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Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/944056-An-Apple-a-Day--Tools-of-the-Trade---Ripples-of-Awareness
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Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2152501
Inspired by challenges at Poet's Place Cafe, a forum designed to hone your writing skills.
#944056 added February 6, 2019 at 11:34am
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An Apple a Day Tools of the Trade - Ripples of Awareness
An Apple a Day

                   One bite
and the crunch is tart
and sweet.
         Earth and sky,
sweetened by the sun
infused with the waters of life.
Juice escapes
         to moisten lips
and from the orb
sticky elixir drips
                   onto the palm
to be licked off later.

Warmed by the sun
and snatched
         from a flexible limb,
how many before me
have savored the glory
         of the apple?

Some say,
         Eve was first to taste,
tempted by a serpent.
         Norse gods
credited their immortality
to the fruit.
         Ancients
cultivated orchards
grafting to ensure consistency.
Fruit of knowledge
         past and future.

Delicate, pink blossoms
         herald in Spring
and baskets of plump
red and green apples
         punctuate Fall harvest
to be devoured
         raw, baked,
                   stewed, candied
or floating in a tub.

You know what they say,
         "An apple a day …"
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder

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