Eggplant Avenue
original watercolor eggplant: 5 1/2"w x 9"h
Eggplant Avenue
Sophie and I
went out for a walk
on this very fine day
we walked as we talked
we had plenty to say
we passed by a sign post
that pointed the way
to Eggplant Avenue
we had to investigate
(we think you would too)
we spotted a dinner plate
with a deep purple hue
reflecting the image
of an eggplant or two
so proud of its plumage
we knew what to do
now it’s posing quite fine
(we’ll be done real soon)
we paint its design
first on one work, then two
and we call our new line
Eggplant Avenue
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De-Composers
original watercolor abstract/dried sunflowers: 5"w x 7"h
Stunning Conclusions
here at last
the stunning conclusion
to their storied past
there’s no confusin’
those wild and crazy girls
now with spiky brittle
and styleless curls
their skirts a jumble
of twisted brown leaves
how easily they crumble
yet still they cleave
to those good ol’ summer days
when they danced the lindy-hop
in their fancy free way
they were the queens of be-bop
with nary a care
nor thought for the morrow
those girls, savoir faire
had no regrets nor sorrows
with curls unfurled
and skirts that flew
they dipped and twirled
on their well heeled shoe
I sure do miss them
I wonder, will you?
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Egg-ceptional Eggplants
original watercolor eggplant: 5"w x 7"h
Egg-ceptional Eggplant
Sophie said, “Let’s do a painting today
We’ll use some veggies
With plenty to say
There at the groc’ry store
Dark and demure
Eggplants so purple
Their beauty secure...
Yes, let’s buy them
Not to fry them
But to show the world
Their outspoken beauty
It’s really our duty
To capture their deep.....
Dark sheen!
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Black Eyed Suzie Floozies
original watercolor floral/black eyed susans: 7 1/2"w x 10"h
Sophie's Suzies
Our black eyed suzies
are still quite the floozies
as they keep hangin on
while singin’ their swan song
we know they won’t last
‘bout a day and a half
but while they are here
they give us great cheer
as we try not to fear
that coldest time of year
when Sophie and I
will snuggle up inside
with the paintings we have done
under the golden summer sun
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Brew With A View
original watercolor still life with bottles, pumpkins, seed pods
Brew With a View
We’ll gather up a pumpkin, one or two
Find some old bottles of witch’s brew
Add dried seed pods, only a few
Set on a table and sill with a view
It’s a still life painting
That’s waiting
For you!
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4 Simple Symphonies
original watercolor floral/black eyed susans: 7"w x 11"h
a simple symphony for baby M
a small work of art
to celebrate the start
of my new granddaughter’s life
and that’s really quite
a blessing in my life!
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Rhythm & Blues
original watercolor still life with pears, bowls, sunflower: 15"w x 16"h
Rhapsody
“Rhapsody In Blue” was our music today
Sophie and I thrilled to the opening way
That the clarinet soared
Through that octave and more....
We were immediately on ‘board’!
We hummed along with the tunes
Tap-dancing the whole afternoon
My Sophie, a Rhapsody
In pink tap-dancin’ shoes
Gerschwin and Orchestra
Playin’ his ‘Blues’
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My Motif #1
original watercolor maritime seascape/motif #1: 8"w x 11"h
Sophie’s Rockport
floats
boats
fisherman totes
nets, tack
Lobsterman shacks
is any place better?
where’s BB, I’ll ask
and she said to me
Sophie
what do you see?
steadfast granite rocks
weathered wooden docks
frigid north atlantic
boisterous, frantic...
and Sophie my dear
what do you hear?
cormorants and gulls
a cacophony of calls
tides singing songs
of the sea all day long...
though I am just a novice
BB, I’ve got it
sturdy framed homes
granite popple stones
smoothed and polished
by their beach bathing frolics
buoys with bright stripes
dancing in the light
and motif #1
standing proud in the sun
saluting seafarers
both living and gone
yep, BB and me
we both agree
Rockport by the sea
is the best place to be!
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De-Composers
original watercolor floral/dried sunflowers: 11"w x 15"h
And So It Goes
Seems the sun has turned a sudden cold shoulder
On our summertime romance,
Apparently now over.....
Gone are those golden sundrops
Dripping warmly on my face
Shivering shadows
Have now taken their place
While cobalt blue breezes
Rustle about,
Announcing the advancing autumnal season,
Teasing my t-shirts,
Taunting my short skirts...
My sun flowers are in ruins
Their beauty in tatters
Seeds, petals...leaves
Tossed about...scattered
So begins the march
Of the soldiering squirrels
As they gather the remains
Of my golden sun girls...
(As quickly as ants
At a picnic, they advance
And I thought finches
Were sunflower grinches!)
So I’m left with the memories
A great golden wall
Where my sunflowers surround me
Standing true, standing tall
But wait
Didn’t that sun just now say?
“I’ll be back”
For next summer’s jitter-bug days!
BB
Poppy Pizzicato
original watercolor floral: 15"w x 11"h
Poppies
Curvaceous long legs
Popping up from their beds
With ruffled petticoats flouncing
Such perky orange heads!
They do the Pizzicato Polka
It’s the right dance for them
As they twirl and spin around
On those long and curvy stems!
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My Motif #1
original watercolor maritime seascape/Motif #1: 7"w x 11"h
My Motif
Lobsterman Lairs
Line historic Bearskin Neck
Quaint little shacks
Where lobstermen store their wares
Buoys, nets, ropes
And traps are stacked there
It’s a place you should know
And if you do go
Let me show you around
‘Cause I love Rockport
Cape Ann’s best coastal town!
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Com-posers
original watercolor floral/sunflower on Aqua Boards: various 6"w x 6"h / 5"w x 7"h
Harmonious Libretto
went out for a run
this very fine day
had lots to be done
stuff that gets in the way
of some fun in the sun
but nature’s libretto
called out ceremo-nious
in pleasing vibrato
a sound tremolo-nious
twas something I sought to
experience in perso-nious
and when I got done
on this very fine day
from my run in the sun
I was all tuned up and completely harmo-nious!
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Com-posers
original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 12"w x 15"h
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
their dry trembling leaves
are scattered around
as sunflower sheaves
so brittle and brown
soon to be dust
covering the ground
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 every day...
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