Golf Hazards

Daddy loved telling this one...

Our Gary, well, he loved his golf, much more than I can say,

He’d waited for this tee time. It was such a perfect day!

 And, with his friends, enjoyed the game. Was really doing fine,

It seemed that, on this day, the planets truly had aligned,

The four of them were teeing off there on the seventh hole,

Just where the public road, around the busy golf course scrolls,

T’was at that moment that a funeral cavalcade went by,

Then Gary dropped his club and doffed his hat and closed his eyes,

He stayed like that the whole time as the convoy wound around,

His friends just stood and waited, didn’t make a single sound,

Then, when the cars had gone, and peace had once more been restored,

They looked at Gary. One said, “Man, you surely had me floored!

I am impressed with your respect and taking time to pay

So much esteem to that poor soul and showing it that way!”

Ol' Gary shrugged, put on his hat and grabbed himself a beer,

“Well, what the hay,” he said. “We two were married forty years!”

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week, there will be outs and ins

as we're discussing Safety Pins!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?

We'd love to welcome you!

Topics for the next few weeks 

(with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Golf (April 10) Today!

Safety Pins (April 17)

Pigs in Blankets (April 24)

Rhinos (May 1)

Socks (May 8)

Chocolate Chip (May 15)

Musical Instruments (May 22)

Compost (May 29)