David Crandall Poet Rhyme

The Glorious Avocado

The rhymes scheme is somewhat borrowed from Edgar Allan Poe's "Eldorado".  Sorry Edgar.  

For breakfast, lunch,
or possibly brunch,
as fruits and vegetables go,
the best to eat,
the ultimate treat, 
is the glorious avocado.

A fare unique,
a veritable freak,
as fruits and vegetables go -
you’ll never see
a vegetable on a tree -
the glorious avocado.

No, you’ve never seen
a food of grinch green. 
Is it fruit or vegetable, though?
Indulge your itch
for smooth and rich -
the glorious avocado.

‘Twould say if could speak
“You need no longer seek, 
in the fruit and vegetable row,
the fruit, supreme.
I am your dream -
the glorious avocado".

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Alison A Smith nee Howarth August 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM I believe Edgar will love this borrowed rhyme scheme. Eldorado - avocado, this green fruit is so often used a vegetable. No wonder its green it doesn't know which section it should be in the fruit and veg section. David Crandall August 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM Haha, thanks, Alison! yep Eldorado/avocado - 6 of one, half dozen of the other! Don't take my word for it, but my best guess is that its a fruit, pretending to be a vegetable.

Gershon Wolf August 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM David, you have 'surrected' the avocado, my friend. I would have written 'resurrected,' but it was never 'surrected' in the first place. (btw I am keeping my psychiatric appointment tomorrow morning at 3:30 a.m. sharp). ~ wg (ha, ha -- get it? Told you 'I flipped.') David Crandall August 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM Thanks, Gershon, but I must humbly give God the credit for surrecting the avocado. Anyway, my avocados say they don't need me resurrecting them, thank you very much - the thanks I get for singing their praises! Hmm, I don't get it? ...but a 3:30AM appointment does suggest to me, a serious psychiatric crisis. I took a few psychology classes as electives, so I might be able to save you a few bucks. To me, it sounds like you've flipped your lid or maybe flipped like a pancake. Possibly, you're mad as a hatter. If that's the case, I'd say you're in pretty good pancakes, I mean pretty good company.