Poems in this collection will make you laugh and cry and reflect upon your own growing-up experiences. Most of all, you will be encouraged by reminders of God's forever goodness and love. Verna Cole Mitchell is a poet, teacher, and published author of poems and short stories. Don't Frighten the Pansies, her first book of poetry, contains some of the poems she has written through the years. Whether you enjoy the pictures of God's world she paints with words or her descriptions of the security and hope He offers, these poems will inspire you.