Poem by Sue Hill (one of Pam's students)
Poem 10 Feb 2026
Today’s bridge lesson was New Minor Forcing,
For which Suzanne did some abundant outsourcing.
Partner bids a minor and you bid a major with five.
Partner has less than 3 of each major so bids 1NT to stay alive.
You bid the other minor to give partner a clue,
Now your partner knows exactly what they should do.
We also reviewed the rules of weak 2’s,
Going down when vulnerable and doubled has you singing the blues.
Don’t save your partner and here is why,
You might go down big time and it will make you cry.
When you go down by 5?
Don’t like that jive.
Here we go now with a practice hand of weak 3’s.
Sure hoping it doesn’t knock me on my knees.
We played boards 1 through 4
And asked for 4 more.
Round and round and round we go
Where Dave lands nobody knows.
Jane gets to be dealer and open the bidding
Only 1 spade this time? You’ve got to be kidding.
I have 2 good majors which one should I bid?
Sometimes there’s no good answer, on this I don’t kid.
One thing is for sure that in bidding I sometimes lie,
And when my cards are laid down I hope my partner won’t sigh.
As you can tell by my ditty today was good fun!
When 3 o’clock came we were sad to be done.
To Suzanne as our temp teacher we bid fond adieu,
To Pam who’s returning we look forward to seeing you.
To the students who’ve been missing please return and join our good time.
It might help to stop me from making these lesson notes that rhyme.
Please bring us your friends who want to learn to play bridge
We meet 11-3, do bring your lunch, there’s a fridge!
A lesson is followed by quick eats at your table.
We are helpful to beginners because we want them to be able
To play with us each Tuesday and join our merry band
Of ACBL bridge players across this great land.
Thanks for tolerating my ditty of today’s lovely lesson.
For me this comes naturally, you tell me, a curse or a blessin’?
See you next week for more bridge drills,
Kind regards with respect from fellow student, Sue Hills.
