I’m late today, but that seems to be the case with more frequency lately. I blame Autumn. Time and again, her drama stops me in my tracks. Case in point: along the river on my commute yesterday morning:

I mean, how can you not stop for that!?

Or the day before, in the same spot, when sunrise was just licking the tops of the trees and the river mist was doing its thing:

At any rate, I’ve been having loads of fun filling up my cup with autumn’s bounty. Then, I have the additional joy of creating image poems. Here are a few recent ones:

perched on live wires
a hawk surveys autumn fields
telegraphs intent

©Molly Hogan

Garden Drama

sunflowers’ autumn show
augmented by zinnia cameos
and sporadic cosmos applause

©Molly Hogan

Cosmetics

a basin of geraniums
atop the steps
of the old farmhouse

a splash of lipstick
on a wrinkled facade

©Molly Hogan

Here’s hoping that your autumn is also filled with blessings! This week’s Poetry Friday is hosted by Jama Rattigan at Jama’s Alphabet Soup. Be sure to stop by and fill your bucket with some poetry!

I always enjoy interweaving my photographs and writing, and lately, I’ve been playing around with image poems again. For me, they are the perfect format for a quick dip into poetry, when the return to the classroom has taken a voracious bite out of my available writing time.

sun-kindled spotlight
summer day finale
hydrangea’s swan song

©Molly Hogan

gilded ferns
usher in summer evenings
autumn in the wings

©Molly Hogan

This week’s Poetry Friday Roundup is hosted by Carol Varsalona at her blog, Beyond Literacy Link. She’s offering a poetic farewell to Summer.