“Autumnal Archway” (HAIKU) by Bette A. Stevens
Autumnal Archway
Haiku by Bette A. Stevens
Summer gate closes
As autumn’s brilliant archway
Beckons—nature’s call
© Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
About the author
Maine author Bette A. Stevens pictured with a male Monarch butterfly drying its wings after emerging from its chrysalis.
Inspired by nature and human nature, author Bette A. Stevens is a retired elementary and middle school teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys reading, writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and families, for childhood literacy and for the conservation of monarch butterflies—an endangered species (and for milkweed, the only plant that monarch caterpillars will eat).
Stevens is the author of AMAZING MATILDA, an award-winning picture book about a monarch butterfly; The Tangram Zoo and Word Puzzles Too!, a home/school resource incorporating hands-on math and writing; and PURE TRASH, the short story prequel to her début novel, DOG BONE SOUP—a coming-of-age story and family drama set in 1950s and 60s New England.
Stevens is currently working on her first poetry book—MY MAINE, a seasonal haiku collection—which she plans to publish fall (2018).
- Find out more about the author and take a “Look Inside” her books at http://viewauthor.at/BetteAStevens
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 09/27/2018