Giro Madness

Week One Poem Recap

Dane Hamann

Cranking the big winch of their bikes,
the time trialists haul themselves
along the blue Adriatic. The gap
to the winner is a wide net, already
ensnaring competitors. A statement

Of speed, no argument can be made 
in the golden afternoon light. Then,
a crash among the beach-side hotels 
throws long shadows into the mix
of the surviving sprin…