I have been rambling for days
in an apple orchard and a daisy field,
in the fine company of Martin Pippin
(introduced to me by Eleanor Farjeon).
I was a lonely girl, unlike those
who stopped their play to hear these tales –
yet my childhood too, I recollect,
had its daisy chains, its golden apples.
* "Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard" and "Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field" by Eleanor Farjeon: classics still available in print and as ebooks.
Written for a 55-word prompt.
