Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Daily Painter

Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Cold Front

The windows I’m closin’

my sunflowers need  hosin’

it’s blisterin hot

not one cold spot

‘cept here by the door

of the freezer in the store

where I pretend to stock up

on creamsicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: various sizes; 11" x 14", 9" x 12"

Woo hoo Sophie

our girls have come back

it seems they’ve brought summer

in their backpacks 

with petals wide open

and brown faces glowin’

there’s no time for faintin’

we gotta set up

to work on our paintin’

yes Sophie, it’s true

“summertime

and the livin’ is fine....”

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Summer Bliss Still Life Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Summer Bliss

original watercolor still life w/shells, hydrangia: 15" x 15"

A Summer Romance

Time to sit back

Look forward, 
And finally relax...

Jasmine and Honeysuckle

Scents of seduction

Flirty Fireflies wink

Quick bursts of combustion

Warm summer nights

A cashmere caress

Sun soaked daylight

No hint of duress

'Tis summer’s sun-dance

What a lovely romance....

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Lyrical Landscape Watercolor Landscape by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Lyrical Landscape

original watercolor landscape: 7" x 11"

Summer Bliss

My windows are open

Cool breezes are flowin’

My curtains are flirtin'

With the sash and the sill 

This is the way

A fine summer day

Ought always to be 

For two months or three

Sounds perfect to me...

I bet you’d agree!

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers/Sunflowers

original watercolor sunflowers: various sizes, 11" x 14"

9" x 12"/ 7" x 11"/ 6" x 6"

in the beginning

we all loved the sun

we couldn’t get enough

we were never quite “done”

our faces were bronzed

our hair sun-streaked gold

our innocence reigned

we’d never grow old

but time has a way

a mean streak, I’d say,

of hastening the days

that youth does betray

so now that we’re old

or older, to wit,

we’re gonna wise up

and use sunscreen, just a bit..,

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

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Swill at The Sunflower Saloon

 Would you all know

(If you do, say so)

What you possibly think

Could be in that drink

My Sunflower Saloon

Is serving at noon?

It seems to me

That what I see

After drinking their fill

Of sunflower swill

 Are tipsy bumble bees

And drunken butterflies

And finches on trips

Of lazy loops and dips

And even back flips

As they try to fly

In a straight bee-line

To their homes and hives...

Oh I have a hunch 

It’s not Kool-Aid punch

That beckons this bunch

To come enjoy lunch!

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolor by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original sunflower watercolor: 11" x 12 1/2

Goldfinch Grinch

My sunflower girls

Never use my sunblock 

Nor do they apply

 Suntan lotion a lot

They’re naturally golden

Their brown faces boastin’

Their fearless devotion

To summer sun rays

But there are some days

They have to confess

A shot of pest spray

Would be their best bet

For shoo-ing away 

Gold finches of prey

‘Cause finches 

Are Grinches

As they yank pull and splay

The petals and bonnets

My sunflowers boast

In my poems and sonnets

Why couldn’t they just

Gather seeds without fuss.... 

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Conch en Fa Musical Instrument Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Conch en Fa

original musical instrument watercolor with conch shells: 16" x 16"

There once was seashell named Conch

Who was lonely and displeased with his lot

So he puffed out his cheek

Buzzed a low mellow screech

Now he’s part of the rock group “Conch-crete".....

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Motif #1 Rockport, MA Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

My Motif #1 Rockport, MA

original watercolor seascape, Rockport Motif #1: 15" x 15"

Motif #1 Rockport, MA

original watercolor seascape, Rockport Motif #1: 15" x 15"

Sophie’s Rockport

floats, boats

fisherman totes

nets, tack

Lobsterman shacks

is any place better?

where’s BB, I’ll ask

and BB asked 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

smooth 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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Top Sax Musical Instrument Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Top Sax

original musical instrument watercolor w/sax, trombone, trumpet, drums, piano: 15" x 17"

Sophie and I 

are kinda confused

as we wonder why

that sax in the sky

thinks he is the best

above all the rest

atop that drumset

we think he’s inept

at sharing the tunes

with those other dudes

who righteously spew

the harmonies they knew

would work with the sax

‘cause it’s just a fact

they don’t want a “spat”

with a sax that’s a brat!

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Licks, Whips & Symphonic Tricks Musical Instrument Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Licks, Whips & Symphonic Tricks

original musical instrument watercolor w/violin, piano, horn: 11" x 14"

there’s licorice whips

and lollypop licks

and baubles and bells

to accompany the swells

of violin bows

and piano solos

it’s all apropos

to a concert, you know......

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