Pumpkin Growing

Growing pumpkins is fun indeed

But you must start with pumpkin seeds

Dig a hole in the soil to begin

Then place your seeds gently within.

Cover the seeds with dirt and great care

And hope the rain will soon be there,

To water down your seeds below

For sun and rain make pumpkins grow.

From underneath the seeds will sprout

And a little vine will wiggle out.

In time the vines will begin to spread

Across the ground like jam on bread.

‘Neath broad leaves the flowers bloom

Then little pumpkins will arrive there soon

Bigger they grow, these pumpkins green

Then, just in time for Halloween

The orange hue rises from the frosty field

These little seeds produce great yields.

Yet, before you carve your pumpkins’ face

Reflect a moment and remember this space

A great Jack-O-Lantern is where this story ends

But it all begins with seeds from within.

D. Kelly Andrews

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