Re*Model
original ink sketch model: 8" x 10"
High Maintenance
what ho!
i just want to know
where did the years go
and my body….also
oh
back in the day
i simply must say
hard work had a way
of keeping at bay
those inches that stay
in places that…hey!
i don’t like today
i’m feeling betrayed
hence this, my tirade
i cannot evade
old age, i’m afraid
this is my refrain
you’re young…
i’ll explain
the fact does remain
it’s HARD to maintain…
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The Mommas'nthePoppies
original watercolor poppies: 10" x 14"
in the beginning
we all loved the sun
we couldn’t get enough
we were never quite “done”
our faces were bronzed
our hair sun-streaked gold
our innocence reigned
we’d never grow old
but time has a way
a mean streak, I’d say,
of hastening the days
that youth does betray
so now that we’re old
or older, to wit,
we’re gonna wise up
and use sunscreen, just a bit...
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PopEyes
original watercolor poppies: 10" x 14"
Poppy Crop
Remember in school
we learned the rule
that there were cliques
a specialty list
of kids way cool
though we were no 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
and now my girls
with orange curls
just know they’d be
the pop-ular kids, indeed!
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BlueSkys/SunnysShine
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
the grandies and i
in summertime mode
are sitting beside
a sunflower abode
a garden, of course
where we plan to stay
with no great remorse
for past cooler days
‘cause we’ve got our paints
our brushes and such
our sun hats in place
and posers? a bunch!
so here’s where we’ll be
come sun or a storm
we’ll work happily
our summertime ‘norm’!
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JuneBlooms
original watercolor summer bouquet: 9" x 12"
are Lightning Bugs buggers
that blink in the night
just summer time pluggers
getting on with their life
or did they endeavor
as quaint named Fire-Flies
to be thought of as better
alighting June skies
it’s really semantics
‘though slightly pedantic
that one name’s romantic
and rightly dram-antic
‘cause all of their frantic
light sparking antics
begins with a flame
on the butt, hence the name
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The BeestieBoyz
original watercolor flower garden: 9" x 12"
And the posie said
to her buddies in the bed
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 us all, you see
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DianaRoss'ntheSupremes
original watercolor poppies: 10" x 14"
Poppy Pageant
more red-haired girls
than we’d hoped for or imagined
it looks just like
a beauty pageant!
Sophie and I, artistic hosses
are painting their portraits
till our poppy bosses
are simply long stems
with great petal losses!
we’ve less than a week
to get the job done
we’re hoping for good weather
with plenty of sun!
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The PeonyPatch
original watercolor peonies: 10" x 14"
there once was a peony patch
it’s beauty could hardly be matched
the ants feasting there
coaxed those petals so fair
to burst forth with fragrance and flair
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