Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Minuteman Commuter Bikeway is turning 25 this year, and there’s a haiku contest administered by Arlington Public Art. Among the public art installed on the Bikeway for the birthday celebration, a series of haiku will be stenciled on the path for walkers, joggers, and cyclists to enjoy. Click this link to see a whole web page devoted to the celebration.
The Citizen hopes that Bedford writers will submit a lot of entries! It’s a simple format: Three lines, with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third.
The submission deadline has been extended, and entries are welcome until Friday, August 25. Click this link to add your haiku to the mix!
Bedford writers are warmly invited to contribute haiku for consideration. To get you in the mood, The Citizen asked several local writers to offer some ideas:
By Emily Mitchell
The greenest distance
between Bedford and Alewife?
Minuteman Bikeway.
By Robert Dorer
Passing Tophet Swamp
What a beautiful sunrise
Over the cattails
By Robert Dorer
Spy Pond’s ducks and geese
Lexington’s Peaceful Meadows
Bedford’s straight away
By Sarah Dorer
“Passing on your left”
Pedaling on in the heat
Spritzing with water
By Julie Turner
Miles stretching toward town
Green and leafy, morning chill
On the way to work
By Lois Pulliam
Birthday cake on wheels?
Bikeway’s twenty-five next month
So ‘Wheel On,’ bikers!
By Irene Gravina – “On the Minuteman Bikeway”
Lady in blue takes
Short steps in small white sandals
Toward the sun and wind
By Suzy Enos
Bike trailer, dog on board
Ears flapping, riders smiling
What could be better?
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