Dedicated to Mike Evans & Wendell Griffin…for their great approach to the King of sports, Golf.
Loosen up, feeling good, Back swing nice and smooth Power stroke an easy glide A solid thwack to move That golf ball into orbit, Disappearing into air, Diminishing like angel dust On a trajectory so fair.
Looking good, nice and straight In parabolic curve At apex point it hesitates, No breezes cause a swerve Plummeting to emerald grass The ball bounces on the green To travel in a perfect arc, The best I’ve ever seen, It teeters at the cup lip To roll around the rim And by the grace of God, That golf ball vanishes within!
The day at once looks perfect The morning light pristine, The singing birds in trees Throw brilliant shadows to the green. I peer into the cup To see my sweetest dimpled ball, That darling Dunlop eight Henceforth shall grace my trophy wall. My name will feature on the cup Atop the clubhouse shelf And the bar room shout for all the boys Should put a large dent in my wealth.
But the wonder, the wonder, The spangled wonder of it all Will have me grinning foolishly Whenever I recall, That magnificent stroke Towards that iridescent green When I scored a hole in one And drank a toast to Golf and Queen.
Marshalg @ the Bach Mangere Bridge 12th January 2009