Orchards of Thought

Me and you, babe, are like Teacher and her apple.
Though like Eve we are tempted by Satan's apple.

I picked you high above, far from reach, glistening
from summer days, picked from the tree a fresh apple.

'Twas the poetic thing to say, but really I
saw you in Facebook on products made by Apple.

Some think we don't gel together, too different, we're
tomato and basil, not oranges and apples!

It's obvious how to keep the doctor away.
Would it work on you, just by eating an apple?

But you know I don't mean it (at least all the time).
A thought came to me in mid-bite of an apple.

Will you and I, find a little home together,
like a worm finds a home in a juicy apple?

Though Timothy observes various meanings
he truthfully just likes the taste of the apple.



For the Jazzy Poem Contest.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 5/15/2013 8:53:00 AM
Hahaha! I chuckled quite a bit in this apple! Loved it! Just because your different doesn't mean you can't go well together, and Timothy...yes, apples are delicious.. lol!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/15/2013 3:25:00 PM
Thankfully apples has a lot of different metaphors and sayings so it wasn't too difficult to write out in ghazal form. I just now realized I didn't mention The Big Apple... sad... lol!
Date: 5/8/2013 11:15:00 AM
This is 'golden delicious', lol
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/9/2013 12:22:00 AM
I've always liked Grannysmith myself... MMM tart green apples... lol. Pleased you got to "taste" my poem.
Date: 5/7/2013 11:38:00 AM
fun one.
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/7/2013 10:39:00 PM
I am pleased you liked it. The sense of fun was what I was trying to capture...
Date: 5/7/2013 5:56:00 AM
This is a unique and wonderful write by you my friend! You have surely written a different poem, unlike what you normally write! I really enjoyed reading this clever poem this morning! What a tremendous piece, Great Work!!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/7/2013 10:38:00 PM
Yes... it's a bit different. I was thinking about an apple one day and realized just how many ways it could go (it seemed to fit the ghazal form). Thanks for reading Russell!
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