Eight-line Poems

Tortoise Philosophy

Tortoise Philosophy

Remember what the tortoise taught us,
a house on your back can be a fortus,
and also, real quick, a limerick:

A brave young tortoise one day
found a strawb’ry in his way.
Too large to remove,
so heavy it proved,
it ended his trip to Cathay.


Line count: 8
Fun with rhymes and a limerick of sorts!
For Express It In Eight, April 16 2021
Prompt: Photo of tortoise and strawberry.