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Apple Tree

Gaurav Mehra

Rhymed
If I'd be
An apple tree
I'd sketch in black
Through winter white
Then 'spring' into green an' red
Lest birds 'n' squirrels think me dead.

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Apple Trees in snow seem so forlorn you'd never guess they'd be full of juicy fruit come next summer.

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Written on January 19, 2024

Submitted by gaurav_m on January 19, 2024

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Scheme AABCDD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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Gaurav Mehra

Hi, I am 47, and I was born in Bombay, now Mumbai - a rebound to its earlier name. I've realized it isn't just names that change but cities and people too. I've changed. Umpteen times. And a thousand circles later I'm back to writing poetry, a passion that began when I first fell in love a million years ago. I was 13 then, and a fool, realizing not the causes that make a poet of a boy. I love the sea and the mountains alike so I am perennially inspired to write poetry. more…

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