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Mark Fargo loves being on the road. Unless you've ridden, it's hard to describe that feeling of freedom and control of your own destiny. Mark engages the road with respect and seeks the two and four lane less traveled roads. There's a lot of beauty and awe in national parks but a lot of his great photographs are from outside the parks or on less traveled highways. There have been many moments where he has turned around because something caught his eye peripherally. He has occasionally had to take some long walks to capture a shot because the shoulders along those roads are dangerous or have no space to park. When Mark photographs a landscape he'll often take it from many angles, sometimes walking around to another side to see it from a different perspective. He shoots from trees, hills or on the ground. Mark likes to include other parts of a scene, including something unusual that frames the focus. It adds to the whole picture instead of just seeing one object. He doesn't like to photoshop any of his pictures because he wants you to see just what he sees and hopes that you experience that moment as he has. Motorcycle Haiku is essentially a reflection of the daily travels of a lone man, in his element, on his ride, recording his journey with no set itinerary, no reservations and no timetable restricting his experience.

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Mark Fargo is a helmetless loner out for the long ride, chance glances, and close observation of the open road. In this, his third installment of motorcycle haiku, he is unapologetic about his idiosyncratic take on 5-7-5 verse, most of which resemble notes for haiku yet to be written. Paired with some incredible photographs and sandwiched between extended prose sections on his travel experience, the whole makes for some intriguing proto-haiku/-haibun/-haiga, with one or more finished exceptions: Cloudless day alone / Late afternoon shadows cast / Silence in the hills. Modern Haiku, modernhaiku.org I have known Mark for a short period of time, I have ridden with him, brought him into my barn (hanging out with a few motorcycles) and spent time at Bike Night events. From the beginning, here is a man with heart. He greets people with a good soul. Something you will find in his writings. Mark is a storyteller in poetic ways and when you read the writings in this book you feel what riding is about. Many can write about riding but I have never met someone who can put into poetry the love of riding and seeing all that is around us as we ride. Mark's photos show the wonders of traveling this country and why traveling on a motorcycle is best. This is a story of a mans life. A man that rides his motorcycle out of the love of seeing and feeling all that we can on two wheels. Marks photos show the wonders of traveling this country and why traveling on a motorcycle is best. Thank you Mark. Paul Nielsen - Motorcycle Coaching 101 Haiku... thoughtful reflections on moments of time and deep consideration of nature. It seems like motorcycle travel provides lots of moments in nature, and then at the end of a long ride, time to reflect and write. This is what Mark has accomplished with his Haiku. He has captured America, three lines at a time. Gary Delanoeye - Author of Checking in at the Crowbar Hotel and Letters from the Outs. It's clearly evident in Mark's poetry and pictures that the journey truly is the most important of our travels and life experiences. Michael Sullivan - VC Reporter

I have known Mark for a short period of time, I have ridden with him, brought him into my barn (hanging out with a few motorcycles) and spent time at Bike Night events. From the beginning, here is a man with heart. He greets people with a good soul. Something you will find in his writings. Mark is a storyteller in poetic ways and when you read the writings in this book you feel what riding is about. Many can write about riding but I have never met someone who can put into poetry the love of riding and seeing all that is around us as we ride. Mark's photos show the wonders of traveling this country and why traveling on a motorcycle is best. This is a story of a mans life. A man that rides his motorcycle out of the love of seeing and feeling all that we can on two wheels. Marks photos show the wonders of traveling this country and why traveling on a motorcycle is best. Thank you Mark. Paul Nielsen - Motorcycle Coaching 101 Haiku... thoughtful reflections on moments of time and deep consideration of nature. It seems like motorcycle travel provides lots of moments in nature, and then at the end of a long ride, time to reflect and write. This is what Mark has accomplished with his Haiku. He has captured America, three lines at a time. Gary Delanoeye - Author of Checking in at the Crowbar Hotel and Letters from the Outs. It's clearly evident in Mark's poetry and pictures that the journey truly is the most important of our travels and life experiences. Michael Sullivan - VC Reporter

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