Tour Tales Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Tour Tales



After the first Alps stage
of Le Tour 2019
it's well-known
that Julian Alaphilippe
drops like a stone
in his downmounts.

That he drops like eyes do
down a page of a modern translation
of The Canterbury Tales,
I'll have you know too.

Tour Tales
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: bicycle,language,literature,race,simile,translation
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
what an upmount job is the original!
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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