Gourds

One of autumn’s great rewards Is seeing farm stands, stacked with gourds. Orange pumpkins take their places, Waiting for their scary faces. Other gourds have shapes bizarre – Who knows what the heck they are? Speckled, stripy, curved and green, Strangest veggies I have seen. But my favorites at the stall Are the tiniest of all. They’re like pumpkins, only mini – Seeing them, I get all grinny. Imagine if all elves and gnomes Have mini pumpkins at their homes. If so, I’ll bet their mini-swords Make jack-o-lanterns of those gourds!