Shade is a place Dagomar Degroot For each suggested plant

For each suggested plant

How do different birds use their bills and tongues—from woodpeckers penetrating the holes they drill to hummingbirds imbibing nectar

is trying to solve

A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert) decides it's not too late to start over

dealing with pests

Shade is a place Dagomar Degroot For each suggested plantBy: MaKshya Tolbert Published by Penguin Group, 2025 11 04 From National Poetry Series winner MaKshya Tolbert, a "startlingly original debut" (Maggie Millner) that meanders toward possibilities of arboreal relief among entanglements of place, property, and urban planning in Charlottesville, Virginia Shade is a place meanders eastwest along Charlottesvilles Downtown Mall, seeking a Black sense of place at the pace of stressed shade and street trees,