Haiku and Poe-Tree

Poe-Tree

Daniel Farber '23 won the youth division in the District’s Inaugural Poe-Tree Contest! Click the link and scroll down to the youth winners section to read his poem. 

The District Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Division (DDOT UFD) is the primary steward of Washington, DC's ~170,000 public trees and has a mission of keeping this resource “healthy, safe, and growing!” DDOT UFD’s website states, “Trees in the city are critical to our well-being. Among many other benefits, these trees improve our air and water quality, cool our neighborhoods, and provide critical habitat for birds, bees, and...people, too!...Washington, DC stands apart from most other US cities when it comes to trees. Trees were considered so essential that they were included as an integral part of the original design for the District.”

For Daniel’s prize, DDOT UFD will be planting a tree in the park of his choice. Congratulations, Daniel!

Haiku

In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month and spring, we invited community members to submit haiku, a traditional Japanese poetic form. The submission form remains open all month long—easy to remember at www.bit.ly/gdshaiku. We’ve gathered a short selection of poems submitted so far this month

Elina ’31 
 

anonymous

anonymous
 

Paula Young Shelton
 

Peter ’29
 

Chetan Le ’27 

Jibril Nashid ’27 
 

Kim Palombo

Tenley Peterson

Marlo Thomas

Peg Schultz
 

Emma ’29
 

Evelyn ’29

Stephen Harris