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Flower Children

POETRY

Book 2

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
Word Count: 325

Wildflower
Children
Book 2

Written by Elizabeth Gordon • Illustrated by M.T. Ross

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Wildflower
Children

The images and text in this book were first published
in 1918 in a larger collection called Wildflower
Children: The Little Playmates of the Fairies.

Book 2

Flower Children Book 2
A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
© 2003 Learning Page, Inc.

Written by Elizabeth Gordon
Illustrated by M.T. Ross

Written by Elizabeth Gordon
Illustrated by M.T. Ross

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hepatica...........................................4
Monkey Flower ..................................5
Queen Anne’s Lace............................6
Silverrod ...........................................7
Yellow Adder’s Tongue .......................8
Bellwort............................................9
Cardinal Flower...............................10
Baby Blue Eyes ...............................11
Day Flower .....................................12
Fireweed.........................................13

Hepatica comes bright and early,

Large Purple Orchis .........................14

Never tardy, never surly;

Pasque Flower .................................15

Wears a pretty lilac dress

Yellow Star Grass ............................16

And gives out joy and happiness.

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“Young Monkey Flower put up a sign;

The fairy babies simply race

“Keep Out! This honey is all mine!”

Each night to Madame Queen Anne’s Lace;

“But Bumble Bee just went ahead,

Cuddled so warmly to her breast

“I’m sure that don’t mean me,” he said.

She gives each babe a good night’s rest.
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Said Silverrod, “My cousins all

By dainty Yellow Adder’s Tongue

Wear robes of gold the livelong fall;

Such fairy elfin songs are sung

It’s unbecoming to me quite,

That fairy folk come trooping out

And so I dress in creamy white.”

To hear what it is all about!
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If through the woods you’ll walk in May,

Stately Madame Cardinal Flower

You’ll see the Bellwort children play

Holds receptions by the hour;

At hide and seek, in yellow coats

Invites those whom she likes the best,

With their wee cousins, sweet Wild Oats.

And Hummingbird’s her favorite guest.

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“Baby Blue Eyes comes in spring,

Day Flower wears a gown of blue

“Dainty, dimpled, smiling thing;

That only lasts her one day through;

“Calls to us from far away,

Her mother must be busy quite,

“Won’t you please come out to play?”

To make a new one every night.
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When fire fiends through the woodland race

Large Purple Orchis loves to grow

Leaving a blackened, barren place

Where crowds of people do not go;

Then Fireweed knows that it’s his duty

But you’re quite welcome, if you’ll tramp

To make the burned land bloom with beauty.

To where she lives (it’s rather damp).

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Pasque Flower is a prairie child,

Yellow Star Grass hides in play

Doesn’t wait ’till days are mild,

Among the grasses every day;

But, wrapped in furs, she trips along

But when you call, “I spy,” she’s fair;

Before the Robin sings his song.

Then you can find her anywhere!
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