X1/9 Haiku

EricH

EricH

Eric Hamilton
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My daughter (the one who contributes small nimble fingers for under-the-dash work, extra muscle for engine and transmission removals, and the like) has been experimenting with haiku, the Japanese 17-syllable poetry. A few samples:

Oxidized metal
And the smell of oil and grime
A Fiat is near

Revving fills the air
Driveshafts are attached at last
White car is alive

Fiat X1/9
Hell on wheels in the slalom
Too slow in the straight.

Car, why won't you run?
Because you are a Fiat.
So you will not run.

Like a phoenix
rising from rust flakes and grease
a fiat emerges

Loose weatherstripping
It really annoys the wife
The targa top leaks.
 
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oh that is fantastic

How cool!! :clap:

Where is Amada-san? I bet he would enjoy this
 
Mine for today...

My folks are visiting...

First top-down spring drive
Austin-Healey memories
Father rides with son.

:)
 
Excellent!

I forwarded this to my son at RIT who is taking a Japanese class.

Well, ok, I sent it to the rest of the family too, love it!
 
Aha, that's beeeoootiful, Gregory.........!!

.......kinda reminds me of the time when my son, as a 17 year-old, bought a neat Yamaha 650 twin motorcycle. I couldn't wait to get on the pillion seat for a ride with him - it reminded me SO MUCH of the Triumph Thunderbird 650 twin I had owned as a 'wild-one' youth when I was about the same age as him!!
Ahhhhh, the memories of youthdom!! :grin:

cheers, Ian - NZ
 
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