A Seasons Greeting On Padded Knees Poem by Phil Soar

On padded knees I tend the lawn
Neatly trimming its edges
Noticing the new growth in the borders
Signalling a new season
A new day
And opening my world to life again

Each day is like an episode of a TV drama
Weeds needing to be eradicated
Whilst I tend the new growth
Helping it with some feed
Searching under pots for slugs
Trying to give the young shoots the best start
By and by, I coax the slugs to death
Knowing there will be more
But the challenge is competitive

So on padded knees I kneel before them
And enjoy the day
And the season.