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Mostly - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: healthcentral.com “Life’s most important aspect, to stop and smell the roses.” Brenda Arledge MostlyO, it's gone,now this is going, gone toothere's no repeatingexcept in dreams,some will say nightmares or,pace Freud's dictum, that we repeat what we don't remember, though I wonderit's a question of whether we want to or not, besides it doesn't slip awayin idle momentsnever in sleepnor…
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When Spoken - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Mircea Iancu from Pixabay “… our voices growing vague and weary as time passes …” Charlie Smith When SpokenSomeone once claimed a talking dogI only heard circumstantial barking,the neighbour's parrot said hello butit had no existential knowledgejust a parrots mnemonic respone,I have wordsbut what are they,I read somewhere that wordswhen spokenmean the opposite of said things,that…
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Choice Is Antithetical - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night (with live edition) the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Image by Markus Winkler from Pixabay “The end of choice, the last of hope …” Philip Larkin Choice Is Antithetical In my teensa clarity of insight - choice is antithetical,I'm quite capable of decidingbetween two things -let's saybrown or blue sweater,it could go either way,…
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Seeking The Seed - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: ayers.com.au bushfire recovery “The dying of the trees goes on …” Philip Larkin Seeking The SeedCurious,though carrying less thannine lives Ientered the public buildingthe hall of ecological responses,covered in beautiful scriptsembossed on exquisite clothon every wallso beautiful the words Idesired to touch them,as my fingers tracedthe walls gave wayfritted, collapsed,with swollen heart…
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The Line Meanders - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the ideas of a margin(s) as a springboard. For more detail and resource follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Diving Into Margins Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay “You have it but you don’t have it.” John Asbery The Line Meanders The search, the desire, the drive for oneness admits a nexus, a margin of its…
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Swept Up - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to write a poem using the word or any of its forms – lift. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Ready For Liftoff Image by Khusen Rustamov from Pixabay “… and my soul is swept up in joy.” Uvavnuk (Iglulik Eskimo, 19th C. Trans. Hane Hirschfield) Swept UpLyftthe highest spaceeven to the seventh,elysian fieldsJuno's provinceabove the…
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Not Seeing - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Наталия Когут from Pixabay “Always too eager for the future, we pick up bad habits of expectancy” Phillip Larkin Not SeeingThe gaze,le regard,what catches the eyewhere am I fixed with intent to exclusion,are there any new movementsto beat the syncopated repetitionof the daily urban ballet soinfused it is now tasteless,invisible, and yet not a partof my breath, it is…
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Keep That Dam Wall - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Weirs, also known as check dams (Photo by MSU Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture /Robbie Kroger) “Good fences make good neighbours” Robert Frost Keep That Dam WallThose of us at the head of the stream agreedwe needed water and a planwas devised to dam the flow,enough for each nearbyhousehold and still letting much of it go downstream,and for some length of timethis came to be and it worked so…
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To Touch A Tree - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: An old red gum features in this photo taken in the Beelu National Park. “To-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees.” Karle Wilson Baker To Touch A Tree Imagineif trees could talk,they'd tell a tale of twoof the passage of time,they'd muse on Platoawe over Alexanderwhisper about the Christ,there'd be groans about warscelebrations of multitudes ofexperiences of kindness,most…
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A Pestering Yearn - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: walking bush trails around Lake Margarette west of Beacon, spring 22. “I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly” Mary Oliver A Pestering YearnWhere did you plant your compasswhat words did you dress in,how did you survive drowning that you are here now in spite of ...did everything run in 7s and 12s?O for the perfect days, of hoursthat first sweet cool…
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As Long As I Can Fly - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the photographic work of Michale Sammut (by permission). For all the photos and more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Art In Nature I have chosen this Photo by Michael Sammut – many thanks Michael – check out his wonderful work here Michael Sammut Photo: Ruddy Turnstone by Michael Sammut “A…
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Startup converts used wind turbine blades into boats, recycling fibreglass and resins
Individual sheets of fibreglass are notoriously difficult to recycle. Once layered together with resin — to form bathtubs, roofing panels, or aircraft components — peeling them back apart usually means shredding the end product into tiny pieces, then submerging them in tubs of heated solvent under high pressure. Needless to say, the recovered shreds of fibre and glass are not especially useful, or cheap.
This is a problem for the wind industry, whose turbine blades are essential hundred-metre-long, fibreglass tubes. Once they’ve served their 30-year-lifespans, unloading them on landfills is unpopular at best, banned (in some countries) at worst.
Getting around the “submersion problem” took a team of boatbuilders from Pleasantville, Nova Scotia to work out. While researching sustainable boat materials, Nick Bigeau — a professional boatbuilder for 15 years — came across recyclable resins, and the possibility of recovering and reusing intact sheets of fibreglass from otherwise inseparable end products.
“I had this idea of building a 17-foot boat with these resins,” says Bigeau. “Then I’d recycle it and build a replica from the recycled materials.”
