The Color of Shadows

A collection of 69 poems, this is Carol Townsend's second published book of poetry (after her chapbook, A Cinder in My Knee, published in 2016 by Buffalo Arts Publishing).

Just as the color temperature of shadows changes according to latitude, time of day or year, so too the poems of Townsend's second full-length collection mirror life's experiences. She invites us to share these ephemeral traces--quirky, sexy, tragic and darkly humorous in turn, which are often filtered through the lens of nature.

Carol Townsend received her BS in Art from Nazareth College of Rochester and her BFA in Applied Design in Ceramics from Ohio University. She is an Associate Professor of Art and Design and former Chair of the Design Department at the State University College of New York at Buffalo. As an award winning ceramicist and mixed media artist, her works are represented in numerous collections. She has been a frequent participant in the Chautauqua Writers' Center poetry workshops and has served on the board of the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends. One of her poems was first runner up in the 2019 National Carolyn Forche Prize competition sponsored by Waterwood Press. An avid gardener and photographer, she resides with her husband, John, and dachshund, Max, in Snyder, New York.