Eight-line Poems

From Mighty Avo Stones...

From Mighty Avo Stones...

I’ve never planted a tree
but I have a dream of it;
to one day be rich enough
to take an avocado from the tree
in my father’s Zimbabwe garden,
return to the frozen north,
and build a tall greenhouse
in which to plant my avo seed.


Line Count: 8
Free Verse
For Express It In Eight, November 18 2020
Prompt: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best
time is now.” - Chinese proverb.