Tree of Hope

Published  by The Aerogramme Center in December of 2021 (Volume 2: Issue 1) along with several other poems of mine.

Two thousand year old Judean date palm seeds

A tree thought to be extinct 

One day a scientist pulled the seeds out of a drawer

Seeds that were found in an ancient clay pot  

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A tree thought to be extinct 

An archeologist plopped small brown seed in the ground 

She found it in a clay pot

 “Could it still grow? Is that possible?” 

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An archeologist placed the almond-like seed 

When all hope was lost

It seemed impossible

We plant the seeds anyway

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When all hope was lost 

Six weeks later, a Judean date palm sprouts

This is why we plant the seeds

Someday there may be a forest. 

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The first Judean date palm in two millennia

From thousand year old date palm seeds

Someday there may be a forest of bushy palm leaves

We’re all waiting for science to save us.