The Apple, by Sue Mackrell

Green Apple on Black Plate, by Georgia O'Keeffe (USA) 1922

The Apple
 
Eve ate hers
and got The Knowledge
(and the blame.)
 
Snow White spat hers out
and got the prince.
 
Paris gave his to Aphrodite
and started the Trojan Wars.
 
Mine sits in the fruit bowl.
Biding its time.

Sue Mackrell

This poem previously  appeared in the public ladies’ loo in Leicester, U.K. as part of an Everybody’s Reading project of Wee Poems! It also appeared in Poems in the Waiting Room.

Sue Mackrell lives in Leicestershire, U.K., and is of  London-Welsh ancestry, Her poems and short stories have been published in literary magazines, anthologies and on the web -  she is delighted that her poems have appeared in the last five editions of Agenda Poetry -   http://www.agendapoetry.co.uk/ She has an MA  in Creative Writing from Loughborough University, UK, and taught creative writing there, as well as in schools, colleges, galleries and museums. Retirement means more time to visit galleries and write!