Spring

Get out the tees, new glove,
the balls that promise to fly
on thermals,  practice putting
into a plastic ring, stretch
and swing, stretch and swing

Check clubs, polish last year's shoes 
and hope they're still water proof
This is the year
to birdie the three par hole
to par that hole that has a bunker
wider than the Sahara
to shave a few points off
a handicap you only whisper
to good friends and non-golfers

Poetic Asides prompt