Golf

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, golf, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐟

I headed off to golf at early morn.
Was still quite dark when I got to the tee.
I hit my first tee shot at crack of dawn.
A mighty strike, it flew left, hit a tree.
I knew it had, for though I couldn’t see
A bloody thing, I heard that woody sound,
And then a white projectile whizzed by me.
It missed, for I’d already gone to ground,
Anticipating just such a rebound.
But then a crash! — The sound of breaking glass!
(So far, I thought, this is a lousy round.)
I heard some shouting — better get my ass
Away from there — I slunk back to the car.
With pencil, marked my card — first hole —a par.

— D.N. O’Brien

Cane Toad Golf (haiku)

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cane toad, golf, haiku, poem, poetry

Toad Abode

Summer’s nearly here
Black tadpoles in the shallows
Cane toads multiply

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Let’s Go Clubbing

Cane toads under foot
Toads in shoes, in pool, on lawn
Break out the golf clubs

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Teed Up

Toad on a toad stool
Sportsman selects his driver
Suited to a tee

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Calculating on the Hop

One fifty to hole
It’s a medium sized toad
Seven or eight iron?

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Amphibian Ace

Keep eye on the toad
Now take a nice relaxed swing
A toad in the hole!

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Super Toad!

Oh well struck my friend!
A great drive down the fairway
Who said toads can’t fly?

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Toads Get Message

Caution, cane toad plague
Bloody toads are ev’rywhere
Except golf courses

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Racism

Green frogs protected
Toads are exterminated
Easy being green

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Hobson’s choice

Hit with club or freeze?
Killing methods debated
Cold blooded murder

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Skin Deep

Green frogs are pretty
Brown warty toads are ugly
Toadaphobia

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Desperate Measures

Green paint gone missing
Rumours of a cover up
Cane toads suspected

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False Frogs

Green frogs ev’rywhere
While cane toads have disappeared
Paint stripper needed

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Play On!

Toads allege cruelty
Substituted for golf balls
Nothing proven…… Fore!

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Suspicious Death

Cane toad murder case
A golfer is arrested
Witness croaks, case dropped

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Good News and Bad News

Toads declared useful
Cane toads briefly celebrate
Buy toad skin handbags!