The Green

It’s spring, show me the green,
no not the flowers and trees, but
the turf of the sacred bowling
green:

where the smell of wood and leather,
the jack no heavier than heather,
clicks its chattered, woody song,
to sparrows’ scarpered throng

let me taste and smell your sweet
ground’s mighty swell, as it’s pitch 
and rise mirrors, beauty of the dell

and with this Spring’s weighty call
a million miles from nature’s fall,
comes the season of our glee,
friendship’s spine, and bowls 
so free
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Yvonne Avatar
April 9, 2015 at 8:19 AM
A very unique take on this theme. Well done!
Callus Avatar
March 26, 2015 at 12:05 PM
I love your take on this 'green' theme, Peter. I have played bowls on the green when in England and found the game most entertaining. Your write appeals to the senses ... #7 // paul
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