Sunflower Alley Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sunflower Alley

original watercolor sunflower field

Good Vibrations

i love the way

on a late august day

 the sun reaches down

to gather around

my sunflower girls

with their gold-yellow curls

and their skirts made of leaves

swaying in the breeze...

the birds of the air

and the insects working there

create a vibration

a vibrato celebration

as they all harmonize

their praise to the skies...

i’m thankful to be

by this shimmering sea

and grateful to hear

this music of the spheres

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The Bertie Bunch Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Bertie Bunch

original watercolor flowers: 9" x 12"

as summer reclines

in translucent honey haze

autumn comes alive

with transparent amber days

inky blue nights

fill infinite skies

cool winds collide

pushing summer aside

from translucent to transparent

these transitions are inherent 

seasons come and they go

with their foibles quite apparent

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Wild and Crazy Girls

My wild and crazy girls

Their golden manes unfurled

Are doin’ the Lindy Hop

A dance they like a lot

Over/under,  push and pull

Oh they are such dancin’ fools

The waltz is good for other girls

Who want to keep their perfect curls

But my girls do not really care

About the state of their fair hair

Nor do they ever fret

If they break out in sweat 

‘Cause my girls in the sun

Just wanna have fun!

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 8" x 11"

summer is waning

i do hate to say

it wasn’t the best-est

in many a way

oh, some days were great

clear skies to the moon

the sun dripping rays

sunflowers in bloom

but some days were WET

with water drenched air

rain forest-y, yes

oppressive, you bet

still…summer’s the time

when memories shine

and life seems a bit 

more civilized, kind

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Com-Posers in the Clouds Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers in the Clouds

original watercolor sunflowers: 8" x 11"

Plein Air Posers

Sophie and I 

Are painting plein air 

Under bright sunny skies

On a day so fair

Our sunflowers primp and preen

While we apply the sunscreen

Then get right to work

As we quench our paper’s thirst

With lots of water, that’s our technic

‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!

Bleeding colors, water marks

Lights contrasting with darkest darks...

Working quickly, we’re in a hurry

(We try not to worry

Will this be a keeper

Or one we will bury?)

Well, Sophie girl

What do you think

She nodded and smiled

And gave me a wink!  

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The Headlands in August Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Headlands in August

original watercolor seascape Rockport, MA: 8" x 11"

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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Itty Bitty Ditties Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Itty Bitty Ditties

original watermedia sunflowers: 4 1/2" x  7 1/2"

Adagio Dance...

It’s a scorcher today

With intensive sun rays

 My sunflowers have stopped 

Their jitterbug hop

Choosing caution instead

With a rest in their bed

But before they retire

They’re feeling inspired

By their many dine-ees

To try if by chance

The Adagio Dance

They sway with the breeze

Take two steps, then three

Twirl and lift up their leaves

Bid the finches and bees

Come feast on our seeds

Sip nectar if they please

It’s a slow dance, you see

For the birdies and bees 

Those flighty dine-ees

And admiring garden-ees

Sophie and me!

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Comrad Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Berie Brown

Comrad Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 14"

Cold Front

the windows I’m closin’

my sunflowers need  hosin’

it’s blisterin hot

not one cold spot

‘cept here by the door

of the freezer in the store

where i pretend to stock up

on creamsicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 5" x 7 1/2"

Good Vibrations

i love the way

on a late august day

 the sun reaches down

to gather around

my sunflower girls

with their gold-yellow curls

and their skirts made of leaves

swaying in the breeze...

the birds of the air

and the insects working there

create a vibration

a vibrato celebration

as they all harmonize

their praise to the skies...

i’m thankful to be

by this shimmering sea

and grateful to hear

this music of the spheres

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 4 1/2" x 8 1/2"

A Pleasin’ Reason for the Girls in Season

You’re probably bored

After all you’ve endured

These paintings of girls

And their golden curls

They do love to preen

In their gold and green

They freely admit

They’re a bit narcissist

So I stay the course

With no due remorse

Posting these pix

‘Cause they just insist

They must know the drill

The need they fulfill  

Their beauty will fade

As cool winds invade

So as the fall season

Begins that’s the reason

I post and I hope

 The paintings are pleasin’

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Creative Sewing by Bertie Brown

Creative Sewing for the Back to School Grandies

Absolutely Resolute

i’m absolutely certain

some truth is indisputable

and strictly put imputable

so don’t go all refutable

i don’t want your rebuttable 

that verbal psycho-babbable

you’re so above reproachable

and also un-correctable

but that’s just irresponsible

and truly indefensible

we could be more sympatico

if you weren’t so emphatico

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Piano Man Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Piano Man

original watercolor w/horn, piano, violin, Mozart: 11" x 14"

The Maestro’s Woes

Horns near the backdrop

The Strings own the front spots

Right in the center

Are the Woodwind renters

Drums and percussion

Beat out the instructions

Harp and Celesta 

Join in their discussions...

Playing together for better or worse

Learning the music

They all must rehearse

Perfecting rhythms

Some tricky, some fun

All of the orchestra

Playing as one...

Allegretto

Meno mosso

And Con Brio, too

Mezzo, Piano, Fortissimo Piu

We love all those ways 

To play!

Tubas and trombones

Will fight for their turf

Oboes with puffed cheeks

Look ready to burst

Flutes, Clarinets

The Violas, Trumpets

All so polite 

As they try not to fight.....

Instruments waiting for Maestro to cue

Watching the down beat

His hand in their view

A Violin shrieks

A clarinet squeaks

Scowls from the Maestro

But onward they go...

When notes don’t sing

From the high strings

Or a horn butts in

The music continues

The Maestro in tow

The audience shouts

“Bravo!”

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Gas From the Past Landscape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Gas From the Past

original watercolor landscape: 11" x 14

a summer’s romance

that time to relax

glance forward, just a bit

but never look back...

jasmine and honeysuckle

sweet scents of seduction

flirty fireflies wink

quick bursts of combustion

warm summer nights

a cashmere caress

sun-drenched daylight

cool linen, dazzling white

 'tis summer’s sun-dance

these days go by fast

so enjoy while it lasts....

care to join me, by chance

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 14" x 14"

Ackkk!

 the sun’s in retreat 

giving me the cold shoulder

our summer romance

is apparently over

gone are the sundrops

warming my face

menacing shadows

have taken their place

 cobalt blue breezes 

rustle about

autumn is coming

of that there’s no doubt

my sunflowers are ruined

their beauty in tatters

seeds, petals, leaves

lie tossed about, scattered

i notice the dance 

of those spurious squirrels

as they snatch the remains

of my golden sun girls

more quickly than ants

at a picnic, they advance

and I thought that finches

were sunflower grinches!

now I’m left all alone

‘neath a dry, crumbling wall

where my sunflowers had stood

majestic and tall

so my task is to wait

for this fact I hold dear

they’ll be back next year

with more summertime cheer!

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Com-Posers Sunflower and Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Lyrical Landscape: 9" x 12

Com-Posers: 11" x 14"

original watercolor landscape and sunflowers

Sunflowers

sienna brown faces

sporting golden sun bonnets

reading Emily's quirky poems

and Edna's soaring sonnets

their leaves a canopy

of swirling skirts, it seems to me 

and stems so tall and true

standing proud on high heeled shoe   

with much grace they selflessly 

spill sweet nectar, share their seeds

while the birds and butterflies

and buzzing bees do drink and dine

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