Shack Attack Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Shack Attack

original en plein air watercolor w/shack: 10" x 15"

Harmo-nious Perso-nious

went out for a run 

this very fine day

had lots to be done

stuff that gets in the way

of some fun in the sun

but nature’s libretto

called out ceremo-nious

in pleasing vibrato

a sound tremolo-nious

twas something I sought to

experience in perso-nious

and when I got done

on this very fine day

from my run in the sun

I was all tuned up and completely harmo-nious

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor w/Sunflowers: 15" x 15"

In the Blooming

my bed of sunflowers

prepping for hours

is all set to host

an end of summer toast

boasting nectar so sweet

tasty seeds, what a treat

for our faithful dine-ees

all feasting happily

dragonflies, bumble bees

butterflies, those drama queens

golden finches, reformed grinches

heady heat waves

shimmer and sway 

hovering o’er

 this late summer day

i wave goodbye 

as they pack up, they try

to smile through their sighs

then southward they fly

the long winter’s night

is approaching too soon

will they come back next June?

I hope so, I do....

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Complaining Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Complaining Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

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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Up The Spiral Staircase Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Up The Spiral Staircase

original plein air watercolor w/ barn, silo: 9" x 12"

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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Sophie's Sweet Talkin' Friends Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sophie's Sweet Talkin' Friends

original watercolor landscape w/figure, pony, burrow : 10" x 14"

Sophie and I 

are asking you-all

are buttercups high in cholesterol?

they glisten like butter

in their gold-yellow clusters

we think they’d taste great

and we’d be well fed

if we used them as spread

on our jelly bread

wouldn’t popcorn just popped

be better with hot

melted buttercups drizzled

all over the top?

is lobster that’s baked

in buttercup paste  

richer in flavor

more pleasing to taste?

Sophie and I

just giggled and said

we think that we’ll paint

her new friends instead!

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The Boettcher House Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Boettcher House

original en plein air watercolor: the Boettcher House: 10"x 14"

and this is the question

can I toss intention

and renounce all strife

at this stage of life?

could I, if you please,

watch daytime TV

munch crackers and brie

sip Long Isle Iced Teas

would I, do you see,

be happy with ease??

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Conspiring Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Conspiring Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 14"

 The Alley Rally

The Golden Girls have gathered to rally

Around my backyard 

The Sunflower Alley

Bending down to admire

All the portraits they inspired

“Ooh yes, I see

That one looks like me!”

They all nod to agree

And reminisce nostalgically

Remember back in the day

We had our young

And frivolous ways

We listened to be-bop

While catching sun-drops

 “Those were the days, my friend

We thought they'd never end”…

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