We saw the asters growing in sporadic sun-spots yellow faces and light-blue tresses adoring this last warmth. We felt their resistance to let go to relinquish their inevitable return to a colder earth but for now grateful as we are as we are.
Poem and Photograph by Carol Amato
My poetry has recently been published in the anthology, From the Farthest Shore (Bass River Press), Tiny Seed Journal, The Poet’s Touchstone (New Hampshire Poetry Society), Your Daily Poem, Poem Journal, and others. My poems were accepted in the 2020 and 2022 Mutual Muses Ekphrastic Exhibition sponsored by the Cape Cod Cultural Center. I am also a natural science educator and author of 11 nature books published by Barron’s Educational Series and John Wiley & Sons.