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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CAREER, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Too long I've been dubbing away at the game Last Line: I'm taking up golf in a serious way! Subject(s): Golf; Sports | |||
Too long I've been dubbing away at the game Without any Serious Purpose in View, My putting's been doubtful, my driving's been lame, I slice and I hook and I don't follow through. But now I shall do as a golfer should do And study the very best methods of play. I'll hire a professional's services, too; I'm taking up golf in a Serious Way! My business has had far too much of a claim On time I have needed for Golf, it is true; So I have quit working for wealth or for fame, And Golf is the trade I shall henceforth pursue. I've bought fifty clubs that are perfectly new, They cost me a fortune, but golfers must pay, I'm thinking, at that, my supply is too few; I'm taking up golf in a Serious Way! I've hired me a trainer to build up my frame, I read all the golf books, and there are a slew; From dawn until dark every day is the same, I practice in hope that some skill may accrue; The day my wife left me my game went askew And most of my shots in the rough went astray, But though for a while I was terribly blue, I'm taking up golf in a Serious Way! ENVOY You say that the world's in a hullabaloo? With Great Events happening, day after day? I haven't the time to discuss it with you, I'm taking up golf in a Serious Way! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPORT STORY OF A WINNER by GLYN MAXWELL WOMAN SKATING by MARGARET ATWOOD FISHING IN WINTER by RALPH BURNS CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JACKIE ROBINSON by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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