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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