Poema de Annette Wynne

 LEAP YEAR

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.

Pouco se sabe da vida de Annette Wynne, que escreveu poesia para crianças. Uma das suas obras mais conhecidas Treasure Things foi publicada em 1922.