Maine Memories - Tapa blanda

If you've always wanted to travel through Maine, from its unique coastline to its rugged mountains, or wish to remember past visits to this special place, let Maine Memories transport you. This book of poetry has something for everyone.

Let its glorious post card display of Maine' unique beauty, take you on a scenic journey in verse, from the mountains of Maine, inland north and west, to the towns of Danforth and Belgrade. Let it take you all the way to the coast of Maine, from the mid-coast town of Camden, to the far flung islands of Acadia. Journey into the Bar Harbor Region with its mountains and tall white lighthouses. Enjoy the highlights of the seasons: autumn, winter, summer and spring. Follow, reader, on a journey along coastal and inland roads with their magnificent ocean views and snow draped scenery, transporting you through the quiet solitude of Maine.

Anyone who has enjoyed staying in Vacationland, will no doubt enjoy reading Maine Memories.

Dorothy Gross has been writing poetry since she was a teenager. Her first poem, 'Nature's Lullaby,' was written while she was a Junior at Haverford High School in Pennsylvania. Published then in the school quarterly, Pen and Ink, the poem has since been reworked and appears in its final form in this book, as the poem 'Adieu.' Gross' poetry has appeared in Maine Life Magazine, Bittersweet Magazine, and in Grits, as well as in the Advertiser Democrat, a weekly newspaper located in Norway, Maine. In addition to writing poetry, the author was an Area Correspondent for the Sun Journal, a regional newspaper located in Lewston, Maine. Her human interest and history articles have appeared in the Advertiser Democrat, The Bangor Daily News, and in Maine Life Magazine. Gross is a member of The Academy of American Poets, and her poem, The Gem, was published in the anthology Dimensions of Thought in 1997. Dorothy Gross moved to Maine in the mid-sixties and calls Maine home. In addition to writing poems and articles, she is the mother of four children and eight grandchildren and is still exhilarated by the unique beauty of her adopted state.