[Tom Parker]

Wow. Thanks. That's the first poem I've ever submitted to anything, anywhere. You've just made my night.

Tom

[Rob Stuart]

Welcome, Tom. I'm not sure many of us could boast of having achieved top honours with a first attempt.

[Tom Parker]

Beginner's luck? Or more than likely not knowing enough about what not to do. Thanks for the welcome though. I'm learning a lot from reading the poems here and even more from the criticism.

[Brian Allgar]

Welcome and congratulations, Tom - a fine achievement for your first 'outing'!

[John Whitworth]

Splendid Tom. Now you have to do it again.

There is a remark somewhere in P G Wodehouse about the man who holes a putt with a careless flick of his umbrella. But that is before he knows what it is to be a golfer.

But you WILL do it again.

[Tom Parker]

Thank you Brian and John (and I will certainly try to 'do it again').