The smell of apples picked fresh from the tree; the feel of one, heavy and round in my hand. Some are already picked, it’s the season for harvesting fruit and veggies ..
hands colour the air
shift leaves
pick names Gala
Cox’s Orange Pippin
Fuji Transparent
put them in baskets
leaves reach to steal
the air I breathe
take my footprints
from sunlit grass
a breeze murmurs
of other apples that will ripen
round and red for harvest
an early version was published in Affiliate
The Berry Books are perfect for 3-6 year-olds: Berry the mouse, who lives in a tree, gets into funny situations, and has to find his way out of them.