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I Close Me Eyes

deep down in me gut i know i shan't sink this putt so, i close me eyes and to my surprise i knock it right in(k) ~ the drink* _______________________ *'the drink' is 'golfer talk' for a water hazard, usually a small pond

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Line Gauthier

Date: 3/27/2025 5:44:00 AM

I love how this poem works even if we don't know the golf term ~ but it's super clever with your author's note ! Delightful!

Regina Elliott

Date: 3/25/2025 3:58:00 PM

Hi Gershon, were you a duffer (slang for golfer (?) My late husband would occasionally play a leisurely game. More than most he would go to the driving range. I wasn't a golfer, I would just observe. My son-in-law plays once in a blue moon. He takes my grandkids to Putt-Putt courses. Happy Spring! Blessings.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2025 9:35:00 PM

Ha, ha. You smoked me out. I WAS a duffer. BUT I cold putt like nobody's business. So I actually was a 6-handicapper. Patter saved me every time.

Joe Dimino

Date: 3/24/2025 8:11:00 PM

That's why I bring a towel, and only play on Saturdays.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:20:00 PM

Ha, ha, ha, ha. Comment of the month so far, Joe. Still laughing. Thanks, gw

Joe Maverick

Date: 3/24/2025 2:25:00 PM

OK...?? Got that golfer.' Lol))) yet whats Go-pher Talk for retrive.?? Asuuming you run to a go-pher That is.?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:27:00 PM

Gopher talk for 'retrieve?' I think it's this:@#$$#%#@%##$#$. That's for water. Here's for sand: )&*&(O__^&^&I&^ ~ Trash-talker

Joe Maverick

Date: 3/24/2025 2:24:00 PM

OK...?? Got that golfer.' Lol))) yet whats Go-pher Talk for retrive.?? Asuuming you run to a go-pher That is.?

Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/24/2025 11:22:00 AM

ha! good one, gershon!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:27:00 PM

This drink needs a toast or two, eh?

John Read

Date: 3/24/2025 8:52:00 AM

I'm hopeless at playing golf, everytime I hit the ball it keeps going down a little hole.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:32:00 PM

Make me laugh!... OK, make me cry!

Jerry Brotherton

Date: 3/24/2025 6:38:00 AM

The big question for me is will I end up in sand or in water. I'm guaranteed one or the other, or both.

Mark Hughes

Date: 3/24/2025 4:45:00 AM

Gershon, well struck! Golf, for me tends to be a lesson of futility!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:35:00 PM

Golf is consternating, confounded frustrating, isn't it?

Karen Jones

Date: 3/24/2025 2:15:00 AM

Thanks for the footnote! Cute poem.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:39:00 PM

Notes on my feet. That's why I no longer wear cleats...

Michael Tor

Date: 3/23/2025 10:36:00 PM

Better to try and fail than to fail to try. You gave it your best shot, no punned intended but you will have better days my friend when it goes where you want it to go and not where it wants to go...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:41:00 PM

You know, Michael -- It would help if the balls I hit were round. Then I think -- no more drink.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/23/2025 9:45:00 PM

Witty one!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/24/2025 8:42:00 PM

Clever as ever...