Ten Poems about Bicycles

Ten Poems about Bicycles covers many different aspects of the bicycle, from its early history, through some teething problems (mostly in the brakes department) and on to the vivid and often magical thoughts, affection and loyalty that bicycles have inspired in their riders and in poetry.

Includes ‘Banjo’ Paterson’s bone-shaking classic, ‘Mulga Bill’s Bicycle’, as well as poems by Michael Donaghy, Derek Mahon and Connie Bensley’s tale of obsession, collision and bent treadles, ‘Wheel Fever’.

My Bike
The wind behind me
Water bottle is my friend
Watch that taxi door

by Coney

ISBN 978 0 9558944 5 9

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Contents

Mulga Bill’s Bicycle Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson
Wheel Fever Connie Bensley
Boy on a Bicycle James Roderick Burns
A Lady Cyclist Learns to Cycle Jonathan Davidson
The Bicycle Derek Mahon
Bike with no Hands Helena Nelson
Machines Michael Donaghy
The Bicycle Garden Paul McLoughlin
A Spider Bought a Bicycle Phyllis Flowerdew