If you're like me you often see poetry in golf.
I've seen it on an undulating green, dappled with late afternoon sun, and on a misty morning fairway, burnished with autumnal color. ~ But did you know that the golf magazines of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, magazines such as Golf, The Golfer, The American Golfer and Golf Illustrated & Outdoor America contained golf poems in almost every issue?
Leon S. White explores the longstanding links between golf and poetry in his delightful blog, Golf Course of Rhymes, an enchanting compilation of artful observations, peppered with poetry and full of little known facts.
For example, I never knew that the first golf poetry book published in the U.S. was called The Golf Girl by Samuel M. Peck (1854-1939), Alabama’s first poet laureate. And if you read the post, you'll find there's more to the story than that.
Golf Course of Rhymes is whimsical and revealing golf blog. One that will almost certainly leave you with a smile.
That's simply a terrific entry, Patricia.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I've finally fired up a golf blog of my own. Take a look if you like, my name has the link. I think I have a good start underway.
Unfortunately, I think poems have gone the way of the nightly family discussions in the living room. It's a shame. So much more is in our music than at the turn of the 20th century - 109 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThank god we have real media golf writers so the public does not have to read just us 'illiterate bloggers'...
Yes, that book is awesome. So is the "Poetry of Golf" by my good friend Andy Brumer. It is a wonderful read too.
ReplyDeleteI've written golf poetry but never shared it with anyone. This gives me inspiration for a new golf blog...I'm already bored with my first one. ;)
ReplyDeleteMost of the golf poems I know are semi-pornographic. I won't recite any here. ;0]
ReplyDeleteI used to think of poetry as anachronistic and old fashioned, but recently I re-read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment," both by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Both are incredible works of literature and vision and will haul the imagination away with each line.
ReplyDeleteModern poetry comes to us mostly in song lyrics, and that in the form of pop music. Heck, Britney Spears almost outright stole James Joyce's schoolboy prank in "Ulysses where he wrote "If you see kay / Tell him he may / See you in tea / Tell him from me" with her song "If you seek Amy." Teens may think her witty, but I think she is a vapid stereotype dependent on computers for her singing skill and great writers from whom she shamelessly steals.
But that's just me.
SO - will you be finding a costume like the book Golf Girl for your a "Then and Now" photo shoot ? :-)
ReplyDeleteHey up there in CT. Cristie is off to a birdie bonanza. Natalie had a tidy one under. So did Wie. Lincicome is a super nice kid. Her game has been missing for a long time-I'm glad to see a great round from her. I like the US names up top. Alexis Thompson is off to a steady start. Unfortunately, Morgan has me reaching for the Pepto already.
ReplyDeletemov'in day in a-gusta town
ReplyDelete-mov’in day.
-what a day.
-winds 'a howl'in...
-bogeys mount'in....
-wheels fly'in off all over a-gusta town.....
-crowd's gasp'in.
- faldo weep'in..
-for his brothers in arms...
-leaders bleed'in....
-cut line is creep'in back into the day.....
-sunday now wide open.
-with many in bed hope'in..
-for the wind to die down...
-for the greens to slow down....
-for the gods to come ‘roun.....
-if only tom watson were still in a-gusta town.
-to show the young guns how to stare the wind down..
-to wipe off the frown...
-an' try not to drown....
-take the masters crown.....