Deep into Autumn here in the Northeastern part of the United States, our contributors cultivate a vision of the season.
“Incoming Fall” by Joanna Weston provides a snapshot of a garden in early fall.
“For Solitude’s Sake” by John Grey evokes that certain quality of autumn light that produces conflicting emotions.
“Biophilia” by Michael Estabrook captures a moment of beauty in a backyard garden.
“The Garden of God” by Michael H. Brownstein uses the garden as a metaphor for grief.
“Cauldron” by Ayaz Daryl Nielsen reveals to us the calm magic of sunset.
“Fall in Philadelphia” by Amy Barone delves into nostalgia for a season of the year and a season of life.
This week, all the illustrations are photos by editor Alyce Wilson.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
