Poetry Forum

v5. The Apple Tree in My Grandmother's Garden stands as if its back is turned against her house. if we're personifying the apple tree by saying we must ask its permission to climb (unless I'm confused) and "grudges fruit", then this reduces it again to an object. the "as if its"...

Thanks, Sid!

I've been writing for a long time, but in college I let my poetry fall to the wayside in favor of my fantasy novels. I want to breathe with both lungs again, and get into poetry for serious this time. Looking forward to posting with you all!

I'm new here, but I think I'll take the plunge! I really liked some of the images here, and some of the devices you used. "Leaves thin and broad and branched" has some lovely alliteration and with its format of ' __and__and __ ' changed up the flow of the poem in a good way. I could feel t...