My brother and I chat on the ‘phone
And the conversation is so important.
“Hello Terry how are you?”
“I’m fine Andy, how about you?”
“I am fine as well, in these strange times”
“How is you golf going?”
“Thoroughly enjoying it now we can play again,
How about your croquet?”
“Like you, so glad to be playing again”
“Had a great game to other day,
My friend and I played against two guys,
Their golf handicaps were better than ours
But we managed to keep even half of the game
And then it happened,
We both played very well and we beat them,
We beat them seven five”
“That was good Terry,
I had a great game of croquet as well
Playing against one of the best players,
We were both playing so well,
Both at the top of our games,
He beat me seven four
But I didn’t mind
As I played so well,
It was a joy”
“It is always so good
When you play well and lose,
You’ve done your best
And been beaten by a better player,
So you feel good about it”
“Yes that is so true,
I played him a couple of days later
And I beat him seven one,
He did not have a good day”
“It is amazing how those good and bad days come”
“Yes it is and happens to us all”
“Well I’d better go Andy, dinner to cook”
“OK Terry, speak soon”
The conversation ended,
The important things in our life discussed
And that conversation will happen again
Next week some time.
Its so good to speak of them,
The important things in our lives.
Golf - played over eighteen holes winning seven five means that the winners were seven shots ahead with only five holes to play.
Croquet – played through twelve hoops and the first one to get seven hoops is the winner.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: My brother and I get on very well and talk every week on the 'phone. The music is Dave Brubeck as my brother took me to a Dave Brubeck Concert for my fiftieth birthday, we both love music. (and golf and croquet)
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Comments3
Good write Gold.
Thanks Orchi.
a write of inked warmth (in my humble opinion)
whenever I imagine what it would be like to have a brother, its always something like this..
thanks Andy
Your words are most kind Mek, yes we have a great feeling for each other.
Andy
Cor! if only the rules of rugby were so similar. Lovely game but i haven't a clue whats going on half the time.
Great poem including in a conversation with your brother. You definitely have the art of being able to write about anything.
Rugby (both codes) is part of my life in watching in it, not playing, I watch practically every match that is on the tv. I have seen every match in the last two world cups and every 6 (and 5) nations match since the seventies. I have all the 1990 6 nations recorded on VIDEO!
My brother and I get on very well and when the rugby is on we text each other during the rugby matches to voice our opinions.
THa k you d a.
Andy
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