Past the Buck
original watercolor deer: 9" x 12"
this winter’s so long
it’s long in the tooth
let’s give it a shove
let’s give it the boot!
my heating bill’s HUGE
yet my house is cold
i’m grumpy like Scrooge
with a frozen billfold…
there’s snow on my roof
and ice in my veins
my fingers, i’ve proof
are going insane!
they’re sending their prints
to sunnier climes
i think i’ll insist
i join them in this
we’ll drive ’til we find
a welcoming spot
long on sunshine
with no winter bite!
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Watchin' for Spring
original watercolor burro/horse:9" x 12"
What ho!
the winds they were screamin’
my house it was leanin’
right into the flow
of last night's COLD blow
my windows were bulgin’
the furnace was pulsin'
that nor’easter’s hold
was keepin’ me cold
my goosebumps I declare
had goosebumps I swear
my nose it was froze
to my icicled toes
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Donkey Oatie
original watercolor donkey: 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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Orchestreet Suite
original watercolor cityscapes/ musical instruments: 9" x 12"
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 helps us endure
our circuitous norm...
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Sheepish
original watercolor sheep: 9" x 12"
at the end of The Day
I had but one thought
what happens to all
this work that I’ve wrought
‘twas always the best
of efforts i gave
my utmost, no less
and there was success
in music, of course
i’m wondering now
did it happen at all
if it did, then how??
i gratefully bow
to Mozart and Bach
i painted to them,
and Beethoven, a lot
but what happens next?
ditch the paper and paint?
get some needles and thread
sew something instead?
i’ve got time to fill
and miles to go
energy still
until, until....
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WinterWhite
original watercolor still life w/violin, fruit, flowers: 9" x 12"
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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EmBell-ishment
original watercolor still life w/horn, crayons: 15" x 15"
Practice makes better
But perfect?
Not ever...
Especially if horn playing
Is what you can do
You’ll prob’ly improve
But that’s questionable, too
My advice to you
Buy a French Horn Kazoo!
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