But 'How'...

 If you don't watch golf then the name Jordan Spieth is simply another name,

but to those who do, yesterday's stunning finale will never be forgotten!

 

Trying to come to grips with what just happened...

It’s not so much the ‘if’ we lose

But ‘how’ that shapes the ‘who’

That we become after the humb-

-ling hurt of it is through

It’s not so much the ‘what’ of it

That dictates happiness

But how we use the Now of it

That steals or deals success

© Janet Martin

We congratulate Danny Willett
(nice article if you click the link)

God does not call us to success, but to faithfulness~

Dear Jordan Spieth...(and the rest of us too)

 Jordan, we are so proud of the way you handled, under the scrutiny of millions of eyes,
a huge life-disappointment!

What to do…

The day is new

And you and I

Are privy to

Its moments, oh,

They fall like snow

And melt into

Time’s come-and-go

While we employ

Heartbreak and joy

And all the noise

That goes with it

Of win and loss

The albatross

To those of us

Who dare not quit

© Janet Martin

A year ago, celebration...

...this year, heartbreak! 

Here's to the World of Sport

PAD Challenge Day 10: write an emotions poem

The Masters 2016 are not in the books yet but oh, I need a break!

Handshakes,

 Heartbreaks,

High-fives, lows

O-o-o-ohs and a-a-a-hs,

Applause,

Oh, no-o-os!

Cheers and tears

Moans, groans,

Weep, grin

Hold your breath,

Exhale again

Cross your fingers

Close your eyes,

Heart-pounding

Couch-coaching cries

Laugh, wail, tremble,

Cringe, yell, snort

Oh,

This is the world of
watching sport

Janet Martin

There is a fine line between disaster and success here (the Masters)
Lee Westwood 

There are many who care little about the world of competition but for those of us who enjoy the adrenaline rush of the road to victory or defeat...well,
Wow, what an ebb and flow of emotion we experience that they...
Don't!

an hour after the above pic...

Glad

PAD Challenge day 10: For today’s prompt, pick an emotion, make it the title of your poem,

 Photo Source

Someday, I sighed to Victoria yesterday,as we watched the shadows lengthen at the Masters in Augusta Georgia, we too will have long, blue shadows on green, green grass...

Glad, glad that bad days pass

And in time's hourglass

The tide that brings

Those 'why-shaped' things

Holds laughter-dappled grass

After life-storms relent

And its havoc is spent

Glad, glad bad days 

Become the haze

Beneath blue skies sun-rent

Glad, glad when we are sad

And wish for what we had

That in the flask

Of Mercy's task

Wait new ways to be glad

 © Janet Martin

For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; 

I sing for joy at what your hands have done.

Ps.92:4

Embrace It...to all of us

Congratulations to Jordan Spieth, enjoying some gold green-jacket moments:)

Embrace it; 

the offspring of trying

and never giving up

Savor full the flavor of

The victor's cup

Embrace it;

life's joy and sorrow

finely interlace

and who knows what tomorrow holds

to take its place

So, embrace it;

this very moment

flowing Whence to Thence

is shaping and bestowing

recompense

Janet~

...And Then It Fades Away

 I took these pics off the TV screen so they're not that good...I always feel incredibly happy for the winner of a competition and incredibly sympathetic to the disappointment of the 'almost winner'! Congratulations Bubba! and we will see you next year, Jordan. what a day at the MASTERS!

…and then it fades away

The screen of twilight dark and deep

Where both triumph and heart-break sleep

In Past’s Immortal Day

That pinnacle of bliss

Where grit and glory coalesce

Soon falls beneath the burnished tress

Of Bygone’s faded kiss

Life’s bitter loss and tear

As dreams die on hope’s gilded green

Amalgamates upon a screen

Of middle-night and yester-year

A blend of gold and gray;

On one hand joy, the other grief

A moment free-fall from Time’s sheaf

…and then it fades away

©Janet Martin

In an interview tonight they asked  Ted Scott, Bubba's caddy 'what next?' he replied  'its a little soon to think about that but he knows he's going to bed tonight to sleep and tomorrow morning we begin another day...' Isn't that what we all do? Triumph or disappointment, we go to bed and begin again in the morning!