“Moosehead by Moonlight”
Poem and watercolor by Bette A. Stevens © 2012
Inspired by a camping trip to Moosehead Lake in Greenville, ME
Aster alpinus (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Final Performance
by Bette A. Stevens © 8/29/2012
While asters, purple tutus donned
With velvet yellow crowns
Ballet to cricket violins,
Sway tiptoe in their gowns;
A golden orb in treetops rests
The stage a soft pale blue
And I among their audience
Too soon must say, “Adieu!”
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- On my nature walks, I sometimes take a small pad and pencil and jot down word picture nuggets for my poems. ~Bette A. Stevens
September Morning
North winds whisk the clouds away
Towering trees in fall array
Purples, golds an firy reds
All throughout Maine’s forests spread
Brook’s a place where minnows play
Dart past leaves that drift and sway
Bluejays chat, expounding tales
Of summer past and coming gales
Starched white towers climb the sky
Reminding all that autumn’s nigh
(copyright 9/22/2012 Bette A. Stevens)
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Ageless Amenities
Copyright -October 2012- Bette A. Stevens
Hiking Mount Battie in October (Camden, ME 2012)
Sandstone,
mudstone,
granite
and
basalt.
Step
by
step
I
climb
archaic rock.
The Ice Crystal Robe
~Poem by Bette A. Stevens © January 1, 2013~
I collected word nuggets for The Ice Crystal Robe several years ago. Last week I shot the photograph for this post when one of our lilac trees was shimmering like a gemstone in winter’s early morning sunlight after a storm. ~Bette A. Stevens~
The Ice Crystal Robe
Royal Finery,
glistening diamond ropes
embellish bare arms.
Her ice crystal robe
disappears by mid-morning.
Lilac stands naked.
Comments on: "My Poetry" (11)
I like these. I would like to place a couple of your poems on Kid Lit Reviews for the holidays, if you do any. My readers would love them. I am positive of this. I will check back.
Thanks so much for the comment and the offer. I’m a newly published writer and former teacher. I love to write poetry. Poetry was a great way to get my students writing and researching in little nuggets. Please check back and thanks, again.
Hi, KidLitReviews: Wishing you Happy Holidays and wanted to let you know that I would love to have you put some of my poems on KitLitReviews… You can email me at bettestevens@tds.net if you like. THANKS! Bette A. Stevens
Oh boy! That’s a beautiful piece.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, Paul.
[...] My Poetry [...]
your words and photos take me back to when i owned some Maine acreage 30 years ago, about 50 miles south of Mt. Katahdin. a truly blessed place Maine, the evergreen and rocky shoreline, the wildlife and plantscape. wish i still had that land but i will live vicariously through your words. wonderful poems, i wanted to place ‘likes’ on the previous poems but was unable to activate a link.
so consider this a blanket like for them as well, i’ll be back to work my way through some of your older work. thank you for all your likes and follow, it means a lot to this novice.
enjoy and keep the::::light::::
MANY THANKS…Your note made my day!
Ha, your reply just made my night!
Beautiful, just beautiful.
I tried reading your PURE TRASH story. My curiosity is peaked now it is password protect!!
PW is Bette… Would love to hear what you think about the story (which will be a chapter in my debut novel). I’m still working on formatting the text and the book cover. Plan to release in late June or July. Also, you can email me at bettestevens@tds.net if you need any more info. THANKS, again!