Endless Summer Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Endless Summer

original still life with hydrangias, ahells, bowl: 15" x 17" 

Ackkk!

 the sun’s in retreat 

giving me the cold shoulder

this 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 once stood

majestic and tall

i’ll try not to fear

as a hope becomes clear

they’ll be back next year

with more summertime cheer!

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Autumness Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 Quasi's Pik

Quasi's Kid

original watercolor squirrel: 5" x 8"

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

these transitions are inherent 

seasons come 

and seasons go

with their foibles quite apparent

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Autumness

original watercolor plein air landscape: 9" x 12"

Autumness

My windows are open

Cool breezes are flowin’

My curtains are flirtin'

With the sash and the sill

This is the way

A fine autumn day

Ought always to be 

For two months or three....

Suites me perfectly

I bet you’d agree!

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The Goodbye Girl Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Goodbye Girl

original watercolor sunflower: 10" x 14"

And Yet

my sunflower friends

have taken their bows

their reign at an end

their show closing now 

the summer stage crew

is striking the set

takes a minute or two

tearing down 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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Sunflowers Final Hours Watercolors by Bertie Borwn

Sunflowers Final Hours

original watercolor sunflowers; 10" x 14"

De- C0mPoser

my lean and mean posers

can’t seem to get over

those past days of glory

their summer time story

so poignant and true

of lost beauty and youth

and innocence...  too

yet still they stand tall

and insist that we all

salute this new age

their ‘maturity’ phase

with dignity and grace

and  wisdom embraced

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Sunflower Showers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sunflower Showers

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

Sunflower Girl Friends

I’m glad for late bloomers

as this season ends

each year it comes sooner

with the message it sends

to all of my battered

sunflower girl friends...

the dry trembling leaves

are scattered around

as sunflower sheaves

so brittle and brown

cool winds are approaching

pushing summer aside

with autumn encroaching

I nod and I sigh

 there’s no time to fuss

it’s just nature’s way

a fact that I must

embrace this fall day...

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SUN-Spots Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

SUN-Spots

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

may autumn come gentler

o’er dew glittered morns

meandering zephyrs

fall-ish adorned

it’s time to embrace

this summer’s demise

the sun’s fading grace

and hazy blue skies

autumness comes

routinely, you see

it’s time to move on

what will be will be

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