Apple Pickin' Time

Rhyme

It is apple pickin' time in Georgia

Come get them while they're crisp and not quite ripe

Bit into apples' delicious tartness

From the trees' Garden of Eden a few swipe

 

Down where the apple blossoms in springtime

Many hearts flourish fulfilling life's fate

And red grapes produce a fine wine sometime

The apple-grape wine gets better while we wait

 

Come gather in the harvest-apples golden

Clip some stems of the grapes newly chosen

Mix the two in baskets enjoy their delight

Harvest two fruits with their sweet juice swollen

 

It is apple pickin' time in Georgia

Come get them while they're crisp and not quite ripe

Bite into apple's delicious tartness

From the Garden of Eden a few swipe

 

This short poem like fine apple-grape wine

Will become better if you let it age

Then drink a few swigs while on roast hen dine

If I did this one right you'll have to gauge

Author's Note

Written for a contest with the person giving the rhyme scheme and total structure..

Reviews

[David Scott]

You penned a folky little rhyme.
We live in apple country in the mountains of NC. I can relate well to the thought.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

North Carolina is a great state..I am sure that the apples there are superb..Thanks for stopping by..

Sara

[David Scott]

Well, I am partial to the Tar Heel State. ;)
Still, there is nothing like a Georgia peach! OK... Your apple are very fine as well.
We are so blessed to live in the USA. We can visit and experience such variety with ease.
I did enjoy the festive poem.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

David,

Yes, Georgia peaches are delicious..It is so sad when the seaon ends..North Carolina has some peaches also and I believe that they come off a little later than the Georgia ones..Not sure though..Yes, living in the USA has its advantages to other countries..

Thanks for the reply,

Sara