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Tour de France Femmes in Poetry

Dane Hamann
Aug 04, 2022
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ASO / Thomas Maheux

Some days on the bike are a fucking shit day.
 
But not every day.
 
Some days on the bike
start under the watchful wrought-iron tower—
the clacking chorus of one hundred forty-four riders clipping in
joining the crescendo of applause
as they surge forward like a tsunami of color and carbon fiber.
 
The familiar story—
a few heroic-…

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A guest post by
Dane Hamann
Poet & editor (& occasional artist). Author of 2 books of poetry and several chapbooks. Runner and cyclist. Found online at danehamann.com.
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