Their “eureka moment” came in December 2022, and by September 2023, their new recycling method — called ReceTT — was patent-pending under the auspice of their new venture, Resolve Composites. It’s around this time that Bigeau became aware of the wind industry’s plight, and the potential of ReceTT to change the game. Why recycle a boat into a boat, he thought, when they could recycle a blade into a boat?
Siemens Gamesa is the second largest wind turbine manufacturer on the planet, and is leading the charge on recyclable resins in the wind industry. Recognizing the potential of ReceTT, in October 2023 they gifted Resolve Composites a 20-foot section of blade, 27 layers of fibreglass deep, held together by recyclable resin. By January 2024, Bigeau and his team had broken the blade into 162 kilograms of reuseable fibreglass sheets.
With this fibreglass, they’re constructing the hull of a Bantam Bay 17 Skiff, a project equal parts demonstration and experimentation — showing off the work of ReceTT while at the same time refining their methods.
Attention Debt - Burning Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Li is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write what is know as a Burning Haibun. Burning Haibun relies on writing a Haibun then using erasure x 2 to arrive at a distilled form as a second part, followed by the usual haiku/senryu. Burning Haibun is typically about an interior journey/reflection. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Making Way Image:…
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It Has Always Been So - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: Hunter S. Thompson – journalist, writer, author, originator of “Gonzo” journalism. From thefamouspeople.com “It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.” Hunter S. Thompson It Has Always Been SoOnce upon a time Iwas disillusioned with Thompson's infectionthe whole question of truth and fictionhow dare they be blendedin the mainstream,but…
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Every Flake - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Art: ‘Ikegami Honmonji Temple’ by Kawase Hasui (1931) found on tumblr “Who made the snow waits where love is” Kenneth Patchen Every FlakeEvery flakenever to be repeated ,blossom like no othercrisp whitenessadorns the cherry trees,fleetingdriftingsilent,such lightness of beingdissolves to returncomplete surrenderutterly detached,the eternal paradoxevery flakeoblivious to the great strugglein the…
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Towards His Shore -a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Art: ‘Ushibori’ by Kawase Hasui (1930) http://www.arctic.edu “A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.” Ikkyu Sojun Towards His ShoreBreeze rippled surfaceas river so skin,gentle snow adrift in the nightnot so the chabuneHiroshi's hands familiarwith the steady course,his true beaconthe cottage lightprovided by darkness,Kimiko sheltered by her bangasa against prying…
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Repeat - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Gif: found on GIPHY “What are we doing here?” Wilfred Owen RepeatIs it a gift , or is a GIF just a comment that weare only ever a three secondrepeat cycle where even anticipation cannot thwartthe gaze or the amusement,a Sisyphean addiction -click, repeat, foreverwith no rinse cycle,the sum of our abilitiescreative genius asmere pretext,opium in free flow. Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent…
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Black Feathers - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Monica Volpin from Pixabay “Darkness covering the forest” Maria Veronica Cruz Azores Black FeathersBlack feathers in a white forest,a random solitary collection driftingblown by the winds of wrathchased by yellowed howling hellhoundsin a night when the moon covered herself,warding off the razors edgea sensed danger,dreamed enemies closeeven the gods are not safe,the dragons too have…
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The Life Of Words - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image: pixabay.com “‘Tis a strange mystery, the power of words! Life is in them, and death.” Letitia Elizabeth Landon The Life Of WordsSometimes I musewondering what if I'd nevertaken that particular pathwhere would I be now?I ponder words and what if I'd never said those particular words,where would I be now?Like shook champagne words spew with forceconstructing meaningslike spilt amoeba.Words…
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Don't Forget - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: unelife.com via Bing “Imagine for a moment the still life of our meals” Carol Muske-Dukes Don't ForgetI choose the heavy base panslow time finessingslowly, slowlybalsamicbrown sugarwaterslowly, slowlyrich, dark,soft, gooey reductionspooned into virgin olive oilslowly, slowlydipping sourdoughdrippingrolled in dukkahslowly, slowlygrazes my lipscaptures my sensesslowly, slowlyI forget the…
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Revisionniste - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Roman Kogomachenko from Pixabay “When the past is all deception” T.S. Eliot Revisionniste What do you want to see,the ghost fiction of your romantic mind played onlife's brassy screen aslipstick on a figment,a ferment of slivers,which one will fall outfirst doesn't really matter,the order is always disordered and none of them will show the unified whole,every memory playedis a chapter…
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Sports have gotten more and more environmentally friendly, whether it's by reducing plastic waste at arenas, or producing medals with recycled materials. But what if the sport itself was devoted to directly helping the planet? Take a look at SpoGomi, a competitive sport in which teams collect garbage and litter within a time limit and specified area. People get to exercise and improve their communities while simultaneously reducing pollution. It's an overall win!
The name “SpoGomi” comes from “sports” and “gomi,” which means “trash” in Japanese. SpoGomi was created in Japan in 2008 as a way to promote trash collecting in an effort to aid the environment and push back on the climate crisis. “The marine litter problem is becoming increasingly serious worldwide,” reads a message from SpoGomi. “Approximately 80% of the garbage in the ocean is said to come from land (cities), and picking up garbage is the ‘last line of defense' to prevent this from happening. By connecting countries and people, we have expanded our circle even further around the world.”
