Garden Sentinel by Catherine Favole-Gruber (2014)

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Description Each summer, a few dragonflies return to perch on the bamboo stakes in my small vegetable garden, leaving their dedicated posts only to snatch an intruder. This simple original poem attempts to pay them a bit of homage for their beauty and dedication. It is set on an original digital photo taken in my coastal Georgia backyard.

Catherine Favole-Gruber, Brunswick
Member Since September 2014
Artist Statement Poetry has been a passion of mine since early childhood, and was my focus of study in college for my BA. My work has been published in several journals and won awards; I also teach poetry to for local middle and high-schoolers. Photography is a hobby I was introduced to (and quickly fell in love with) in my 'tween' years by my father with his 1970 Topcon 35mm. Dad gave me his old Topcon when I went to college, and it continues to serve me well, although most often now I pick up my Canon SX40 (or iPhone). I am a simple "backyard poet", finding the grand in the everyday, and reveling in the natural and historical beauty right outside my own door. I live minutes from the beach in beautiful coastal Georgia, which never ceases to provide amazing ideas for poems and photography. Everywhere I look, I see a poem and/or a photo, and so I created Coastal Poetography as a way to share both of my passions.