Seven Town trees were planted today
Two Maples a London Plane a Linden
a Sweet Gum a Tupelo
a Hornbeam
Replacing trees many decades old
Planted by people just like us
Never to see them fully grown
Seven more trees to grow and grow
Seven this fall, five in the spring
Will they still stand when wild storms
come to tear at their roots and limbs?
Will they fight off new breeds of insects?
Each will stand tall to clean the air.
Each will hold the soil from blowing away.
Each will cradle numerous nursery nests.
Each will shade our great, great grandchildren.
There is something joyful about planting trees
knowingly gifting to those not yet born
Seven young trees were planted today
a London Plane a Linden a Hornbeam
a Sweet Gum a Tupelo
And two Maples
A poem by Ann Briggs