There are many poems on the theme of apples including Laurie Lee’s famous ‘Apples’. If you feel inspired to write you own and would like us to include it on this website please contact us by email by clicking here

An Apple Gathering

by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

I plucked pink blossoms from mine apple-tree,
And wore them all that evening in my hair:
Then in due season when I went to see
I found no apples there.

Forbidden Fruit

By Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Forbidden Fruit a flavor has
That lawful Orchards mocks-
How luscious lies within the Pod
The Pea that Duty locks-

In this poem Dickinson alludes to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden (in western tradition, an apple) emphasising our weakness for the forbidden.