Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO A GOLF WIDOW, by JAMES J. MONTAGUE First Line: If you had said eight months ago Last Line: To know! Subject(s): Golf; Sports | ||||||||
If you had said eight months ago When January blizzards blew, And all the greens were deep with snow, That I must give up golf or you, I might have stayed the fatal step, I might, before it was too late, Have vowed that we should never sep- Arate. If, even in early Spring, When we were playing winter rules, When mud flew thick at every swing, And balls fell "chug!" in casual pools, You'd been disposed to raise a row And talked of leaving me again, I might have listened to you now And then. Indeed, along in mid-July When sultry blew the listless breeze, And temperatures ran rather high -- Say ninety-two or -three degrees, Had you the riot statute read Till I agreed to quit, I might -- I can't be sure -- I might have said: "All right!" But now, when greens are hard and fast, And fairways like an emerald floor, When I have got the swing at last And confidently bawl out "Fore!" Your threat to part may be a bluff, Or you may really pack and go, But I shall not be home enough To know! | 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 FOR THE DEATH OF VINCE LOMBARDI by JAMES DICKEY THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER by NORMAN DUBIE THANKSGIVING DAY by JAMES J. MONTAGUE |
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