Rockport Rendezvous, MA Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rockport Rendezvous

original watercolor seascapes/ Bearskin Neck; The Headlands; Rockport, MA

Symphony in Sea Major

Lobster buoys afloat

 As art dotting coves and boats

Decorating New England’s coast

With quirky colors its fishermen boast

And sublime northern light

Envelopes the sights

While dancing on tides

That toss those 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 edge the shores

Firm foundations that endure

An applauding boisterous sea
BRAVO!

What a glorious symphony!

Beyond Bearskin Neck Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Beyond Bearskin Neck

original watercolor seascape/ Bearskin Neck, Rockport MA: 9" x 12"

Lobsterman Shacks

Floats, traps

Lobsterman snacks

Ropes, tacks

Fishing knick-knacks

Boots, slickers

Lobsterman knickers

I bet there’s a place 

For trusty duct tape

And WD 40

They’ve got it, surely

All this and more

Behind windows and doors

Filling crannies and nooks

And hanging on hooks

So remember this stuff 

When you’re all in a huff

As you pay lots of bucks

For that Lobster you thought

cost way too darn much

At the boat dock co-op!

BB

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Rockport MA Harbor Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rockport MA Harbor

original watercolor seascape/Rockport, MA : 9" x 12"

Buoy Joy

Buoys will be buoys

In all shapes and sizes

Just like us girls

Despite our disguises

Buoys are like boxers

Ducking and weaving

Treading ocean waters

With strong currents heaving

The stripes that they wear

Go round and around

They look quite rotund

 But they don’t much care

They do a sun dance

Giving tides not a glance

They’re anchored from below

And they won’t let go

They do their job joyously

Behaving so buoy-ishly!

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original: 5" x 7"

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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Com-Poser Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Poser

original watercolor sunflower: 9" x 12"

The Golden Girls

my sunflower deli

has finally closed

the frailty of my girls

is sadly exposed 

gone are the bonnets

framing each face

like Emily’s sonnets

they’ve fallen from grace

their once dripping nectar

has all but been drawn

their glorious beauty

vanished, gone

the busy bumble bees

have packed their suitcases

backpacking butterflies

have flown to new places

and have you-all noticed

those feisty goldfinches

have suddenly fled

good riddance, you grinches!

so farewell, Golden Girls

of this i am certain

it’s that time of year

to draw summer’s curtain....

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Music'ly Reclined Musical Still life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Music'ly Reclined

original watercolor still life w/violin: 10" x 12"

there could be misconceptions

some slight depth perceptions

a misappropriation

and no negotiation

it was not enhanced

renounced at a glance

embellished or squellished

not even a chance

it’s just but a day

in the neighborhood i’d say

so onward i press

in search of success…

BB'15

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Still Summer Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Still Summer

original watercolor still life w/tomatoes, bottles, coffee pot: 15" x 15"

with summer concludin'

my house is exudin'

a welcoming style

so do come on in

and visit awhile

i’ll put on some tunes

how’s Beethoven for you?

and we can create

our own unique view

in my small art room

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