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Poetry in a Palm Tree
May 20, 2015
A poem is like a coconut
with a hard shell
and layers of puzzling structure
opening a poem required tools and persistence,
to dig through the tangled husk to find the core-
where you know you’ve hit gold,
or found an invasive bug
but, there are only so many species,
so many bugs
but once you dig through the infested structure,
you find meaning and life,
or a core of savoury and delight
so take your coconuts, one at a time,
and bring your bugs,
and find the meaning inside it all,
to find your coconut,
your poem
© Arenda R., Palo Verde, AZ
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