My typical golf drive slices (bends in a large curve), so I usually "play the slice" aiming left over the rough. So, my friends call it the "Rough Rider", a play on Teddy Rosevelt's
famous Spanish War calvary group.
I had just explained to my opponent about Fanstory and my books. He said it must be hard to come up with ideas for poems. I said yes. On the last hole, when I hit that shot, everybody in the 4some commented on how it curved over the rough and landed beautifully in the fairway. So, he said, "Why don't your write a poem about it." So, I did.


For those not familiar with golf, here are some term explanations:
Round - A round of golf is when someone plays 9 or 18 holes.
Rough- it is an area of longer grass the goes along the edge of a golf hole.
Fairway - shorter grass in the middle of the playing area.
Course- golf is played on a golf course.
Club-the handheld instrument you hit the ball with.
Toward- about.
Address the ball- set the club behind the ball in order to line up a golf swing.

This poem is of simple Quatrains in an abcb rhyme scheme in iambic trimeter (6 syllables). I did use two feminine iambic lines of 7 syllables.

This picture is one I took at a golf course.

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