Richard Armour
Richard Armour
Richard Willard Armourwas an American poet and author who wrote more than 65 books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 July 1906
CountryUnited States of America
golf erosion balls
Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.
golf two wicked
This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.
golf green holes
G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole.
teacher retirement tired
Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.
causes corny trouble
In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.
atheist children believe
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and tired librarians. Like everything of importance since the invention of the cloak and the shroud, its origins are cloaked in mystery and shrouded in secrecy. Some scholars believe that the first instance of book burning occurred in the Middle Ages, when a monk was trying to illuminate a manuscript. All agree that book burning was almost non-existent during the period when books were made of stone.
golf practice swings
Although practice swings Can be helpful things, Twere better, indeed, not take any Than to fiddle and fret And before playing get Exhausted from taking too many.
love pain disappointment
There is no balm of Gilead, No salve, no soothing ointment To stay the pain of one who's had In love a disappointment-- Unless it be that healing lotion Of fixing on a new devotion.
hands years feet
Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.
games monopoly
[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.
art writing entertainment
(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.
art epic long
[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.
art men long
In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.
money ideas needs
Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.