Bliss Carman Archives

Bliss Carman’s hymn to asters, sumach, and the pageant of passing days

William Bliss Carman, a prominent Canadian poet.

by Bliss Carman Shall we not grow with the asters? – Never reluctant nor sad, Not counting the cost of being, Living to dare and be glad. Shall we not lift with the crickets A chorus of ready cheer, Braving the frost of oblivion, Quick to be happy here? The deep red cones of the…

October 22, 2019 A Garden-Themed Wedding, Forager Gin, Helen Clay Frick, Edwin Way Teale, Discovering Vanilla, David Douglas, Bliss Carman, The Sanctuary of My Garden by Fotoula Reynolds, Last Call for Houseplants, and 4th-Grade Botany

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News A garden-history love story bloomed at London’s Asylum Chapel—an older couple brought together by 18th-century plant exchange research and Peter Collinson, then dressed the chapel…

The Scarlet of Maples: Bliss Carman’s autumn vision in verse

A Japanese Red Maple tree, also known as Acer palmatum.

by Bliss Carman The scarlet of maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills to see the frosty asters like smoke upon the hills. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. William Bliss…