Thoughts and Flowers
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Thoughts and Flowers
Poem
Thoughts grow like flowers overnight,
Opening at morning light,
Blossoming before you know-
Children, let the good thoughts grow!
If a weedy thought should sprout
In your garden, pull it out;
But keep the good thoughts watered so
They will always want to grow.
Notes
Written by Annette Wynne.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
Image from "The Year's at the Spring, An Anthology of Recent Poetry" by Harold Munro, illustrated by Harry Clarke, edited by Mama Lisa.
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