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Carole Gerber

Winter Trees

Illustrated by Leslie Evans

In memory of John D. Engle, Jr.tree lover, poet,

teacher, friend

C. G.

To Cathy Hawkes and the wonderful winter walks

with the dogs

L. E.

C runch! We walk through fresh new snow

that sparkles on the frozen ground.

Its peaceful here among the trees

our footsteps make the only sound.

Trees that once had leaves are bare.

Theyre dressed instead in lacy white.

Snow dusts their trunks

and coats their limbs

with flakes that outline them with light.

They stand distinct as skeletons.

We clearly see the form of each:

the egg shape of the maple tree;

the taller oval of the beech...

The V formation of the birch;

the yellow poplar, wide and high;

the spreading structure of the oak,

its branches reaching toward the sky.

The sugar maples bark is gray.

Its twigs are brown. Its buds are stout,

with clawlike tips that in the spring

will burst to shoot new green leaves out.

The beech tree called American

has bark thats smooth and silver-gray.

Tan leaves still cling to limbs and branches

on this cold, bright winter day.

The peeling bark of paper birch

feeds hungry hares that eat their fill.

Inside the trunk, a narrow nest

protects a bird from winters chill.

Tall yellow poplars furrowed bark

surrounds a trunk

thats straight and neat.

Its reddish twigs hold puffy buds

for deer, a tasty winter treat.

See bur oaks ridged, enormous trunk,

its massive limbs that intertwine,

its tangled twigs that twist and point

a strange, bewitching tree to find!

The evergreens dont change their look.

We see their needles all year round.

But older needles near the trunk

drop off and fall onto the ground.

Eastern hemlocks sloping branches

droop with tiny twigs and cones.

The hemlock lives for centuries.

Look how huge this tree has grown!

White spruce looks like a pyramid.

Cones hang from branches near the crown.

Dont touch its needles ouch! Theyre sharp.

Its scaly bark is grayish brown.

Before we go, lets roll some snow!

Well make a snowman who will wear

small twigs and pinecones for his face

and leaves from beech trees for his hair.

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