SunnyApples
original watercolor sunflowers/apples: 10" x 14"
Practice makes better
But perfect?
Not ever...
Especially if painting
Is what you can do
You’ll prob’ly improve
But that’s questionable, too
My advice to you
Buy a Bertie Brown or two!
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Veggie Tails
original watercolor still life w/veggies: 10" x 14"
it's summer
relax!
glance forward, just a bit
but never look back...
jasmine and honeysuckle
sweet scents of seduction
flirty fireflies wink
quick bursts of combustion
warm summer nights
a cashmere caress
sun-drenched daylight
cool linen, dazzling white
'tis summer’s sun-dance
these days go by fast
so enjoy while it lasts
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Summertime
original watercolor still life: 11" x 15"
Summer Bliss
My windows are open
Cool breezes are flowin’
My curtains are flirtin'
With the sash and the sill
This is the way
A fine summer day
Ought always to be
For two months or three
Sounds perfect to me...
Wouldn’t you agree?
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The PitcherPosers
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
My sunflower girls are playin’ charades
I’m guessing they’re modeling
in a runway parade
they don’t ever worry
if their hips are too curvy
they’re not in a hurry
they don’t ever scurry
no, they just take their time
strut their stuff down the line
in their couture high-heeled shoe
by their fave, Jimmy Choo
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Rock Stars
original wtercolor musical still life w/drums, guitar, piano: 12" x 12"
Drummer’s Dilemma
There’s drums a-plenty
For the drumming fanatic
From the triplet set’s least
To the bass drum, that beast,
The choices never cease!
With notes so sporadic
And sometimes exotic
It can be hypnotic
But always drum-atic!
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Com-Posed
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Swill at The Sunflower Saloon
Would you all know
If you do, just say so
What you possibly think
Could be in that drink
My Sunflower Saloon
Is serving at noon?
It seems to me
From what I see
After drinking their fill
Of sunflower swill
Are tipsy bumble bees
And drunken butterflies
And finches on trips
of loops, dips and flips
As they try to fly
The straight narrow line
To their homes and hives...
Oh I have a hunch
It’s not Kool-Aid punch
That beckons this bunch
To come enjoy lunch!
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Com-PosersQuintet
original watercolor sunflowers: 12" x 12"
Wild and Crazy Girls
My wild and crazy girls
Their golden manes unfurled
Are doin’ the Lindy Hop
A dance they like a lot
Over/under, push and pull
Oh they are such dancin’ fools
The waltz is good for other girls
Who want to keep their perfect curls
But my girls do not really care
About the state of their fair hair
Nor do they ever fret
If they break out in sweat
‘Cause my girls in the sun
Just wanna have fun!
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Com-Posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 15"
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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Neat*Sweet*Petite
original watercolor hummingbird: 5" x 5"
Summer Bliss
My windows are open
Cool breezes are flowin’
My curtains are flirtin'
With the sill and the sash
This is the way
A fine summer day
Ought always to be
For two months or three....
Suites me perfectly
I bet you’d agree!
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The BeezKneez
original watercolor bees: 7" x 10"
Plein Air Posers
Sophie and I
Are painting plein air
Under bright sunny skies
On a day so fair
Our beezers primp and preen
While we apply the sunscreen
Then get right to work
As we quench our paper’s thirst
With lots of water, that’s our technic
‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!
Bleeding colors, water marks
Lights contrasting with darkest darks...
Working quickly,
We’re in a hurry
Will this be a keeper
Or one we will bury?
Well, Sophie girl
What do you think
She nodded and smiled
And gave me a wink!
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The BeezBrotherz
original watercolor bees: 7" x 10"
Cold Front
The windows I’m closin’
my neezers need hosin’
it’s blisterin hot
not one cold spot
‘cept here by the door
of the freezer in the store
where I pretend to stock up
on creamsicle pops
but truth to be told
it’s just good to feel cold!
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BeezQuik
original watercolor bee: 5" x 5"
now the beezer said
to the posers by his head
why can’t we simply try
to lay our views aside
let’s get along today
‘cause that’s the better way
to live in peace and harmony
will benefit our karma, see
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The BeezBrotherz
original watercolor bees: 7" x 9"
2000-twenty
has brought the Bees Knees
lives to a halt
and normal it seems
is disappearing you see
but BB’s Bees Knees
have managed to keep
active in spite
of those nasty Chinese
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PetSmart
original watercolor pet portrait: 8" x 10"
Molly likes art
that’s easy to see
she’s ready to start
her own gallery
she’ll feature just me
‘cause she knows the drill
she likes to eat
and I pay the bill
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Clari-fied
original watercolor clarinet player: 8" x 10"
Well
the music said “rest”
so the woodwinds obeyed
they rested their best
and quietly laid
their reeds
and their keys
right down
with no frown
then I got my stuff
my paints, pan and brush
turned on my i-tunes
and worked until dusk
now when I was done
I took just one quick
lollipop lick
then settled to munch
a black licorice whip!
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