I arrive at the club,
Broadwas was the place,
A place I had never been
Looking forward to the day,
The day where croquet leads the way.
I look across the lawns
Seeing the beauty of the finely cut grass.
I look around and see the wonder,
The wonder of the green hills
Surrounding the lawns.
The glory of Nature all around,
It will be a marvellous day.
At the end of the competition
I look back on the day with delight,
Winning more than I lost
On these elegant lawns,
That were wonderful on which to play.
Looking back though
The matches were so good
But that was not important,
It was the glory of the day,
A day of competition,
Of meeting new people
As we chatted with humour,
Humour, kindness and respect.
I left the club feeling so well
The day I had was wonderful,
And will one day
Go back and enjoy it again.
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- Comment from author about the poem: I played in a croquet competition yesterday and had a wonderful day.
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Seems like a good day was had by all
it aint all in the winning, is it .. not by a long way ......................................... 🙂
It certainly was a good day.
Yes the day itself was so special although winning is important the wonder of the day was so much more important.
Andy
Beset by constant propaganda from your good self, I decided to investigate this croquet from the comfort of my chair. Does look fun - do you play the full English version or the Golf? One of the vids had very rough grass, yet I imagined your playing surface to be more like a bowls setup as per your piece.
' Glad you had a good day.
Thank you Dave, I play Golf Croquet normally but I do also try and play Association Croquet once a week.
I have played in long grass on occasion, I lost a ball in it once but croquet clubs have bowls like lawns.
Andy
Glad you had a lovely day. You sound very at peace with yourself GF
Thank you SC, yes I am in a good place in my life.
Andy
A fine day and write Gold.
Thanks Orchi.
Andy
there's something comforting in sharing other's depiction
of unbridled joy, worded easily relatable to digest
and ever so unassumingly nuanced, to appreciate..
thanks Andy
So kind Mek, thank you.
Andy
Good read, Andy.
Haven’t played in years. Loved the game.
Set a court up in our back yard back in the day,
neighbors came was a wonderful time.
You inspired me Andy. Going to speak with the Land Lord
and see if he will let us introduce croquet.
I hope that you can paly it again Jerry, it is a great game.
Andy
Its marvellous what a bit of socialising can do.
So very true d a.
Andy
With such a wonderful day, all players were the winners. Played a few times when I was a kid. Many moons ago. Glad you all had such a great day. 😉
True AP, we were all winners on the day.
Andy
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