Onto the lawn I stroll,
My first game of the new season.
The sun shines down on me,
The lawns are immaculate,
Cut so low and so flat.
I hit my first ball,
Towards the hoop it rolls,
Not quite far enough
But the second was better.
And from then on
Each time I hit a ball
The experience I had,
The experience of the game
Came back and I was playing well.
A wonderful start to the new season
And a wonderful start in my new club,
A club where Croquet was born,
The most famous club in the world,
And I was now a member of that club,
And will enjoy the game even more.