Tree with vibrant yellow autumn leaves in the foreground, with a darker evergreen tree and a clear blue sky in the background.

Just in time for Halloween

Trees don their masquerade

Some are cloaked in gold and green

A colorful charade.

A tall tree with autumn leaves in shades of orange and yellow, sunlight shining through its branches, and a clear blue sky in the background.

Others expose their naked shapes

Twisted, gnarled and bare

Skeletal, haunting remains

Their silhouettes do scare.
A leafless tree with dark branches stands against a clear blue sky, with a few scattered leaves left on the branches and some pine trees visible in the bottom left corner.

The spirit of the holiday

is carried through the trees

well costumed, so befittingly

alive upon the breeze.
A large tree with bare branches stands silhouetted against a dusky sky. A bright star or planet is visible through the branches, and other trees appear in the darker background.

So as you brave all hallow’s eve

A scary night ‘tis true

Remember to look to the trees

who celebrate with you.

– Kim Sweeney (an original poem)
Three ghost decorations stand around a black cauldron with a fake severed hand inside, set up outdoors on grass with autumn leaves and trees in the background.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!

Best wishes,

Kim Sweeney