Children’s fiction by an author who is an adoptive parent.
Excerpt
One day, a seed dropped
From a poppy flower
Onto the earth below.
But it was too dry,
And the poppy began to cry:
“Good-bye little one.
You will be missed you know,
but this is no place for you to grow.”
So she let the wind carry the seed
From east to west
Until they found a place
That was best.
Summer had started,
So the seed departed.
Through the heat of the day
She made her way.
Slowly leaves turned orange, red and yellow.
The air began to mellow;
Then snow started to fall.
One day birds began to call.
Green was starting to show
As grass began to grow.
One night they came upon a garden site.
“Here,” said the wind,
“I have found on this ground a lovely patch
that I think will match.”
“What a tiny seed. It’s just what we need,”
chimed the garden flowers.
Copyright 2008 Andrea Nepa. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
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