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views of the new condo development
are revealed branch by falling branch
with plastic bags caught like
futile parachutes
With each step I take
my voice sounds more foreign.
Too beautiful of a morning
to once again realize
I can’t always trust humans to have humanity.
Resilience —
passed down through generations,
the gentleness of swaying.
We are cut like the melon, made of mush,
drowning in the sweet, thick summer stick
of the mind that keeps churning.
The partnership explores how urban trees that must be removed due to age, severe weather or redevelopment can be repurposed.
The project is set to slice food waste and dish out a lower carbon footprint for the state’s food industry.
At issue is how much of the ozone problem is due to wildfire smoke.
More than 30 residents spoke in opposition of the project Monday morning; no one spoke in support. Roughly 120 people attended the hearing online and 25 in person.
