“Final Performance” A Seasonal Transitions Poem by Bette A. Stevens
As summer comes to a close in Maine, autumn breezes usher in The Pine Tree State’s new season… These Fall Asters along the roadside inspired my poem “Final Performance.”
Final Performance
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!”
© Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
Find more of Bette’s poetry and photography—and savor the timeless tranquility of “The Pine Tree State” in MY MAINE, Haiku through the Seasons
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 10/02/2019