Steve Watson Poet I do not know?

Blades

Is there something about grass 
Close-clipped
On lawns and playing fields
That’s blithely overlooked?

Its qualities seem simply put:
Offsetting herbaceous borders 
And yielding underfoot.

Or is every blade like everyone 
Quite different from up-close
Unique and undervalued 
Unsung and lachrymose?

SW, 2019

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Wendy Watson June 25, 2019 at 1:34 AM I have always loved the smell of new-mown grass, Steve but I shall be even more appreciative of its qualities having read your interesting and enjoyable poem! Great surname too!! Steve Watson June 25, 2019 at 2:03 AM Thank you Wendy. Yes, I think the smell of new-mown grass was the inspiration but didn’t make the poem!