

Perito defeat, Oh!

Fortune's reversal

Cycling's real life

Not a rehearsal

He's come so far

Shown so much class

In losing he will not be

'showing his ass'*

Contador  went all in

Used strength and tactics

To win

Opportunity knocked

He was there at the door

Ready, willing, and able

Berto Contador

*to be exposed while acting like a total idiot

Vuelta Stage 16

Vuelta Stage 16

Cataldo and De Gendt

show what is meant

to be doggedly persistent

They took this steep stage

Showing great courage

On an unrelenting gradient

The big three then follow

Froome's hopes turning fallow

A flame who has burned all his tallow

Talansky rides well

As does D. Moreno

Gesink does all the mountain allows

A brutal climb

A stage for all time

The GC top ten sitting pretty

But for all these guys

Such a brutal ride

Fills my heart with pity

It makes me think of the Circus at Rome

To watch these gladiators struggle home

Tomorrow is a day of recline

All riders mulling over their time

Take heart, all lads, it's not just being kind

You've achieved stardom just crossing the line!

A brutal stage by any measure

May your pain be matched by pleasure

Vuelta Stage 15

Vuelta Stage 15

Four big men from Spain

master peaks and plain

Not  showing pain

Piedra wins this game

9:25 to the gain

In local headgear

He appears dear

Lagos de Covadong

will live in memory long

 Rodriguez, Contador,Valverde

One, two, three

Stand tall in the saddle

of the GC

Froome drops to four

has he anything more?

His podium chances feel poor

But he's a right lad

Not sulky,  nor sad

'tho his chances look bad

I really hope

No one's on dope

'cause the Vuelta so far 

has been rad!

Vuelta Stage 9

Philippe Gilbert wins stage 9

Of the Vuelta race

Relief floods this hero's face

See my rhyming Blog of 2012 Tour de France below:

Tour de France 2012

Below is a rhyming report on each stage of Le Tour 2012, plus a couple of extras. Click on image to check it out.

Hope you enjoy!

The Leo Lunation

The Leo lunation/

Burnishes all Creation/

With glow both gold and bold/

With countenance bright/

She pierces the night/

With a smile both hot and cold/

Exuberant actress/

Strutting the sky

Extolling ardor in I + I

Generous matron/

dripping sensation/

A sexy scene stealer/

The Leo Lunation/

The Leo Lunation

Throbbingly urging us to express/

A generous nature which brings happiness/

Natural prima dona/ she takes all her bows/

Watching from earth, we can only say "WOW!'

Although the rain may keep us inside/

Full Moon emotions keep us at high tide/

The Leo full moon continues her glide/

Taking us all on her passionate ride

The Leo Lunation/

The Leo Lunation

© Imo Music

Feb 7, 2012

12:50 AM/ Mill Valley

Senor Contador

ALBERTO

Alberto Contador/

Tragic Matador

True and strong/

And yet so wrong/

A prickly personality/

within a Spaniard's soul/

A champions's zeal/

Is his appeal/

winning is his goal/

I wish the best for Senor A

A very happy ending/

Any hurt you may have had/

Hope that it is mending