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The Brass Street Boys
original watercolor cityscape w/instuments: 10" x 14"
Tuba or Not Tuba
If the Tuba can’t solo
He just won’t play
He takes his music
And stomps away
With a deep rumbling sound
He slumps in his case..
Are you like a tuba
With his sulky ways
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3 French Hens and a Horn
original drawing w/horn and chickens: 22" x 30"
back in the day
I remember we played
with marbles and jacks
and baseballs and bats
but sometimes I recall
though I tried hard to stall
I had to apply
my lip
to the tip
of my tarnished old horn
and try not to sound
too bad or forlorn
much later I found
practice, patience plus time
would greatly improve
my horn teacher’s mood!
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Lemony Sunkisst
original watercolor still life w/sunflower, lemon, apple: 10" x 14"
Thanks be to God
For the Blessed Lord Jesus,
God’s Gift, The Son,
Our reason to say
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
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SunSpot
original watercolor sunflower still life: 10" x 14"
don’t want knickknacks
don’t want toys
don’t need rich snacks
to enjoy
just stop by
and we’ll spend time
drinking tea
or glass of wine
catching up
on days gone by
which look better
from behind!
but
if you MUST
buy me some stuff
then i insist
an art supply gift
card will do the trick!
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And I Still Haven't Found...
original watercolor cityscape/ NYC: 10" x 14"
may your points in space
be in thoughts of grace
and your mind’s eye hold
pictures true and bold
let His mercy speak
on a zephyr sweet
while your memories keep
you in comforting peace
i do pray for you
as you wander through
this cross season know
that i'm thinking of you
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EcoNamics
original watercolor VietNam scene: 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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DownTown
original watercolor cityscape/NY: 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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Meryl Street
original watercolor cityscape/NY: 10" x 14"
The cars and the peeps
on NY city streets
are frantic and rhythmic
and sometimes cataclysmic
horns honking, tires screeching
peeps late for a meeting
it's a love/hate affair
With city-life there.
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SneakyZeke
original watercolor sunflowers/Amish boy: 8" x 10"
And Yet
my sunflower friends
have taken their bows
their reign at an end
their show closing now
the summer stage crew
has struck down the set
takes a minute or two
packing up all that’s left
a new show’s beginning
cool winds are approaching
autumn’s edgier tone
and pride is encroaching
there’s a sharp dialogue
burnt sienna, scarlet hue
a biting monologue
with a punchline, cobalt blue
i’m watching, looking on
taking in the dry wit
wishing summer’s last song
would linger, just a bit
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Girlz'nBoy
original watercolor sunflowers /Amish Boy: 8" x 10"
Seems I’ve lost my way
and there’s nothing to say
and there’s no one to blame
and I bear no shame
I gave it my best
shot, I NEVER do less
though I would suggest
and surely have guessed
continued success
by now I confess
still I’ve no regrets
‘cause I’m gonna bet
having lived through the test
‘twas as good as it gets
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The Goodbye Girls
original watercolor sunflowers : 15" x 15"
remember in school
we learned the rule
that there were cliques
a specialty list
of kids way cool
though we weren't fools
our own gene pools
just did not rule
we weren’t as blessed
our confidence less
we weren’t sure why
and could not guess
but now who cares
immune to stares
we're old 'n gray
and that’s okay
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LateLateLate Bloomers
original watercolor sunflowers: 8" x 8"
i once had a thought oh so clever
but then i forgot it ..
forever?
so now i am fraught
dismayed and distraught
‘cause it may have been great
that thought that i lost
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LateLate Bloomers
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
I once had a thought oh so clever
but then I forgot it ..forever?
so now I am fraught
dismayed and distraught
I’m hoping to find what I lost
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Laundry Service
original VietNam laundry: 8" x 10"
A quick study draw
With some splashes of paint
Complete what I call
“an MP
by his jeep
at the laundry
down the street”
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aCello*rando
original watercolor cello player: 8" x 10
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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Late Bloomers
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
Abrupt
is how i’d describe
the weather outside
‘cause one day it’s HOT
and pleasant - it’s NOT
the next day’s so cold
there’s frost on my nose
the furnace is running
it seems ‘round the block
while i sit here humming
the ‘icelandic rock’
so where did it go
that summertime cheer
did it show up this year
did i miss it, i fear
i’m sportin’ enough
sweaters and stuff
i’d rather be sweatin’
but cold’s what i’ve got
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BlowHard
original watercolor autumn landscape: 9" x 12"
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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Anita's Palette
original watercolor still life: 2" x 14"
now the painter said
to the still life in his head
why can’t we simply try
to put the world aside
let’s concentrate today
on things we have displayed
to paint in peace and harmony
will benefit our karma, see
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