Poetry Tow Truck Prompt 21: Line by Line

The prompt this week on the blog Poetry Tow Truck was to write a "line by line" sonnet.  In a nutshell, you maintain the standard structure of a 14 line, 10 syllable per line sonnet but there are requirements for each line.  These range from "line from a song" to "fruit or vegetable."  For a listing of the prompts and more examples, go to the link. 

I also submitted this poem to the Poetry Potluck since it fits with this week's theme of using a song. 



I wasn't at all sure how this was going to go.  I just dove in and traveled along - not ending up where I expected at all.  Challenging, but fun -


Amazing, Grace -- How sweet the sound of
crunchy apples eaten for lunch under
the fruited canopy of orchard trees.
"Pass me a pippin.  I saw one fall with
a thud on the grassy ground over there."
I want to bake a Julian apple
pie; an American Pie, to take in my
Chevy to the levy so the music won't
die.  Raggedy Ann will eat a piece and smile.
Bake a pie.  Fill it with fresh fruit bursting
through the crisp crust, cut by a paring knife
slanting slits slashed so sweet syrup seeps out.
Others strive to keep up with the rat race;
I eat apples and dream with my friend Grace.