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SunnyD
original watercolor sunflowers/fruit: 10" x 14"
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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Santa's Boot
original watercolor sunflowers, boot: 10" x 14"
Sophie Says
what ho
I’d really like to know
who’s lying in that manger bed
with a stable roof o’er His head
and why are there reindeer
flying in the night sky
with a guy in a sleigh
following close behind
And
there’s a tree in our house
with packages strewn about
and Mommy's in a fuss
baking lots of good stuff
it’s confusing, you know
for a five year old, so
I’ll just ask BB
she'll explain it to me!
BB'25
LeftOvers
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Gossip Girls
The sunflower girls are gettin’ together for lunch
And gossip and news at the “Cafe Munch Bunch”.
The menu for today's Sunflower Brunch:
Bumble Bee Burgers and Golden Finch Fries
For dessert: Butterfly Splits and Dragonfly Pies....
So do not tarry, don't be late
For this fine midday tete-a-tete!
BB'25
GroundedGirls
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
there once was a sunflower patch
it’s beauty could never be matched
yet finches so fair
and bees feasting there
ate up till those tall stalks were bare
BB'25
The Square Root
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
Chicken Tricks
You cannot be chicken
If you do some paintin'
Unless you are thinkin’
You’d like a good lickin’
‘Cause that paint can become
some unwelcome mud
and the work you just did
goes right into the bin
BB'25
The Goodbye Girls
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
Ackkk!
the sun’s in retreat
giving me the cold shoulder
our summer romance
is apparently over
gone are the sundrops
warming my face
menacing shadows
have taken their place
cobalt blue breezes
rustle about
autumn is coming
of that there’s no doubt
my sunflowers are ruined
their beauty in tatters
seeds, petals, leaves
lie tossed about, scattered
i notice the dance
of those spurious squirrels
as they snatch the remains
of my golden sun girls
more quickly than ants
at a picnic, they advance
and I thought that finches
were sunflower grinches!
now I’m left all alone
‘neath a dry, crumbling wall
where my sunflowers had stood
majestic and tall
so my task is to wait
for this fact I hold dear
they’ll be back next year
with more summertime cheer!
BB'25
Rooted'n Grounded
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Cavalier about Cheer
my sunspotted girls
have got to admit
they long for a world
where they could just sit
they’ve got but one shoe
though it’s a great fit
a minute without it
would help quite a bit
their long leggy-ness
can cause some back strain
a slight dizzy-ness
and dull aching pain
but stand there they do
displaying such cheer
for one month or two
this time of the year
it’s quite cavalier
and exhausting, I fear
but sunnies don't care
'cause they like to share!
BB'25
Grounded Sunnies
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"
now the sunny said
to his 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 our karma, see
BB'25
SunnyReposers
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Simple Girls
my sunflower girls
are simple and yet
the beauty they share
is simply the best
their petals, like bonnets,
are sun drenched and golden
it’s like someone spread
sweet butter upon ‘em
they don’t like to squint
so they always wear shades
but sunblock is not
their choice, they admit
they follow the sun
from morning till night
then rest in their beds
until the day light
that’s how it’s been done
it’s simply their way
for all of their kin
and all of their days
BB'25
Eminent Domain
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"
Eminent Domain
is eminent domain
something finches disdain
as they each stake their claim
to my sunflowers’ fame
don’t they have a clue
i have etiquette rules
they routinely eschew
behaving so RUDE
i’d tell them to flee
‘cause they’re making a scene
and a mess at my feet
spitting shells from their beaks
but they are rather cute
in their black and gold suits
and their hollers and hoots
sound like piccolo flutes!
BB
