Seven Hanging
Trees
by Daniel
G.
Snethen
Seven giant gray snags
stood stoically erect
in the Mississippi woods
beside the 1867 Coombs cabin.
Under the shadow of darkness,
I witnessed eleven
hooded silhouettes
eerily dangling
from ancient tree limbs.
The morning dawn
almost convinced me
I was mistaken—almost.
Daniel G.
Snethen is an educator, naturalist, moviemaker, poet, and short story
writer from South Dakota. He teaches on the Pine Ridge Reservation at Little
Wound High School in the heart of Indian Country. His best friend is his
three-legged dog, Knightly, who is a cancer survivor.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various
venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s
Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she
can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received.
