Spring-Spiration Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Spring-Spiration

original watercolor flowers: 8" x 10"

Old Man Winter

it keeps on comin’

and don’t do nothin’

but keep me grumblin’

“it’s always somethin’ ”

 snow piles a’mountin’

3 feet and countin’

i gotta shovel

my back’s in trouble

oh

old man winter

it just keeps hangin’ around......

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Popcorn Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Popcorn

original watercolor floral: 5" x 7"

Winter Blues

oh, how I long for June or July

with summer sunshine

and butterflies passing by

this season of cold 

has taken it’s hold

with harsh winds now wailin’

seems the sun has gone sailin’

so I’m getting all set,

though it’s hard not to fret,

as blankets cover my lap

 and I settle in

 for a long mid-winter’s nap......

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Bouquet Daze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bouquet Daze 

original watercolor roses bouquet: 8" x 10"

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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Fruit o' the Bloom Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Fruit o' the Bloom

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, fruit: 9" x 12"

Weather Blues

oh, how i long 

for June or July

and summer sunshine

filling the sky

this season is cold 

it’s gettin' so old

with rain fairly seepin'

through all, i'm just weepin'

i’m still sportin' wristies

and sweaters indoors

i tell you i’m beggin’

for June at the shore

each year winter's gettin’

too hard to endure

while summer sits back

and just takes a nap 

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Wild 'N Crazy Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Wild 'N Crazy

original watercolor wildflowers: 9" x 12"

Sophie and I 

are asking you-all

are buttercups high in cholesterol?

they glisten like butter

in their golden yellow clusters

we think they’d taste great

and we’d be well fed

if we used them as spread

on jam or jelly bread

wouldn’t popcorn just popped

be better with hot

melted buttercups drizzled

all over the top?

is lobster that’s baked

in buttercup paste  

richer in flavor

more pleasing to taste?

Sophie and I

just giggled and said

we think that we’ll paint

those buttercups instead!

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Pouty Peonies Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Pouty Peonies

original watercolor peonies: 9" x 12"

March cold and snow

bring April harsh winds that blow

bring dismal May showers

that pour on my flowers

for hours and hours....

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Persistent Poppies Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Persistent Poppies

original watercolor poppies: 12" x 12"

Sophie’s Spring

Grassy green grass

Prickles and tickles

Sophie’s pink piggies

All wiggly and squiggly

Babbling birdie birds

Chirp quirky birdie words

Buzzing bees fly

By Sophie’s blue eyes

Daffodils gaze

Tulips parade

My poppies sing praise

Springtime, nature’s fling-time

“Neath a shy smiling sun

Nature’s prelude

To the deluge 

Of summer days soon to come...

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Tulip Time Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Tulip Time

original watercolor tulips: 9" x 12"

Haughty

 that’s what

my Sophie thought

the first time she viewed

our tulips in bloom

‘cause there they all stood

as only they could

with petals held high

reaching up to the sky

now Sophie and I

know daffodils try

to brighten our days

with their friendly ways

not haughty, aloof

their faces, the proof

of good will and cheer

‘cause springtime is here

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The Waltz of the Flowers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Waltz of the Flowers

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, fruit: 10" x 14"

Winter Blues

oh, how i long for June or July

and summer sunshine

filling the sky

this season of cold 

continues it's hold

with harsh winds a'keepin'

the temps around freezin'

this winter’s so long

it’s long in the tooth

let’s give it a shove

let’s give it the boot!

i’m still sportin' mitties

and ear muffs indoors

wool sweaters and wristies

but yet i need more

each year winter’s gittin’

too hard to endure

i should just be sittin'

on some southern shore

instead i’ve got blankets 

piled high on my lap

i’m ready, in fact

for a 'spring-forward' nap……

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Bloom 'n Fruit Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bloom 'n Fruit

original watercolor still life w/lemon, oranges, apples, sunflowers: 10" x 14"

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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February Fruit 'n Flowers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

February Fruit 'n Flowers

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, apples, bananas, lemon, oranges: 14" x 10"

there’s more to see

from Studio B

‘cause there’s never enuff

creative cool stuff

specific-ally

a summer motif

urging winter, you see

to simply RETREAT!

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January Thaw Watercolors by Bertie Brown

January Thaw

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, apples, lemon: 10" x 14"

Spring Musical

oh spring

is the thing

we hope for in November

long for in December

lose in January

right through February

cry for in March

die for in April

can’t wait one more day

for the merry month of May

and still cold temps cling

to every bloomin’ thing!

so when the month of June

bursts suddenly into view

I look around and smile

and bid stay with me awhile

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Pot 'o Posies Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Pot 'o Posies

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers: 9" x 12"

there could be misconceptions

some slight depth perceptions

a misappropriation

with no negotiation

i will not enhance

renounce at a glance

embellish or squellish

not even a chance

it just filled a day

in the neighborhood i’d say

so onward i press

in search of success…

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Autumn Blaze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Autumn Blaze

original watercolor sunflowers in vase: 9" x 12"

Sunflowers

sienna brown faces

sporting golden sun bonnets

reading Emily's quirky poems

and Edna's soaring sonnets

their leaves a canopy

of swirling skirts, it seems to me 

with no better place to be

than in a vase here next to me!

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Bouquet Daze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bouquet Daze

original watercolor bouquet: 9" x 12"

as summer reclines

in translucent honey haze

autumn comes alive

with transparent amber days

inky blue nights

fill infinite skies

cool winds collide

pushing summer aside

from translucent to transparent

these transitions are inherent 

seasons come and they go

with their foibles quite apparent

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The Tulip Trot Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Tulip Trot

original watercolor plein air w/tulips: 9" x 12"

what ho!

i’m gonna say this

gettin’ older is so

not tops on my list

seems there are some peeps

pollyannas and such   

who’ll tell you how sweet

it is, that’s a bunch    

of crap, oh ‘tis true

there are a few perks

please don’t misconstrue 

we work out, not work

and nap after noon

but work we still seek

a job that’s well done

‘cause we gotta get

our satisfaction

the losses that come

are harsh, that’s a fact

‘though denied by some,

i’ve got much less tact

so try if you can

to put off old age

‘cause footloose it seems

ain’t quite fancy free

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This Little Light of Mine Watercolors by Bertie Brown

This Little Light of Mine

original watercolor still life w/violin, flowers, lamp: 10" x 14"

just wonderin'....

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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Bouquet Haze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bouquet Haze

original watercolor still life w/flowers: 6" x 9"

how much can i hold

in my arms when i’m told

they're filled up, you see 

with pieces of me

it’s getting so bad
i’m leaving a trail
of this and of that
forget it, i wail
well…maybe it’s just

fine'ly time to get tough

stop makin' a fuss
and toss out the stuff!
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