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Golf Poems | Examples of Golf Poetry

Premium Member Drive
Low flight that bends The whorling sphere In whistle-talk bounce-stops Grass stains that streak The dimpled-egg sitting white March! March! On and on Then climb the air-ladder And peak in the blue Slide! Slide! Down and down The grade so swiftly weak Impact flat, deepen, kick And gently sit up Arrogant Free… Again we meet and dimpled, smiling You tease me openly to test Your whistle-talk, marching,...

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Categories: confidence, golf, journey, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At long last
How tensely fraught with nerves was Rory When entered in the Masters again Never before there a victory Rather his efforts had all been in vain Right there his head had to be OK To don the green jacket there and then ...

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Categories: anxiety, golf, joy, success,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member fairways
Lisa and I played a round of frisbee-disc golf today—let’s reminisce. I love the ‘live performance’ of sports, how you must physicalise discipline. You get this instant feedback that you have to own and lean hard into. The being present to adjust, the internalised mechanisms of performance—the ‘liveness’—is the most exciting thing about sports. And, of course, the...

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Categories: golf, perspective, school, sports,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mastery
It's a game, that in order to play it well, Requires strength, and precision with touch. Where no one would claim to be born with it, But it's acquired by long hours and such. While it's mentored and played mostly socially, The lengthy practice is a solitary pursuit. When...

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Categories: dedication, golf, integrity,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member who just got teed off
Tariffs spanked my 401k The shank-the-ball king had to say: I will never flub I’ve used the right club Just check out my lie on this play...

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Categories: golf, success,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member 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...

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Categories: golf, water, word play,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Attention -- Golfers and Voters
For a secret ballot forever Keep your mouth tightly shut ~ just like when you three-putt ...

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Categories: golf, people, political, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Donald and Elon
Donald and Elon If Trump and Musk had a baby What would the baby's name be? -Obama ...

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Categories: baby, corruption, death, golf,
Form: Bio
Premium Member The Life and Times of a 'Pro Jock'
His spine curves right, then left one shoulder lower than another A hitch and a wobble in his gait couple shots of whiskey tempt fate A caddy, he calls himself a ‘pro jock’ ...

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Categories: destiny, drink, golf, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Robert Sherriff Golf Humor Story
Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer- Dedicated TO Jarryd Health Peter Les Sherriff Golf Humor Story As I sauntered along the lush, green golf course fairways, the player ahead slowed to meet me. With a grin, I inquired, "How's your game shaping up today?" Turning back, he met...

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Categories: girlfriend, golf, humorous, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hey, Hey -- A Hole-in-One
There once was a Rabbi lived in Big Sur Who could drive a golf ball straight, far, and sure When he got a hole-in-one He sighed, “Why, this is no...

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Categories: giggle, golf, jewish,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member somebody on the bus asked me, 'do you have a mellower view of humanity?'
if you wonder whether you should write to anyone, always do; you'll be surprised at the difference it can make i regret not doing it more often myself ...

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Categories: golf, art, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member my mother shouted 'do you want a coffee?' just as a bloke was teeing off on the first hole
bizarre stuff in fact, she'd never visited a golf course before in fact, as i took my daughter to the clubhouse toilet i held the door open for her the contents of the coffee was all over the floor i hit my tee shot against the trees and the ball ricocheted back onto the fairway 'Good shot!' my mother yelled there was a...

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Categories: golf, absence, anger,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Just Can't Win
Another loss for my favorite team The season just isn’t picking up steam First it’s poor defense, then listless offense Sloppy fundamentals make us fans scream I don’t see the light at the...

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Categories: baseball, golf, success,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Glorified Golf Game
Golfing golden-age gentleman gladly gives go ahead- gilds golf game, gets glory, goofball glitzy gold digger girlfriend giggles ...

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Categories: golf, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Alliteration

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