Guest author: Bette A. Stevens ~ My Maine … a new book!
I’m working on my new book—MY MAINE, Haiku through the seasons and hope to release my haiku collection before year’s end. AUTHORS: Are you launching a new book? Be sure to check out author/blogger Sue Vincent’s gracious offer to lend a hand. You’ll find it at the end of this post. Be sure to click through… Sue and I would love to hear from you. Thanks. ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
My upcoming collection of haiku reflects the Maine I know and love. Here is a sampling of several stanzas from the section Autumn Leaves. I hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. I plan to have the entire collection edited, formatted and published before year’s end. ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
Autumn Leaves
(Selected samples fromMY MAINE, Haiku Through the Seasons by Bette A. Stevens)
Washed across woodlands
Blazing brush transforms the world
Into a canvas
Church steeples flashing
Like beacons across mural
Of the Master’s hand
Climb to the summit
Ascending steep timbered trails
Foliage at peak
Crispy, crunchy leaves
Frolic in the wind
Carnival classics
Skycastle ensigns—
Clever couriers announce
The coming tempest
Harvesting, mulching
Gardener’s work never done
But oh, the rewards
Cinnamon, nutmeg
Pumpkin confections abound
Connoisseur’s delight
Window panes clatter
Leaves scatter in the whirlwind
Green fields turned umber
Drifting off…
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
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on 11/08/2018