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Washoe Tribe Completes Acquisition of Loyalton Ranch
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Poetry Corner
Leap Year by Annette Wynne
February 28, 2024
By Annette Wynne Little month of February, You are small, but worthy—very! Will you grow up like the others, Like your sister months and brothers? Every four years with a bound With a leap up from the ground, Trying to grow tall as they— All you stretch is one small day! Even then you're not so tall But just the shortest month of all. This poem is in the public domain. About the poem: “Leap Year” was included in the poet’s book, “For Days and Days: A Year-Round Treasury of Child Verse,” published in 1919. This was her debut collection of poems. About the poet: Annette Wynne was an early 20th Century writer of children’s poems. In addition to the volume of poems mentioned above, she also published “Treasure Things” in 1922.Leap Year
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