MartinMylin Homestead
original watercolor home portrait:10" x 14"
politics
ads, scams and tricks
even charities will be nixed
other than that
posting pix
of life and int’rests
and hum’rous
and wondrous
and artsy cool stuff
will always be read
and we can again
like this blogging trend
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ReJoice
original watercolor musical retreat: 9" x 12"
What Ho!
2000 twenty-one
is almost all done
and we peeps it seems
are still pressing on
tho’ normal it’s not
we've certainly got
the Right Stuff to thrive
'cause we're still alive!
with masks by the score
and vaxxed till we're sore
we're pushing the plague
back to it's cave
and tho it's not licked
and some are still sick
we plan to endure
till vict'ry is sure
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Pastoring Thru
original watercolor portrait: 8" x 10"
May your Christmas Bells
be shiny and bright
with melodies light
and harmonies tight
May each Christmas gift
remind you of this
The Babe in the stall
Is The Lord of us all...
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MaddyMae
original watercolor portrait: 9" x 12"
just keep tryin’, you say
so that’s what I do
not cease and desist
that’s never the way...
to break through the fray
you gotta hang tough
and paint every day
talent’s just not enough
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DisPeared
original watercolor still life w/peaars: 9" x 12"
i'm lookin' around
and here's what i’ve found
the fact is this
i’ve made a list
of works i love
that did not miss
the mark i set
for sure success
and though i know
bragadocio
is not allowed
i’ll not be cowed
i’ve got a LOT
that hit the spot
that’s great, you say
but not so, hey
it’s hard to paint
more-better-best
‘cause that’s a test
that makes me sweat
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PrePeared
original watercolor still life w/pears: 10" x 14"
Sophie Says
what ho
I really want to know
who’s lying in that manger bed
with a stable roof o’er His head
and why are there reindeer
flying in the night sky
with a guy in a sleigh
following close behind
And
there’s a tree in our house
with packages strewn about
that I’m not s’posed to touch
and there seems to be such
a decorating fuss
it’s confusing, you know
for a little kid so
I’ll just ask BB
I’m hoping that she
can explain it to me!
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ImPeared
original watercolor still life w/pears, bottles: 9" x 12"
C'mon Man
so we followed the rulz
like good boys ’n gulz
doubled our masks
and dosed up on vaxx
degermed to compulsion
followed science to exhaustion
and still those cooties
causing covid19
are ruling our days
and all of our ways
we’re barely allowed
to gather in crowds
those holiday feasts
have nearly deceased
and now we’ve been warned
our Christmas should be scorned
no celebratin' on earth
of our dear Saviour's birth....
FowlPlay
original watercolor chickens: 8" x 10"
Pecking Order
chickens are funny
their demeanors rarely sunny
it seems they’re addicted
and undeniably afflicted
with an un-named disease
or “condition” if you please
that affects their whole being
and fogs up their seeing
‘cause down in the pen
a red-head's the source
of a hen-pecked's remorse......
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Colder Com-Poser
original watercolor sunflower: 8" x 10"
Sophie and I know
that sometimes it’s best
to simply allow
a painting to rest
it may not be done
though 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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Bottle 'oWine
original watercolor still life w/bottles: 12" x 16"
Cold Storage
twas time to relax
and take in the sight
of figs back to back
huddling tight
seems they were just cold
‘though this autumn's plight
had less bite, I’m told
and surely “they're" right!
but autumn it is
and figsare like me
it’s summer we miss
on that we agree
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ChickenTrix
original watercolor chickens: 8" x 10"
I think that it’s done
and I had some fun
‘though there a few
solutions that skewed
my original view
and managed to be
surprising, you see
so now I don’t know
if it’s fit to show
if not,
you’ve just got
to tell me to Stop!
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FancyFree
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers: 9" x 12"
it’s relative-ly
a new work, you see
with something that’s old
some shapes big and bold
a few that are new
with int’resting hues
borrowed from yet
a past series set
hmmm...
it’s deja vu
for those red, white 'n blues!
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Sunny Day
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 15"
Com-Posers Soon Over
bloomin' sunflowers
makin' me happy
till crisp autumn winds
nippy and snappy
cause me to pine
and feel so unhappy
for that best of all times
the season divine
summer sunshine
and the livin' was fine!
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The Funky Chicken
original watercolor chickens: 9" x 12"
You cannot be chicken
If you play french horn
Unless you are thinkin’
You’d like a good lickin’
‘Cause that horn can balk
And sound out a squawk
While Beethoven rolls over
As you shrug your shoulder
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The Gangstas
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 15"
what ho
Sophie and I
just want to know
who switched off the heat
and dimmed the lights low
where are the wool socks for our feet
our cashmere sweaters and turtlenecks
who said summer could retreat?
we are cold and so distressed
why can’t winter last one week
it’s time I guess
to hibernate
until next June
and we both say
please come back soon..
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A Sunny Salute
original watercolor sunflower still life: 10" x 14"
Sunflower Girl Friends
I’m glad for late bloomers
as this season ends
each year it comes sooner
with the message it sends
to all of my battered
sunflower girl friends...
the dry trembling leaves
are scattered around
as sunflower sheaves
so brittle and brown
cool winds are approaching
pushing summer aside
with autumn encroaching
I nod and I sigh
there’s no time to fuss
it’s just nature’s way
a fact that I must
embrace this fall day...
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Bouquet Daze
original watercolor sunflower bouquet: 9" x 12"
De- C0mPoser
my lean and mean posers
can’t seem to get over
those past days of glory
their summer time story
so poignant and true
of lost beauty and youth
and innocence... too
yet still they stand tall
and insist that we all
salute this new age
their ‘maturity’ phase
with dignity and grace
and wisdom embraced
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Woodwinds Rule
original watercolor woodwinds: 10" x 14"
The Woodwinds agree
Tis a funny thing
To sit behind a sea
Of self-important Strings
They chuckle to think
That a skinny black stick,
An Oboe,
You know,
Is chosen to play the tuning up note
And if they're listening
And not playing by rote
They’ll make beautiful music together...
At least that’s what we hope!
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