I
heard
of trees that shed
their autumn leaves—
yellow, orange, red—
before winter’s snow.
But till I saw
those bony skeletons
without their leafy skins,
I never dreamed
trees would stand
like Halloween ghosts,
trembling in the wind.
Art by Jaime Zollars.
“Skeleton
Trees,” (c) 2004 by Monica Gunning. Published by Boyds Mills
Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission.
