Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOSING HABIT, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: When you get the losing habit, it is hard, so Last Line: When that losing habit lingers grimly by your side! Subject(s): Baseball; Habits; Sports | ||||||||
WHEN you get the losing habit, it is hard, so hard to shake It will cling right with you, much tighter than a leech You may think you've downed it, driven it away at last, And it bobs up suddenly and gives a hideous screech! You may go along eight innings, with a comfortable lead, And you're counting on one glad, victorious day Then a flock of errors will assemble on the scene, And before the carnage stops the game is tossed away! You may far outhit the hostiles, and field better on the green, And your pitcher may be there with curves and speed, But, along the road, your losing luck will soak you, And you'll stumble and fall flat in time of need! When you get that losing habit, it's the closest thing on earth It climbs your neck and then you get an awful ride It has all the mustard plasters in this wide creation beaten, When that losing habit lingers grimly by your side! | 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 A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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