En Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

En Plein Air

original watercolor plein air works: 8" x 10"

some Studio B fun

yes, the time had now come

to get the lead out

and get these things done

we know that they’re small

 and quirky, that too

plus, they’re priced to sell

you need one, don’t you??

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Spring is in the Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Spring is in the Air

original watercolor still life w/lamp, flowers, apple: 10" x 14"

Sophie’s Sun Sack

remember back when

we played in the sun

yes summer was then

days so full of fun

and do you recall

you looked up to ask

could we pack it all

up tight in a sack

we’d store it away

then open that pack

on a cold winter’s day

for a sun bathing nap!

(Today was that day!)

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Mamie's Lamp Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Mamie's Lamp

original watercolor still life w/lamp, flowers, candy dish: 13" x 16"

an item of hers

a few of my own

some are just borrowed

I’ve got them on loan

those years, 92!

amazingly quick

filled every last nook

and cranny I think

and now as I sort

through the stuff she held dear

will I at long last

go joyfully, not fear?

it’s one out of one

that’s how it’s been done

since time has begun

it can’t be outrun

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This Little Light of Mine Watercolors by Bertie Brown

This Little Light of Mine

original watercolor still life w/violin, flowers, lamp: 10" x 14"

just wonderin'....

is it musically correct

to combine different sects

of instruments, no less

to create a new sound

or a work of renown

going outside the bounds

of traditional ground?

or must we conform

to a list of reform

that keeps us secure

in our circuitous norm...

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Classy Brass Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Classy Brass

original watercolor still life w/horn, trumpet: 18" x 22"

Bobbie Corno

an alias don’cha know

doesn’t tiptoe around

like others he’s found

but plays out right proud

and oft’ times quite loud

‘cause really, why doubt

and fumble about

with 16 feet of tubing

and a bell worthy of spewing

forth plenty of sound

more beauteous, unbound

than others, hands down!

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Dynamic Duo Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Dynamic Duo

original watercolor musical motif w/horn, trumpet: 18" x 22"

Chicken Tricks

you cannot be chicken

if you play french horn

unless you are thinkin’

you’d like a good lickin’

when that horn does balk

sounding out a loud squawk

and Beethoven rolls over

as you shrug your shoulder

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Coupled Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Coupled

original watercolor: 9" x 12"

Play Away

it’s really okay

to chill out and play

we all know we should

(that is understood)

but still we forget

and totally get

ourselves in fun debt

we think if we could 

buy us some fun

then surely we would 

feel wonderf’ly good 

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The Soloist Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Soloist

original watercolor w/trumpet player: 9" x 12"

the trumpet's such a brassy fellow

when played he sings notes high, not mellow

when muted 

 a new sound's instituted

and when there’s nothing left to play

he simply packs himself away

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UpTown Girl Watercolors by Bertie Brown

UpTown Girl

watercolor cityscape: 9" x 12"

this world’s a porcupine

all sharp quills, sticking out

prickly, defensive

voices raised in deafening shouts

no generosity

nor compromise 

just hyper right-eousity

we're crumbling on the inside - 

gotta push the hate out........

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Furever Friend Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Furever Friend

original watercolor pet portrait: 9" x 12"

I forget

do gnus

rhyme with canoes

or mile high heeled shoes

and what is the need

if you could, tell me please

of the extra L'd Llama

for it’s silent, do you see

is it oh so much better

to own one more letter

than the Lama, actual-ly

or the Nu with no G

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