Happy #WorldPoetryDay! ~ Bette A. Stevens
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author
Inspired by nature, I love to walk to down the brook. It’s only a quarter-mile from “The Farmstead” here in Central Maine and no matter the weather or season, the sights and sounds of the water and the abundance of nature’s bounty always manage to refresh my soul and often inspire the writer child within me. The photo for the poem Brook Songs was taken last fall. As the autumn season nears a new dawning, I put pen to paper for a draft before designing the poem on the computer. ~ Bette A. Stevens, Maine author/illustrator
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Comments on: "“Happy World Poetry Day!” BROOK SONGS a poem by Bette A. Stevens" (57)
Your poetry is beautiful, Bette. I have always wanted to visit Maine. I’m going to make it a point to do so sooner rather than later. ❤
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Thanks for your lovely note, dear Vashti! ❤ Maine is magic… I know you'll love it! xo
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Ahhhh! I feel like I was there. And I certainly WISH I was. Lovely poem. xo
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Thanks and hugs, Pam! ❤ xx
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A beautiful poem, Bette, and I love the picture.
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Thank you, Robbie! ❤ xo
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Beautiful words for a beautiful place, Bette. Just lovely and so tranquil. 💗
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Thank you, Lauren. Blessings and love to you and yours as we embark on a new spring adventure! ❤ xo
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❤️❤️❤️
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What a beautiful poem and photo, Bette! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks so much, Jan. ❤ Sending lots of love your way…
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A beautiful, magical poem. In my mind I was at the brook, enjoying all the sights and smells and gentle noises.
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Thanks so much for your visit and lovely note, Karen… May your seasons all be magical! ❤ xo
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Thank you for sharing a part of your world with lovely words and pictures!!… “Life gives us brief moments with another, but sometimes in those brief moments we get memories that last a lifetime, So live that your memories will be part of your happiness.” (Author Unknown)… 🙂
Until we meet again..
May flowers always line your path
and sunshine light your way,
May songbirds serenade your
every step along the way,
May a rainbow run beside you
in a sky that’s always blue,
And may happiness fill your heart
each day your whole life through.
(Irish Saying)
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Wishing you the same, dear Larry! Thanks so much for stopping by to help me mark the seasons. ❤
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I love the lake and (sometimes) a bubbly brook in our preserve. We are so fortunate to have the nurture of nature. Hallelujah! Very beautiful ode to spring and the cycles of seasons, Bette!
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Thanks so much, dear Marian… ❤ How blessed we are! xo
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Thank you for this Bette. 😁
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Thank YOU, John! 💞 May your blessings abound.
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To you s well, Bette.
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🙏🙏🙏 together with nature!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Happy World Poetry Day to you, too, Bette!
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Thank you, Rosaliene! ❤
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Brook songs are beautiful in each season Bette. Enjoy the bliss and thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much, Balroop! ❤ Sending lots of love your way…
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I’d be going there often. So beautiful. To meditate and be one with nature is a wonderful thing. I’m going to say this again, Maine is a state I would love to visit.
Have a fabulous day and week, Bette. ♥
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Wishing you a fabulous day and week too, Sandee! 💞 Maine’s magic is sure to liven the spirit and soothe the soul… xo
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You are blessed to have such inspiration and we are blessed that you share your good fortune! ❤
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Thanks and hugs, dear Annette! 💞
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Hi,
I could see the changing of the seasons in my mind as I read your poem. It is short and yet it paints so many pictures that also compare to the changes we go through in life.
Thank you. I love this one. I also figured out what I was doing wrong with receiving your blog posts.
This one came directly into my email.
Shalom aleiichem
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Dear Pat,
Thanks for your sweet note and for the follow-up on subscribing…
May your seasons always be bright and beautiful, my friend!
Hugs,
Bette
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Felt so wonderful reading your amazing poem on the beauty of nature, Bette. Such a beautiful painting too. Lovely.
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Thanks so much, Kamal… 💞
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You are always welcome dear Bette ❤️❤️❤️😊
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How lovely, Bette, to have nature’s beauty close by for your inspirational walk. ❤️
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Blessed and grateful… Nature never goes out of season! ❤ Sending lots of love your way, Eugenia!
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Thank you, Bette! ❤️
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What a beautiful place to walk, captured so well in photograph and words.
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Feeling blessed all around, Norah! Thanks so much for your lovely note… ❤ Blessings and to you and yours, my friend. xo
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Thank you, Bette. 🙂
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Bette, a heavenly location and no wonder your daily walks take you to the brook! You’ve conveyed its magnificence with poetic wonder and at the same time taking us beyond this earth! Wonderful, my friend! Xx
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Thanks so much for your lovely note, dear Annika… Blessed and grateful– for the bounties of nature’s wonders and thoughtful friends like you. 💞 May your blessings abound! xo
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Wonderful, Bette. The picture in itself is poetry and you hVe enriched it with your hymnal
poem to nature.
Miriam
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Dear Miriam, thank you for your sweet note… 💞 Blessings and love, my friend.
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I love this, Bette!
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Thanks so much, Becky! 💞 Hugs…
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lovely
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Thanks so much, Beth! ❤ xo
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Same to you!
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Thanks, Andrew!
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You’re welcome.
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Such a beautiful poem, Bette. Thank you for sharing. xo
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Thanks, dear Jill! ❤ xo
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A quarter mile! How glorious. Beautiful poem, Bette.
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Glorious indeed… The brook is a place where I stopped to meditate during my walks and where I took two of my grands to explore whenever they stopped by for a visit. So glad you stopped by to check it out! ❤ Hugs & Happy World Poetry Day, Jacqui. xo
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I would love to have a brook on my walking route.
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