Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 17"

Creature Comforts

fat and sassy, finches golden

buzzing bees, their bellies bulgin'

full to bursting butterflies

nap and snooze ‘neath sunny skies

sated creatures one and all

thank those girls who stand so tall

these are the days we’ve waited for

and when they’re gone, we’ll long for more…

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 14" x 11"

Gold Finches - No Innocence Mission

oh those finches

such sunflower grinches

dangling on the edge 

of my sunflowers heads

they yank off the petals

that fall to my feet

and devour those seeds

a summertime treat

then off they flee

 through the air to their lairs.... 

after such a fiesta,

they need a siesta! 

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 17"

a bevy of bees

sip nectar, sneak about

balletic butterflies

nibble coyly, wings spread out

we’re down in the ‘hood’
the ambience, good
we all share this space
extolling its' grace
but finches, those grinches
just don’t play the game
they swoop in a fury
causing many to scurry
the petals they strip
snip nip and rip
the shells from the seeds
they spit at my feet
fine-ly they flee
those snippy birdies
and all of us "B"s
are grateful returnees
it all happens here
this summer fiesta
at BB’s Belly deli
my haven of resta!
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Some Enchanted Evening Landscape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Some Enchanted Evening

original watercolor landscape: 11" x 15"

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A View From the High C’s

Is where I’ll be

With sketchbook in hand

Though it’s not what I planned

As I once took my place

In the second horn space

Or I  played in the band

Or a show

With the pit crew way below...

But this view’s not so bad

There’s no stress to be had

Here in the Fulton’s lofty lairs

Above the balcony

And second stairs

Now the music that surrounds

These halls and abounds

Gives my drawings their sound

And I’m glad just to see

This view from the high C’s...

BB’10

huh? now wait

it’s okay?

not so, 

i’m afraid

this view’s getting old

my heart’s growing cold

‘though art feeds the soul

creatively, i’m told 

but music, for me

gave generously

and filled up that need

that let me, be me

oh yes, i am blessed

and thankful no less

my paintings abound

so i’m not bereft

still

 there lives a space

an empty embrace

where melodies waste

there’s no music, not a trace

so i’ve gotta see

what i’ve gotta do

to get back to me

some lost harmony

BB’15

Guardin' Girl Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Guardin' Girl : 8" x 11" 

Com-Posers: 15" x 15"

original watercolor sunflowers and landscape

Eminent Domain

is eminent domain

something finches disdain

as they each stake their claim

to my sunflowers’ fame

don’t they have a clue

I have etiquette rules

they routinely eschew

behaving so RUDE

I’d tell them to flee

‘cause they’re making a scene

and a mess at my feet

spitting shells from their beaks

but they are rather cute

in their black and gold suits

and their hollers and hoots

sound like piccolo flutes!

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Summer Sisters Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Summer Sisters

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 15"

Goldfinch Grinch

My sunflower girls

Never use my sunblock 

Nor do they apply

 Suntan lotion a lot

They’re naturally golden

Their brown faces boastin’

Their fearless devotion

To sunshine in motion

But there are some days

They have to confess

A shot of pest spray

Would be their best bet

For shoo-ing away 

Gold finches of prey

‘Cause finches 

Are Grinches

As they yank pull and splay

The petals and bonnets

My sunflowers boast

In my poems and sonnets

Why couldn’t they just

Gather seeds without fuss.... 

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 14"

What HO!

say it’s not so

that sound that i hear

humming tunes that i fear

and what’s that i see

in the scene before me

a dry sculpted shell

of a locust…what the ‘L?

it’s just but July

my mind fairly cries

i need lots more time

and summer sunshine

what solace i find

in sunflowers is mine

so locusts, you stop

your late summer talk

my backyard’s all dressed

and dandied it’s best

so let me enjoy

my well deserved rest

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Com-Posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers:11" x 14"

Cavalier about Cheer

my sunflower girls 

have got to admit

they long for a world

where they could just sit

they’ve got but one shoe

though it’s a great fit

a minute without it

would help quite a bit

their long leggy-ness

can cause some back strain

and slight dizzy-ness

or dull aching pain

but stand there they do

displaying such cheer

for one month or two

this time of the year

it’s quite cavalier

and exhausting, I fear!

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Anasquam Light, Gloucester, MA Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Anasquam Light

original watercolor seascape/ Annasquam Lighthouse, G;oucester, MA : 8" x 10"

Symphony in Sea Major

Lobster buoys afloat

Lighthouses as beacons

 Decorating the coast

Sublime northern light

Enveloping the sights

While dancing on tides

Tossing boats and floats

From side to side

Cormorants and gulls

Line up on the rocks

By the boats, or the docks

As they noisily wait

For some leftover bait

Granite boulders endure

Protecting the shore

Applauding the sea
BRAVO!

What a glorious symphony!

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor w/sunflowers, hydrangeas: 14" x 15" / 11" x 14"

summer solstice

‘tis mid-summer to soon

what happened to June?

and July’s on the run

yet it’s hardly begun!

i don’t know about you

but I’m gonna assume

you’re distraught just like me

‘cause we love summer’s ease

i’m thinking we might

have to put up a fight

so when summertime ends

let’s begin it again

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