Avoca-do

 I love avocados. Yes, you know I truly do,

Eaten peeled and sliced or simply smashed into a goo,

They are my go-to nibble when I’m needing just a nosh,

Or added to my salads when I’m wanting to look posh!

They grow in lots of places round the world—both north and south,

And all will taste delicious when you get them in your mouth,

But there is something ‘bout them which I’ll bet you do not know,

And that is how those avocados got to where they’d grow…

A giant ground sloth, Lestodon, he lived in olden days,

He, too, loved avocados and upon them, he would graze,

He (and his buddies), all of them, would then walk all about,

And then they’d give new meaning to the graphic words: ‘pooped out’!

So everywhere they went, they would ‘deposit’ avo stones,

And that is why we find the fruit in many different zones!

So know that as you eat them, how it was they came to be,

One of those good things ‘coming from within’ for you and me! 

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

In the sky or bottle, we will (all of us) be fine,

Because next week our topic will be all about moonshine

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?

We'd love to welcome you!

Topics for the next few weeks 

(with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Avocados (July 31) Today!

Moonshine (August 7)

Roses (August 14)

Sea Monsters (August 21)

At the Beauty Parlour/Parlor (August 28)

Newspapers (September 4)

Remembering (September 11)

Cheeseburgers (September 18)

Dreams (September 25)

Birthdays (October 2)

Family (October 9)

Dictionary (October 16)

Talk Shows (October 23)

Mischief (October 30)