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Golf Sonnets is a dandy little book. We are always on the lookout for a way to say “thank you” to the sponsors and underwriters of our 40-year-old Al Sigl Golf Classic. They often tell us they don’t like it when we spend the money they give us on them. Their feedback forces us to be creative and thoughtful…which is just what this artful and amusing book is all about. As the poet reminds us: |
"Amazing. The sonnets are technically proficient (no mean feat) and chock full of wit, wisdom, and delightful wordplay. If they know what they're doing, this should be picked up by the USGA or the PGA or every member thereof. As I went from one poem to the next, I couldn't believe Hale would sustain the quality and the fun in equal measure, but he pulled it off. Bravo!"
--Thomas Wm. Mayo (Tom Mayo's Poetry & Arts Page)
"James
Long Hale writes a sonnet the way a skillful golfer plays, his backswing smooth
and measured, his eyes on the ball. His highly enjoyable poems fill
a need that American literature didn’t know it had. Here you will find in
well-wrought nutshells the game and all its lore: its historic beginnings in
Scotland, wise counsel on how to play, on dress, on observing good
manners. Even the golf widow is here, treated with sympathy. If
Hale isn’t exactly in a league with Keats or Milton as a sonneteer,
he's a real pro nevertheless. He must be poetry’s equivalent of
Tiger Woods."
…..X. J. Kennedy (X. J. Kennedy
Wikipedia Page
