Welcome to Poetry Friday, this week hosted by photographer and poet, Carol, Here at her blog Beyond Literacy. Thank you for hosting, Carol.
I have been busy revising my novel in verse after a trusted friend read it. When I began writing, over twenty years ago, I had no idea how long it would take me to become a writer. But I’ve finally fictionalized members of my family and have enjoyed getting to know them and myself as characters.
Soon I’ll be traveling out west again to visit my son and I’ll be looking for pictures and poems to share. But today, I will share something beautiful in my yard. These flowers are fading, but that seems to add more beauty. There a diversity in color here, shades of brown against the yellow and green.
BLACK-EYED SUSANS IN FALL September colors, different hues-- Do I see the best of you? Your eyes so shocking, in a yellow blaze each flower in its autumn faze. . But still you seem, quite calm, unrushed, and settled in the evening hush. © Janice Scully 2023 (Draft)