Sunday, July 24, 2016
Apple Trees Comments
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An apple ripens,
Bends the highest bough,
Beyond our reach, outstretching.
Suspended too, the skylark's
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7/22/2025 11:50:12 AM # 1.0.0
An apple ripens, Bends the highest bough, Beyond our reach, outstretching. Suspended too, the skylark's Alto trilling blends So many notes Together in a single second, Beyond our reach, our understanding. And yet our dreams grow tall In our attempts to mime In lyrics of a rhyme - - - - - - I wonder why I had not found this rhyme earlier.
Hi Bharati, It was inspired by the Greek poet, Sappho. She wonders why one lone apple has not been picked. Then she realises it was too high to get. Sappho herself climbs high in my estimation and so do you.