I currently own 2 Honda motorcycles- a 1996 GL1500 Goldwing, the epitome of grand luxury touring motorcycles. A purpose built machine that defines the category and sets a standard for all other manufacturers to strive to match. And a 1982 CX500 Custom which is a vintage cruiser from the late 70’s and early 80’s that was a radical design concept for motorcycles of the day with it’s liquid cooling and shaft drive. Today’s CX variant motorcycle have attained a cult-like following with devotees across the globe sharing information and admiration for these bikes through the internet.
I was reading an online article about Japanese poetry - the Haiku - and it's very simple form and function process'. The Haiku is meant to "strip away" as many unnecessary sounds as possible and to leave behind a pure and elegant message on a subject. This passion toward elegant simplicity is culturally Japanese and shows itself in many forms in the products they build, as well as this poetic art form. As I own two Japanese motorcycles, I thought this might be a way to experiment with my writing, and honor the creators and designers of my favorite toys.
Traditional Japanese Haiku requires a rigid form with rules dictating certain elements like a mention of a 'season' of sorts within the poem thus always rendering it about nature and time.
Evolved Haiku has corrupted those rules and offers more simple rules that only dictate form and some very expansive functions :
Simple Haiku form - 17 syllables
Line 1 = 5 syllables– set the context
Line 2 = 7 syllables– add depth to content
Line 3 = 5 syllables– summarize or juxtaposition.
So I wanted to play around with a few just to offer something to all you motorcycle enthusiastic souls...
Traditional Japanese Haiku requires a rigid form with rules dictating certain elements like a mention of a 'season' of sorts within the poem thus always rendering it about nature and time.
Evolved Haiku has corrupted those rules and offers more simple rules that only dictate form and some very expansive functions :
Simple Haiku form - 17 syllables
Line 1 = 5 syllables– set the context
Line 2 = 7 syllables– add depth to content
Line 3 = 5 syllables– summarize or juxtaposition.
So I wanted to play around with a few just to offer something to all you motorcycle enthusiastic souls...
CX500 Variant Specific Poems
Twisted Twin Form
Engineers Inspiration
Beholders Beauty
The Café Racer
Simple, Elegant, Light Weight
Speed Personified
CX500
Middleweight motorcycle
Faster than you think
Liquid cooled, shaft drive
Radical innovations
Less garage, more ride
Cult like following
Devotion to the design
Riders love affair
Goldwing Inspired
Luxury riding
Comfort for mile after mile
Flying too close to the ground
One thousand miles
Long distance super hero
Ironbutt rider
Required tool kit?
Credit card, cell phone, some cash
Full reliability
Big heavy beastie
Dancing Hippopotamus
800 pounds wet
Simple or complex
The Goldwing can be either
Riding or wrenching?
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