Musical View Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Musical View

original still like watercolor w/violin. oranges, glass: 12" x 12"

there’s rhythm in blues

and violins, too

i'm just hoping that

there’s payment in cash

i'd take a bank note 

but i am no fool

i like to be paid

on delivery day

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Home Portrait Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Home Portrait

original watercolor: 10" x 14"

Sophie and I know

that sometimes it’s best

to simply allow

a painting to rest

it may just be done

'cause there are intense

and beautiful hues

that seem to make sense

we want to be sure

we have to confess

that this work secures

it’s soulful-ishness

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Winter Blues Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Winter Blues

original watercolors still life w/sunflowers, apples, lemon, violin: 15" x 15"

Winter Blues

oh, how i long for June or July

and summer sunshine

filling the sky

this season of cold 

has taken it’s hold

with harsh winds awailin’

and snow flakes asailin’

this winter’s so long

it’s long in the tooth

let’s give it a shove

let’s give it the boot!

i’m sportin’ my mitties

and ear muffs indoors

wool sweaters and wristies

but still i need more

each year winter’s gittin’

too hard to endure

i should be just sittin'

on some southern shore

instead i’ve got blankets 

piled high on my lap

i’m ready, in fact

for a mid-winter’s nap……

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June Tune Watercolors by Bertie Brown

June Tune

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, lemon, apples: 10" x 14"

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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January Thaw Watercolors by Bertie Brown

January Thaw

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, apples, lemon: 10" x 14"

Spring Musical

oh spring

is the thing

we hope for in November

long for in December

lose in January

right through February

cry for in March

die for in April

can’t wait one more day

for the merry month of May

and still cold temps cling

to every bloomin’ thing!

so when the month of June

bursts suddenly into view

I look around and smile

and bid stay with me awhile

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June Muse Watercolors by Bertie Brown

June Muse

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, apples, lemon: 11" x 15"

this winter’s so long

it’s long in the tooth

let’s give it a shove

let’s give it the boot!

my heating bill’s HUGE

yet my house is cold

i’m grumpy like Scrooge

with a frozen billfold…

there’s snow on my roof

and ice in my veins

my fingers, i’ve proof

are going insane!

they’re sending their prints

to sunnier climes

i think i’ll insist

i join them in this

we’ll drive ’til we find

a welcoming spot

long on sunshine

with no winter bite!

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