Now, supported by The Nippon Foundation, the sport is so popular that there are competitions around the world, including the first SpoGomi World Cup, which was held in Japan in November 2023. People from 20 countries and all of Japan's prefectures participated, with the UK team coming out in first place.
SpoGomi is more than simply picking up trash, though, as there's a whole set of rules. These game rules are flexible depending on the area and litter to be picked up. Generally, teams are made up of three to five members who have to collect as much trash as possible within a designated area and time limit. The most common duration is an hour for picking up trash plus another 20 minutes to correctly sort it.
Some trash can be extra damaging to the environment or harder to spot, meaning each piece of litter gets a different amount of points. According to Nippon.com, the rules for World Cup regional preliminary rounds have burnable and nonburnable trash at 10 points per 100 grams, cans and bottles at 12 points, and PET plastic bottles at 25 points. The crown jewel of competitive trash picking are cigarette butts, which will get the team 100 points each.
Other rules stipulate that teams cannot pick up trash that is already in bins that belong to someone else. Since everything must fit into the trash bags that are provided, they cannot pick hazardous waste or bulky items either. And since this is meant to improve the local area, any method of transportation other than walking is frowned upon.
In the end, all participants can bask in the pride of making the environment just a little bit cleaner and healthier. Udagawa Takayasu, a spokesperson for The Nippon Foundation, even admits, “I participated in a preliminary tournament held in Japan just last weekend. Although our team could not win and I faced frustration, the city became markedly cleaner. I think it's one of the fascinating aspects of SpoGomi, even if you don't win, it leaves you with a positive sentiment.”
-via My Modern Met, May 20, 2024
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Hell yeah, gamify this shit!
The Harbor Wetland, at 930-square-metres (10,000-square-feet), mimics the inner harbour’s original tidal marsh habitat, which was destroyed long ago when the harbour was dredged out. It’s covered in native shrubs and grasses, which help to filter the waterway.
The $14 million project is already native species like blue crabs, American eels, Eastern oysters and night herons, among other creatures. Equipped with an elevated walkway, it doubles as a free floating park for residents and visitors.
The wetland is situated between Piers 3 and 4 on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and is part of the National Aquarium. The installation is made up of recycled plastic matting and 32,000 shrubs and marsh grasses, whose roots extend into the water below, providing “microhabitats” for dozens of native species and drawing nutrients and contaminants from the water, according to the aquarium. Circulation is enhanced by an aeration system.
“Harbor Wetland is the culmination of 12 years of research, innovation and determination,” the aquarium’s president and CEO, John Racanelli, said in a statement.
It's The Way - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: videohive.com “After all, there’s no need to say anything” Rita Dove It's The WaySometimes it's the way,like the way she ran her finger round the rim of the glass,the way she swirled her tongue aroundher fingernot missing a drop,nothing was said, butI knew the meaning ofevery word she offered,her energy penetrated my mood so completely it disturbed my equilibrium. Copyright 2024 ©️Paul…
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All Fizz - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image: wallpapercave.com “I tend the mobile now like an injured bird.” Carol Anne Duffy All FizzWhere were we,O yes,decision blindnessawaiting heuristic massageburied in consensus shadowsof our strangely engineeredculture,small wonder it ran out of steam,so easily substituted with the likes of cognitive lemonade,comes the laconic directive talk among yourselvesor the hook -you might also like…
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When Life Is Death - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Carlos Hilario from Pixabay “If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.” Mary Oliver When Life Is DeathWe're so obsessed with living that we're busy dyingwithout awareness that we're actually dying underthe guise of what we call living,forgetting to read ourselves as poems in aclose reading whose meaning is open to themoment in which we see it for the…
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Time Is Now - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Art: ‘Melting Clocks’ by Salvador Dali “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” T.S. Eliot Time Is NowClocks liveon walls like roaches,they exist as if nothing mattersexcept their primary purposeto capture the movement of something that doesn't exist,they deceive themselveslike star-eyed teen loverssinging that Robert Johnsonsong sinking in the ground,the devil's in the tocking tickas…
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Breaching The Fog - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: adobestock.com “Many things cannot bear explaining …” Ha Jin Breaching The FogSometimes sharing a thought can be like talking to a room full of people who aren't listening,just staring into their distanceremembering their last great moment or a song on the radioreminding them of somethinglong forgotten, of meanings now irrelevant that plague the mind's fog of jumbled picture shows,a…
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I Resolve Not To Resolve - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image: found on Bing “One vow a year will see me through, and I’ll begin with number two” Rudyard Kipling. I Resolve Not To ResolveIf I were to somehow, suddenly, be enthusedenough to sing the magnificat it would not bea celebration of the annunciationit would be my prompt to shout a renunciation of all who trade off virtues,not that I'm virtuous, of courseI've never even made a resolution,I…
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