For Amber and Neve
I wish I had an apple tree
that grew ten times as tall as me.
I’d clamber up its lofty limbs
and hide amongst the greenery.
I’d love to sit there, way up high,
and pick the fruit that grew nearby.
I’d munch my crunchy, juicy snacks
and watch the distant world rush by.
But having dreams of trees is hard
when nothing grows in our front yard
except our ancient almond tree.
And almonds- ugh!- they taste like card.
So, that is why I hatched this scheme
to carry out my longed-for dream,
and all it takes is store-bought fruit
to make things not quite what they seem.
Now, look up high and you might see
some apples in our almond tree
tucked safely in-between each branch,
just waiting to be picked… by me!
© Kristin Martin 2018
This poem is also in my poetry book, To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? (Glimmer Press, 2019).
Hi Kristin
I love the rhyming pattern but I couldn’t really figure it out.
Hi Nuwin,
Have you ever placed fruit in the branches of a tree? Then you can climb back up and pick them! That’s what the poem is about.
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
I love apples red ones especially!!! Apples aren’t my favourite fruit thought, my favourite fruits are mango or watermelon !!! I read up and I am not sure if it is true but watermelon is a fruit and vegetable!!! Is that correct ??? To be honest I haven’t yet tried almonds but I do love red apples !!! What is your favourite colour apple??? Love your poems can’t wait to read another!!!
Clara ❤️
Hi Clara!
I love red apples too. I have a slight allergy to almonds, that’s why I think they’re yucky.
Watermelons would be a fruit because they grow from flowers and have seeds.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
This poem was so cute. I liked how you basically customized the almond tree to make it into the tree you wanted; and apple tree. I love apples. Do you like apples??
Tharusha
Yum! I love apples. I don’t like almonds.
Hi Kristin
Have you ever grown an apple tree
Hi Mia,
No, I haven’t, have you?
Kristin
I wish I had a apple tree, But all I have is a blueberry tree.
Hi Charli,
Do blueberries grow on trees or bushes?
Kristin
Hi Kristen
I really liked that poem because it was creative.Because I would not have thought to put apples in my almond tree!
Hi Thinara,
I got the idea for the poem from two girls I know, who climbed into a tree and put lemons in between the branches. I thought it wold be more satisfying to put apples in tree, though.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I liked this silly poem because one of my favorite fruit is apple, I really want an apple tree in my back yard then I can pick apples.
Dinidu
Hi Dinidu,
I really like the idea of having an apple tree in my back yard too. Do you have any trees? My almond tree died, but I do have a lemon tree. It’s too prickly to climb.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
As I live in a unit we don’t have any trees but I had lots of trees like mango, coconut, banana and guava in my garden in Sri Lanka
Hi Dinidu,
Your garden in Sri Lanka sounds beautiful!
Kristin
Hi my name is Brayden and today i read your silly poems and my favourite one was My Apple Tree because i love apples and i grow my own fruit and vegtables. Thank you for sharing with me.
Hi Brayden,
Thank you for your lovely comment. I’m glad you like the poem. I like growing my own fruit and vegetables too. My favourite is sweet potatoes, because they are so much fun to dig out of the ground.
Kristin
When I go fruit picking on my grandparents farm, the first fruit I ask to pick is an apple. I wish I had my own apple tree.
I’d like one too.
I love to have a fresh, crispy pink lady apple every day!
Hi tae,
They are my favourite apples too.
Kristin
lovely
keep it up
diaan
Hi Diaan,
Thanks for reading so many of my poems.
There is no need to comment on each one you read. Choose one that you have something to say about and comment on that one.
Kristin
I like eating apples but not that much. I have a nectarine tree.
Hi Nuwin,
I think nectarines are delicious!
Kristin
Do you like apple so much. I like mango and I would like to have mango tree ten times tall than me so that i can eat mango everyday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. love your thoughts
Hi Dinethri,
I would love to have a mango tree too! Yum!
Kristin
I used to have two apple trees at home. I’d climb up the stronger one and pick apples.
-Thisama
Hi Thisama,
That sounds lovely!
Kristin
I was eating an apple when I posted this comment! I probably would not like it if our apple tree grew ten times as tall as me because it is scary when I climb really high ; I am afraid of heights.
Hi Thisali,
I don’t think I’d really like to climb that high either!
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I love apples! This poem sounds fun and yummy
From Lysha
Hi Lysha,
I love apples too! I’m eating one right now! (it makes it a bit hard to type!)
Kristin
Do you like apples? I certainly do!
Tharusha
This poem made me really want an apple tree. I would love to climb up the branches and watch the world go by, wouldn’t you?
Hi Thenumi,
You might have to make your own apple tree, like the child in the poem!
Kristin
I wish I could eat apples all day.
Cadence K
Hi Cadence,
I could eat apples every day too.
Kristin
I loved your poem and I love apples to. I wish I had a apple tree.
Thank you Nae,
It’s lovely to hear that you like my poem.
I like apples too.
Kristin
I love apples. They are so good!
Tharinsa
I like apples too!
I used to have an apple tree! I used to love eating apples from it!
Tharinsa
Hi Tharinsa,
That sounds lovely. I don’t have an apple tree, but I do have a almond tree (and I don’t like to eat almonds).
Kristin